International Hoops Thread

[torontoduke]

^Raptors will be guilty of that for sure

 

[torontoduke]

Australian Dante Exum will be in the 2014 draft.

Big, fast point guard.

 

[torontoduke]

I did not know where else to post...maybe in recruiting?

http://illinois.247sports.com/Article/Jamal-Murray-is-On-Deck-For-Canada-179064

 

[DukeNukem05]

Maybe some Canadian forums? JK, there should be a College Basketball Recruiting Thread.

 

[rome8180]

I guess I could have been making all my U18 posts in this thread instead of just making them in random threads?

 

[bdotling]

it was more fun that way, never knew where the commentary would show up. an easter egg surprise

 

[rome8180]

The same reason I don't confine my dick pics to the dick pic thread.

 

[torontoduke]

Dick picks are buried in the Tarik Black thread.

 

[torontoduke]

This the best link for Canadian hoops:

http://northpolehoops.com/

 

[torontoduke]

Canadian cadet team (U17) doing work in France:

http://northpolehoops.com/2014/08/0...ome-desrosiers-named-tourny-mvp/#.U-A2abVzY5s

 

[torontoduke]

I went to high school with this fellow - as far as I know, he is the only guy from my hometown to get a D-1 Basketball Scholarship (played @ Furman for 2 years)

http://northpolehoops.com/2014/08/2...ts-position-mississauga-power/#comment-218404

 

[DrKlahn]

World Cup time:

New Zealand had a pretty nice little meltdown to lose to Turkey. It does not appear that anyone in the group will be remotely competitive against USA.

Croatia beat Phillipines by 3.

 

[NCCUknow]

When does US play today?

 

[DrKlahn]

3:30 I think?

Finland is beating up on Ukraine. This group can't possibly be this bad can it?

 

[torontoduke]

I watched a bit of the USA/NZ replay; looks like Mason had a rough game (the little I watched), but nice to see him out there.

Dominican Republic barely beat Finland.

 

[DrKlahn]

From the sound of things, the Aussies tanked today, but they're still going to get the USA in the quarters if Lithuania loses.

 

[torontoduke]

Mexico (who won the tournament of the Americas IIRC) is on deck for you guys. Aside from the spectacular play of Faried & Davis, I really like how Kyrie and Cousins are playing.

 

[torontoduke]

Yep - here is an article about the Aussies laying down for Angola

http://www.si.com/nba/2014/09/04/australia-angola-tanking-goran-dragic-fiba-world-cup

From the sound of things, the Aussies tanked today, but they're still going to get the USA in the quarters if Lithuania loses.

 

[DrKlahn]

Lithuanian fans must look at Pocius and wonder what might have been if he had just been given a chance to develop in his 18-22 years.

 

[torontoduke]

Serbia's run to the finals was wildly surprising, as was Spain's early elimination (not even getting into the bronze game).

Congrats to USA Basketball for taking care of business.