FIBA Oceania Puns

Figured it would be neat to have all these stats in one place. In case I've missed someone, please notify me. I have also included some of the players who were drafted but are still playing overseas, as well as some 'honorable' mentions i.e. players who've played or have been linked to the NBA but are not a part of an NBA roster (e.g. Jan Vesely).

Eurobasket: 05 Sep - 20 Sep

Afrobasket: 19 Aug - 30 Aug

Fiba Americas Championship: 31 Aug - 12 Sep

Fiba Oceania Championship: 15 Aug - 18 Aug

Fiba Asia Championship (not played yet): 23 Sep - 03 Oct

 

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With all the talk over a Midseason Tournament over the few days, I thought I would float around something that would be closer to what we see in soccer.

A two week, 16 team, International, professional basketball tournament consisting of group play and knockout rounds. Stay with me here. Before I dive into the specifics, I do know there is a talent gap between the NBA and other foreign leagues, and will address that at the end.

As far as it pertains to the proposed tournament, this is what it looks like:

No. of Teams: 16 (6 NBA Teams, 4 Euroleague Teams, 2 FIBA Asia Teams, 2 FIBA Oceania Team, 1 FIBA Africa Team, and 1 FIBA America Team (Non-NBA).

This provides a wide range of representation for professional Basketball leagues across world, while also being about to draw global interest into this product. This will be an important as FIBA and the NBA try to market this for media rights.

Locations: An Entire Country, rotating every year.

The goal is to market this tournament as a large Global event to foreign audiences, but you also want to provide incentives for players to participate. One of the biggest draws of Olympic and FIBA basketball for NBA players is the opportunity for Global marketing and endorsement deals. Players can make potentially millions of dollars being able to market to a new country or endorse a foreign product. Superstars given a chance in-season to increase their brand exposure is a major benefit, as it's usually something that is limited to the offseason while they are trying to rest and recover.

Tournament Structure: Group Play (4 Groups) consisting of 3 games. Top 2 seeds from each group advance. 8 team single elimination knockout play to follow.

Fairly simple. Follows the template set but most international team competitions.

Style of Play: FIBA Rules

This will be somewhat of an equalizer. NBA players often struggle to adapt quickly to the FIBA style of rules. They are shorting games, with a closer 3 point line, and more physical style of play. Fouls that normally get called in the NBA won't get called in FIBA competition. The pace of play is generally much slower and the court often feels much more crowded. This means that team play is often more successful than the isolationist style of play you see in the NBA regular season. Also, with no defensive 3 seconds, teams with larger players can really cause difficulties in the paint.

**Player Incentives: Progressively increasing pool of mone

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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

With the conclusion of this year's Olympic basketball tournament, I think it'd be fun to look forward to the next Olympic games which will be held in Paris in only 3 years from now. Assuming a return to normal NBA scheduling and the absence of the pandemic, the 2024 tournament is probably going to be the most competitive international basketball tournament of all time. With only 12 spots in the Olympics available it is going to be a major challenge for many countries to even qualify in 2024. Qualification runs through the 2023 FIBA World Cup (which also should be a great tournament in its own right, although with less competitive teams at the bottom). The top 2 finishing teams at the WC from Europe and the Americas qualify, while only the top finishing team from Africa, Asia, and Oceania qualify. The final four spots are decided by the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be held a month before the Olympics begin. Below are the 12 national teams I believe would make for the most competitive Olympics possible in 2024. In a perfect world, the tournament would be expanded to 16 teams, so I also included the first four teams out, all of whom would be competitive if they do end up qualifying.

*If France finishes in the top 2 from Europe at the World Cup, the 3rd best finishing team from Europe qualifies for the Olympics as well due to France being the host. This makes for an even more competitive tournament.

Host Country - France

• 2024 will be the Olympic debut of Victor Wembanyama, right after his 2023-24 rookie campaign. His addition alone to an already loaded veteran team will make them the most talented French squad in history. Gobert, Fournier, and Batum should still be the leaders of this team by 2024, but France also is banking on the development of young guys like Killian Hayes, Theo Maledon, Ousmane Dieng (projected 1st Rd pick in 2022), and Sekou Doumbouya to give them the best possible chance at winning a gold medal on home court.

1st European Team at the WC - Serbia

• Leading up to the World Cup and the Olympics, there will be immense pressure from the Serbian public on Nikola Jokic to play for the national team after this year's disaster at the qualifying tournament. Serbia is always stacked with high-level Euroleague players to complement their NBA players, but what will make the difference as to whether Serbia can contend for a gold medal (yes, a gold medal) in Paris is one thing: the development of Aleksej Pokusevski. If he becomes a

Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

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This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

It was about a weak back.

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”