Paris Olympics 2024

[kg01]

15 minutes ago, Spud2nique said:

I like the event that they the puck around like they cleaning the floor spotless! 

Curling.  I watch that whenever I see it's on.  That's the winter games tho.  

[AHF]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

*gasp*

Just as I thought.  AH has no soul, ladies and gentlemen.  And I'm not talkin' about his dance rhythm.  

All true.  As is the lack of dance rhythm.

[Spud2nique]

4 minutes ago, AHF said:

All true.  As is the lack of dance rhythm.

play that funky music  

[kg01]

Ngl tho, it warms my cold ded heart to see the complaints people have about USAB.

Folks mad because they're not playing defense.  Despite the alleged push to add role players that supposedly specialize in dEfEnSe. 

Also mad because they lack playmaking and 3pt shooting.

Ah well, yall dug yer own grave.  Lie in it. 

[AHF]

1 hour ago, kg01 said:

Ngl tho, it warms my cold ded heart to see the complaints people have about USAB.

Folks mad because they're not playing defense.  Despite the alleged push to add role players that supposedly specialize in dEfEnSe. 

Also mad because they lack playmaking and 3pt shooting.

Ah well, yall dug yer own grave.  Lie in it. 

It is what USA basketball gets for hiring someone to make roster decisions who has zero GM experience and crapped his pants last time around.

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Jdawgflow]

2 hours ago, kg01 said:

Ngl tho, it warms my cold ded heart to see the complaints people have about USAB.

Folks mad because they're not playing defense.  Despite the alleged push to add role players that supposedly specialize in dEfEnSe. 

Also mad because they lack playmaking and 3pt shooting.

Ah well, yall dug yer own grave.  Lie in it. 

I seem to know a player who can shoot from pretty far out at a good percentage and had the most points and assists in a season for the first time in like 50 years recently.  I wonder if he should have been on the team?

[JayBirdHawk]

Australia vs Spain - Saturday at 5AM.

USA vs Serbia - Sunday at 11AM.

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/basketball?day=27-july

 

[Spud2nique]

1 hour ago, JayBirdHawk said:

Australia vs Spain - Saturday at 5AM.

USA vs Serbia - Sunday at 11AM.

https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/basketball?day=27-july

 

are the ones I wanna watch most. 

[Spud2nique]

The goat (in his own mind)

 

German  

 

[shakes]

I rarely root against Team USA in anything, but will definitely be rooting against them in men's basketball.  Here is a simple chart explaining:

 

Players I like on Team USA:  Ant man, Steph

Players I dislike:  Lebron, KD, Derrick White, Embiid,  AD

Ambivalent about the rest.

Players I like who were screwed over by Team USA:  TRAE

 

Simple math, will be rooting for Serbia.

 

[bird_dirt]

On 7/23/2024 at 2:37 PM, AHF said:

Just watched it and he looked like he was probably ok.  Wasn't impaled on it or anything.  But crazy for sure.

 

On 7/23/2024 at 3:30 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

The judge, Engelbert Perchthaler, was seriously injured, in a daze he pulled the javelin from his stomach in the stadium, causing intense bleeding. Luckily a doctor had just competed in a 1000m race and ran over to begin administering first aid. The guy was then airlifted to a nearby hospital and saved there. But it was close.

I’m glad @AHF is a lawyer and not a doctor (and I’m guessing probably not an injury lawyer). 

[bird_dirt]

On 7/23/2024 at 1:38 PM, JayBirdHawk said:

Opening Ceremony kicks off Friday night.

We get to see Bogi (Serbia), Dyson (Australia) and Bruno (Angola) participate for their respective countries. 

 

What other sports do you watch?

I’ll try to watch basketball, soccer, and skateboarding, though all of them seem weird to me being in the Olympics. I’ll watch whatever I catch when it’s on tv live though. 

[AHF]

3 hours ago, bird_dirt said:

 

I’m glad @AHF is a lawyer and not a doctor (and I’m guessing probably not an injury lawyer). 

In my defense he was definitely not impaled and he did survive so…

(Glad it was a doctor nearby rather than an attorney!)

Also, maybe I just represent the IOC.    “It’s just a flesh wound.  Get back in there!  Your shift doesn’t end for 2 more hours.”

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[JayBirdHawk]

 

 

[Spud2nique]

3 minutes ago, JayBirdHawk said:

 

 

Go and  

[macdaddy]

Ok so I'll admit to knowing nothing about Olympic basketball.  Why aren't teams like Slovenia and Angola there but South Sudan is?  

Anyway, we have Dyson and Bogi competing and i think that's it for Hawks right?

As for ex-Hawks I have Patty Mills and Dennis Schröder

and.....

Spoiler

Jock Landale

 

[JayBirdHawk]

14 minutes ago, macdaddy said:

Ok so I'll admit to knowing nothing about Olympic basketball.  Why aren't teams like Slovenia and Angola there but South Sudan is?  

Anyway, we have Dyson and Bogi competing and i think that's it for Hawks right?

As for ex-Hawks I have Patty Mills and Dennis Schröder

and.....

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Jock Landale

 

 

They have pre-qualifying games to make it to the Olympics. Win and you're in. Lose and you're not.

(For some reason I thought Angola was in)

[Spud2nique]

I got an alert that snoop was running around France somewhere carrying the flag