mystro
Years ago
Smash em bro. Tall Blacks by 20.
Lindsay Tait > Derrick Rose and then no Lebron, Durant, Kobe, Howard so Tall Blacks victory should just be a formality.
Kirk Penney doesn't miss a shot, Tom Abercrombie posterizers every Team USA player at least once, Mika Vukona gets a triple double.
A guy can dream.
paul
Years ago
Steph who? James who? Should be a cakewalk.
Tall Blacks by 30 (turnovers)!
MACDUB
Years ago
There is one major mismatch in favour of the TBs..
Penney being guarded by Haren . No not Harden! Haren*. No D.
The Dream
Years ago
SMASHEM BRO alright!
Anthony , Frank & Fotu gone bring the pain lol
Mystro
Years ago
I hope the young guys saviour the moment of playing against so many great players and enjoy just enjoy themselves.
Don't give a shit about the score. If they can just play their own individual games and hit a couple of shots and stop an NBA player once defensively and do themselves proud as players, I'll be happy for them.
Benno
Years ago
I think every Aussie should be getting around our neighbours! Give them hell tall blacks!!
mystro
Years ago
Shot Benno, I'll be sure to cheer on the Boomers in the next round. Straya!!!
Some_Fulla
Years ago
I think a 30pt loss will be respectable..
With no interior presence it will be a layup drill for the USA
:-(
Best chance is for Vukona to start a brawl. I would pay to see a cage fight between Vukona and Faried. Would be scary.
I really want to see how Tai Webster goes in this game. If he has a good one, it could be a game to give him confidence to get to the NBA.
Sean
Years ago
Lindsay Tait should start the next 2 games, he can handle the ball and pass a lot better then Tai Webster.
Kenney & Bartlett - SMH
Rob Loe surely the most unathletic player at the World Cup
Rage quit
Years ago
For some reason the ABC is only putting up the Australian games for reply.
paul
Years ago
The Tall Blacks' scenarios are mind-boggling. That group could end up with the USA 5-0 and all other teams 2-3!
But if they win their last two there is a reasonable chance they go through to the Round of 16, especially if they could get a little bit of a margin.
When you nut it down, if NZ beat Ukraine and Finland, those kind Turks beat Finland and the DR beat Turkey the TBs will go through.
MACDUB
Years ago
paul, I think what's even amazing is that the TB’s should have won their first two games, and it was plausible and very possible for the TBs to have gone 4-1 and finish 2nd in the pool. I look back and think imagine we had Big Steve. The more I think about this pool, the more I think "Wow the TBs had a great opportunity here".
The Dream
Years ago
I thought tai blocked d.rose?
and corey blocked kyrie?
anthony had a nice game
The World Cup, among other things, provides players a chance to experience new cultures. One of the coolest traditions among World Cup teams - the haka.
Judging by the looks on their faces, Derrick Rose, James Harden and Kenneth Faried didn't know what to make of the dance.
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