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hoopie

Years ago

Scenarios for the Boomers

I saw this interesting bit of news, which might influence what we have to win by

"the team that finishes third in Group B can avoid facing Team USA until the gold-medal match, while the second-place Group B team would have to face the U.S. one round earlier. The easiest way to avoid Team USA until the final possible moment is to “control your own destiny” and win Group B, but Russia and Brazil — the latter looking very shaky so far — would likely have to upend Spain to do that. If your overriding goal is to avoid Team USA as long as possible — and it should be, if you want a medal — the system has incentivized someone among the Spain/Brazil/Russia crew to dive for third place.
The incentives aren’t totally clear-cut. Finishing third in Group B means playing the No. 2 finisher from Team USA’s group in the quarterfinals, while winning the No. 2 slot gets you No. 3 from Group A — an inferior team, in theory. And a team tanking for No. 3 could unintentionally end up at No. 4, a slot that means an immediate quarterfinal date against the Americans. But the first negative isn’t so negative, now that France has upset Argentina and thrown a monkey wrench into the Group A standings, and the second punishment would require an upset somewhere from Great Britain, China or Australia.

The general point: Keep an eye on Group B as the preliminary rounds go on."

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orbit

Years ago

Games live on Foxtel 4am Sun morn & 7 pm Monday night (EST).

I agree hoopie, lucky Mills already signed b4 Olympics as his erratic play wouldn't warrant a Spurs contract. Also interesting is how wrapped in cotton wool he is by coach Brown. Should have been dragged in 4th last night for constant bad shot selection in trying to take on 7 footers! Brown did 0 & luckily he nailed some 3's. Looked stats hungry for mine..

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hoopie

Years ago

I'd be amazed if anyone gets an NBA contract after what we've seen so far. Competent enough for Euro ball but nowhere near NBA level.

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