And Spo is seen as one of the greatest coaches in NBA history. Not to say that Mark is anywhere close to Spo in terms of success, but if that is his measuring stick at this point in his career, then he’s certainly doing something right.

I play the Heat in 2K every year. That ‘video assistant’ commentary is ingrained in my brain at this point lol.

not to take anything from Spo’s coaching ability, but him climbing the ladder while having a father who was an executive shouldn’t be compared to other coaches.

And to think it almost ended after 17 games into his head coaching career

I would be pretty surprised if it wasn’t him when Spo gives it up, though Bickerstaff would be a solid choice as well.

Is it because he looks like Coach K’s nephew or because he coach good dribble hoops

Spo will be coach the next two Olympics 

More evidence that Calhoun is the GOAT

I think you’d probably want Mobley on the team. I’m not really comfortable with Chet and Bam as the center rotation.

The best players we’ll be facing are Jokic and Wemby and Chet hasn’t done a good job on either

Tyrese Haliburton will likely make the team

Jalen Williams should also be in the mix

Haliburton is DEFINITELY on this team. He’d instantly be the best playmaker.

Derrick white too probably?

Harper out, Mobley in.

Need an extra Big in case of foul trouble and the sixth guard isn’t going to see the floor much (Haliburton in the last tournament).

And that reminds me… Haliburton can easily get back onto the depth chart for the Olympics and force either Booker or Maxey off. (Don’t think he’s gonna want to push it next summer - probably needs an actual vacation at some point.)

If KAT plays for USA I think he’d be a great pick. A stretch 5 is incredibly valuable and he’s played really solid defense in the post season. I guess we’ll see how walker kessler plays too. Mobley could be a good addition. Jalen Williams, Halliburton are both better picks for a Team USA roster than Brunson honestly. Their ability to defend is valuable

I love these discussions lol

I think there’s no way the team doesn’t have at least Haliburton, but probably Haliburton + Mobley. Not sure who you shift around to make that happen, though? As a Pistons fan I’m happy to keep Cade starting lol

I also think they usually have a few glue guys that are more role player level guys, too. So I think that would squeeze out a few of these names. Not sure who gets squeezed, but I think a guy like Cason Wallace would do amazing in this context.

That’s not a bad roster you put together.

Castle over Harper 100%

Swap Maxey out for Jalen Williams.

Hali over Harper or Mobley over Harper then PH naturalizes Harper

There everybody happy! Just kidding I know we can’t afford Dylan 😅

I’d be shocked if brown is on the team

I think the Olympics will be LeBron’s actual retirement show. It being 2 years away and in LA would be motivation enough for him to stick around

IF Jalen Johnson remembers how to defend I think he’d work really well in the FIBA game, especially as a passer

Bam is starting over Chet, surely

By 2028, one of the draft picks from this year will be on the team in my opinion.

This team is going to clean up.

Before you even get into the roster, there’s going to be a huge advantage just by playing in LA. Every single Olympics the host country gets a huge bounce by playing on home soil. France got the home court bounce last Olympics, and they still were down by ~10 for most of the gold medal game.

Canada is at a slight disadvantage due to FIBA refs. Dort fouled himself out of the game against France last Olympics and Brooks was ineffective because FIBA refs do not reward that nonsense. They have to clean up that first

I still say Canada is the next best team aside from Serbia. France just doesn’t have the guards. Wemby raises the floor but there’s not much else. In 2024 everyone thought Sarr and Risacher would be developed on the way to stardom by 28, but Risacher got benched in the playoffs.

You’re right lmao idk why I said Scheyer

There are multiple coaches if you want a college guy over Scheyer

I think he’s absolutely one of the top coaches

Dude wins so much tho already

Definitely negative legacy points

Because he wins a fuck ton of games and already coaches a very NBA-like system

Bait used to be believable.

Tatum is literally a perfect plug in 3 on an elite team, he rebounds, passes, and defends really well. Obviously he can average 30 (as he’s all ready done in the NBA on good efficiency), but on a national team that’s not really his role. He’s a slightly poor man’s KD, which isn’t an insult when you consider KD might be the greatest “plug in and play” guy of all time, or at least up there

JB was coaching his ass off in the playoffs for the most part. He didnt have much to work with unfortunately

Any Detroit fan saying anything either don’t watch just and spit out narratives or just don’t understand how basketball works. Can’t speak for Cavs fans because I wasn’t watching that closely but don’t take any Pistons fans calling for JB’s head seriously

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We dont really complain that much about him. His difficulty adjusting the playoffs is well established but thats his only real issue

He just said he’s not

The GOAT Fizdale is coaching Nigeria now

Lol

He hasn’t coached Nigeria since 2022. Fizdale is the coach for Nigeria now.

I can’t imagine Kerr didn’t ask him to join in 2024. He probably just doesn’t want the gig.

Unfortunate that Kenny Atkinson isn’t getting this learning opportunity, too. Analytically it would make him a much better coach

oh good call, I actually didn’t know about his Pan Am Games stint. makes more sense now why Spo wanted him around

Players coaches don’t cuss players out.

Most of them pretend they don’t see Brunson flop

On reality several teams have at least one flopper though