• "Team USA niggers are frustrated with leftist failure Gregg Popovich":

    From hamilton@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 26 14:00:51 2021
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    Gregg Popovich apparently doesn’t have many fans when it comes
    to his offense on Team USA as guys like Damian Lillard are
    frustrated.
    Team USA has had an up-and-down time together and they are
    currently in the latter half of that phrase. Ater dropping games
    to countries like Australia, Damian Lillard and company picked
    up their slack by handily beating Argentina and Spain in the
    remaining two exhibition games. With fans exhaling a sigh of
    relief, Team USS has once again given them something to worry
    about.

    Last night’s bout against France saw the Americans completely
    lose their footing in the second half of the game as they gave
    up an abysmal 16-2 run to close out the fourth quarter. Guys
    like Kevin Durant and Damian Lillard had decent games up until
    the halftime buzzer sounded but due to excessive fouling and
    fumbling of the ball down the stretch, could not hold on.

    One particular aspect of how Team USA lost is the amount of
    ‘overpassing’ that took place. This was reminiscent of what
    Gregg Popovich does with his San Antonio Spurs and players were
    reportedly not pleased.

    Team USA players frustrated with how Gregg Popovich is employing
    a Spurs type offense.
    Making the extra pass is always welcomed when that extra pass
    leads to a better shot. Passing off a shot that is already quite
    decent for the sake of ball movement is something Team USA
    looked like it was trying to do. Ball movement is a crucial
    ingredient in Coach Pop’s ‘Spursian’ offense and players are
    seemingly not having it.

    “Popovich is horrified by his own record coaching this team. He
    dwells on it and hates losing. The players are frustrated too,
    grumbling on their way back to the locker room about ‘running
    the San Antonio offense’ when apparently, they feel like there
    are better ideas. Pop has said the offense would be based on
    concepts instead of set plays,” said Joe Vardon.

    Also read: “Only Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James can save Team
    USA now”: NBA Twitter clamors for Lakers and Blazers superstars
    to aid Damian Lillard and co following abysmal loss to France

    Most of Team USA consists of players who are used to ‘being the
    man’ on their own NBA teams. So, in an effort to eradicate this
    narrative, it felt as though they were looking to pass as much
    as they can to bring about the essence of ball movement and good
    chemistry.

    Instead, this only led to guys like Damian Lillard and Zach
    Lavine giving up wide open looks for the sake of making that one
    extra pass.

    https://thesportsrush.com/nba-news-team-usa-players-are- frustrated-with-gregg-popovich-damian-lillard-and-co-seemingly- irked-by-coach-pop-employing-a-spurs-type-offense-in- embarrassing-loss-to-france/

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