2016 Olympic Games Thread

[boydogs]

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Carmelo was the difference. Just iced it with some clutch 3s.

9 x 3 pointers, unbelievable

Didn't help that we were about 6 inches shorter per player but their outside shooting was amazing

[Twodogs]

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It could have been so much different if Irving had picked the Boomers.

I wonder if he could go back and change if he would. Give up all those wins in order to change sides and help inflict the one loss most of their guys would suffer in their international careers.

We should get him next time around to make it fair.

[Mantis]

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Bogut really showing his qualities.. Pretty much a role player now in the NBA due to his former sides game plan and his injuries, but he is a seriously talented player... Same too with Delly who is showing he is more than just a scrapper.

The prospect of a starting 5 of - Delly, Mills, Exum, Simmons & Maker at Tokyo will give the Seppo's something to be concerned about.

[AndrewP6]

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It could have been so much different if Irving had picked the Boomers.

I wonder if he could go back and change if he would. Give up all those wins in order to change sides and help inflict the one loss most of their guys would suffer in their international careers.

We should get him next time around to make it fair.

Seemed pretty content with his decision after the game. He mentioned that he had some connections in Australia, but that he was representing the United States. He was only here his first two years, and only because his father was playing here, so the link is pretty tenuous, IMO.

[Twodogs]

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Seemed pretty content with his decision after the game. He mentioned that he had some connections in Australia, but that he was representing the United States. He was only here his first two years, and only because his father was playing here, so the link is pretty tenuous, IMO.

I'd happily swap all 84 wins in a row or whatever the DT have won in a row for that 1 one over them. Let them have 86 in a row and the Boomers can take them in the Gold Medal game.

I had really gone off basketball until I watched the NBA play offs last month. They have some really good players playing in the NBA again after they seemed to go through a phase where the first thing a recruiter looked at was a player's height.

[comrade]

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Phelps again. A freak of nature.

[Mantis]

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I'd happily swap all 84 wins in a row or whatever the DT have won in a row for that 1 one over them. Let them have 86 in a row and the Boomers can take them in the Gold Medal game.

They lost in 2004.

[Sedat]

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When do we start to pull the massive funding the swimmers get and start allocating this funding to other sports that actually achieve above their station at Olympic level? Apart from a few notable exceptions, our swimmers always flatter to deceive when it comes to the pointy end of individual competition at the Olympics. The Seppos and Europeans are always ready for battle in Olympic finals - it is so predictable when invariably a #1 ranked, WR holder and/or OR holder Aussie just bombs in the heat of an Olympic final. Honorable exceptions to Perkins, Hackett, Thorpe and Rice (and now Chalmers of course).

[Sedat]

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Another terrible start by Cate Campbell and she finishes out of the medals in the 50m freestyle.. Pretty epic choke.

Meanwhile Kim Brennan wins gold in the rowing as she was expected to despite the so-called pressure of expectation. Imaging how many more rowing medals we'd win if they had the same level of funding as the swimmers.

[GVGjr]

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The Swimmers have under performed again. We expect more from them.

[Twodogs]

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Is Kim Brennan Max Crow's daughter? Given that Max had to retire due to a testicle (teenage boys don't forget reading things like that in the paper) injury we must be especially lucky to have her.

[Twodogs]

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Is it too simple to say that the swim team need a bit of a culture shock? They have massive amounts spent on them and this is two olympics now.

Or were we spoiled in the era from Perkins to the end of Thorpe?

[Twodogs]

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And let's face it nobody can beat phelps at all the good races,

[Remi Moses]

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It's Max Crow's daughter

[Sedat]

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Is it too simple to say that the swim team need a bit of a culture shock? They have massive amounts spent on them and this is two olympics now.

Or were we spoiled in the era from Perkins to the end of Thorpe?

Our swimmers simply can't handle high level competition, a few notable exceptions aside. We are sloppy with our starts and our turns, and we are mentally fragile when challenged by other swimmers who are up for the fight. How many dozens of WR holders and World Champs have we had that fail at the spotlight of the Olympics? It's not about a lack of talent - we have elite swimming talent and always have had - we are simply found wanting when it comes to high level individual competition. We tend to relay well but we fall apart in individual events.

Amazing stat that Gerard Whately tweeted today - Australia had 15 swimmers ranked in the top 3 in individual events leading into Rio and these swimmers delivered 1 gold and 2 silvers. That is dreadfully underwhelming.

Funding should be cut and given to other sports.