• composer_7B
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    3 months ago

    Lebron haters keep posting the tired Skip Bayless “he’s not clutch” lie, even after this. People keep saying the Dream Team wouldn’t have allowed this as if the Dream team didn’t lose to an NCAA team in an exhibition game. As if the world was not at all competitive in 1992 compared to the US. As if the best NBA players aren’t mostly international.

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    3 months ago

    I like how Kerr called a timeout to draw up a play that was basically “give the ball to Lebron and get out the way”

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    3 months ago

    Every team USA play is going to go out hard against them with something to prove. It also means opportunities for all the players playing against the USA. That being said USA should also be hungry with something to prove even in exhibition match’s with the attitude that no team should get close to beating them. They did not play like that today and were lucky to just get the win.

  • Limp-Inevitable-6703B
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    3 months ago

    Lol they may have got the W but they sure as shit didn’t win… a team of people that have probably never played ball at any real level lost to le china’s team by 1 there should be no way for the USA to spin this positive…congrats to South Sudan on an amazing display

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    3 months ago

    Teenagers’ faces when I pull out the 2024 South Sudan game winner in GOAT debates in 30 years: 🫥

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    3 months ago

    Lebron and steph and kd weren’t thinking this would be a struggle like the play offs/play in

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    3 months ago

    So I’m not American or watch basketball, just popped up in /r/all…

    … but how the hell did they almost lose to South Sudan

  • Beautiful-Fennel-15B
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    3 months ago

    people are missing the point, this South Sudan lost to revenge team by 1 point, so it means they can go 82-0 in NBA

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    3 months ago

    Should’ve kept him on the bench instead of bringing him in around the 3 min mark. We were up 99-92 with 2:58 left and then the old man comes in… would’ve easily won if he stays on the bench