After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania's national colours. They went on to win bronze.
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Earlier today, KD received his 2021 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year trophy from Gregg Popovich, Head Coach of the 2020 U.S. Men's National Team. KD is now the U.S. Men's all-time Olympic leading scorer & owns 8 U.S. Olympic Men's records streamable.com/jq5ahp
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Syria national women’s basketball team. Competed in 2021 Women’s Asia Cup (first time since 1986).
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After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania's national colours. They went on to win bronze.
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BUCKS IN SIX: THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS ARE CHAMPIONS OF THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION. WE ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE NBA.
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[Stein] Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say. twitter.com/TheSteinLine/…
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U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the launch of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team. reuters.com/world/us/us-j…
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The Baylor Golden Wave Band executed this amazing drill honoring their National Champion basketball team. v.redd.it/vupendlq8fu71
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Watching the men's and women's national soccer program shine makes me even sadder at the state of the national basketball team.

I think this will resonate for foreseeable future like the Raptors championship run. Soccer viewership, interest, and participation will rise even more so.

Our men's program specifically since we have so much NBA talent, completely dropped the ball. It would have been huge for basketball in this country. Makes me sad :(

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After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania's national colours. They went on to win bronze.
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Lebanon national basketball team beats Indonesia 96-38.. FIBA world cup Asia qualifiers v.redd.it/ipx35ns9v4281
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For those that don’t know…After the breakup of the USSR, the Lithuanian basketball team couldn't afford to participate in the 1992 Olympics, so the Grateful Dead funded the team's expenses and sent a box of tie-dyed outfits in Lithuania's national colours. They went on to win bronze.
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[RMC] AS Monaco manager, Niko Kovac, in tears while talking about the recently deceased legendary Croatian coach, player and the father of Niko Kranjcar - Zlatko "Cico" Kranjcar: "He was a wonderful person, always happy. He gave me the captain's band of my national team. He was very important to me" twitter.com/RMCsport/stat…
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Syrian National basketball team. Where do they pass best.
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[Wojnarowski] Longtime NBA assistant Kaleb Canales has been named the associate head coach for Mexico's national basketball team, sources tell ESPN. Canales will assist Mexico in the upcoming FIBA Americas qualifying tournament for the 2023 World Cup. twitter.com/wojespn/statu…
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[Stein] Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say.

Source From Marc Stein's Newsletter "The Stein Line" - Pop's likely USAB successor: Steve Kerr

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> Golden State's Steve Kerr has emerged as a favorite to succeed San Antonio's Gregg Popovich as head coach for the USA Basketball senior men's national team, league sources say.

> Miami's Erik Spoelstra is another natural candidate for the position, sources say, but prior experience on the national team coaching staff, given the vagaries of the international game, is believed to be a key prerequisite in the search led by new USA Basketball executive director Grant Hill.

> Kerr was an assistant under Popovich on the Olympic team that overcame a loss to France in its opener in Tokyo to win the United States' fourth successive gold medal in men's basketball. Kerr also coached alongside Popovich at the 2019 FIBA World Cup in China, where a team weakened by the absence of numerous star players posted the worst showing (seventh) for a USAB team since NBA players were allowed to start playing Olympic basketball at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Spoelstra coached the USAB's select team in last summer’s mini-camp but was not on the bench with the full senior squad.

> In a subsequent interview with my longtime Bay Area colleague Tim Kawakami of The Athletic, Kerr affirmed his interest in taking over for Popovich.

> "Of course I'd be interested,' Kerr told Kawakami. "I mean, who wouldn't be?

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[Canada Basketball] Nate Bjorkgren, Nathaniel Mitchell to coach πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Senior Men’s National Team in upcoming FIBA competitions. twitter.com/canbball/stat…
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Shiralizhan Mukhtar is an outstanding Uyghur athlete, a native of the city of Kashgar, who plays for the XUAR national basketball team. *See below for the story of the photo.* reddit.com/gallery/qsv3ce
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[Johnson] USA Basketball men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo on Zach LaVine's Olympic selection: "He almost jumped through the phone he was so excited about the opportunity. And I love that."

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>USA Basketball men's national team managing director Jerry Colangelo on Zach LaVine's Olympic selection: "He almost jumped through the phone he was so excited about the opportunity. And I love that."

With those hops, he's jumping through anything lol

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[Mahoney] Marc Gasol said he thinks it's time for the young guys and his time with the national team is done. A great era for Spain in international basketball.

https://twitter.com/briancmahoney/status/1422447718962630657?s=20

End of a big era for Spain. I would assume Pau is done too. Looks like Rudy Fernandez, Sergio Rodriguez, and Ricky Rubio will lead the new era of Spanish players like Usman Garuba and the Hernangomez's. Will be interesting to see how they progress.

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Auction for the 1st "2021 UArizona Women’s Basketball Team National Runner-Up" platinum ed. NFT begins tomorrow on The Asset Marketplace

The first of a 10 part platinum edition NFT series commemorating the amazing 2021 UArizona Women’s Basketball Team National Runner-Up performance goes up for auction tomorrow on The Asset Marketplace. Bidding begins on Nov 11th at 10:00 am EST. This is a 1 DAY auction, so don't miss out!

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Luka is back on basketball court. This time with Slovenian national team. He Looks happy and ready to go. Tnx for letting him play thsi summer!
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Who would lose less embarrassingly - the French National Football Team playing USA in Basketball or the USA Basketball team playing France in Soccer?

For convenience sake, let's use the ideal USA "A" team if everyone was healthy and willing to play.

Which elite athletes would do a better job at converting to the other and less in a less humiliating fashion?

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It is nice to see national team basketball once again in Syria. I am happy that Syrians will get to see their national team play in person in a World Cup Qualifying game. I think this greatly benefits both Syria and basketball. fiba.basketball/basketbal…
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JaVale McGee's selection to the USA Men's National Basketball Team will help the team more than other available options

JaVale McGee has been much maligned for his Tragic Bronson moments, his propensity to commit goaltending in the NBA, and his lack of any graceful offensive skills relative to other NBA players. However, the USA Basketball team was really planning on running with Bam Adebayo and Draymond Green at center with the now-removed Kevin Love. Bam and Draymond are great defenders, with Bam being especially switchable and versatile, and Draymond being a beast in general. However, the niche of tall, athletic, vertical, paint-prowling shot blocker was missing, which can be especially important for FIBA rules. As seen in previous Olympics, DeAndre Jordan was incredibly potent under FIBA rules, and it's not too much of a stretch to think that JaVale could do the same for this team, especially with the lack of defensive 3 second and the goaltending rule change.

USA Basketball was seriously considering playing with only Bam/Draymond against the likes of Gobert, Marc Gasol (yes, he's old but still needs a big body on him), Luis Scola (yes, he's even older but he knows exactly how to use his size to his advantage still), and Australia's collection of solid if not spectacular bigs. They're lucky Lithuania didn't make it (with Valanciunas) and that Jokic didn't play.

As for other options, common names that have been mentioned to fulfill the same positional niche have been Jarrett Allen (probably out for contract), Myles Turner (injured), Zion (injury recovery), Christian Wood (offensively-focused), and Dwight Howard (old but still solid). Mason Plumlee obviously has experience and brings more on offense than McGee, but JaVale should be more of a force around the rim, which seems to be where USAB is lacking at the moment. I haven't heard as much discussion about Brook Lopez (probably wants a break after the finals), Time Lord (injury, young), Montrezl Harrell (would get cooked on defense but would be a Faried-esque choice), Daniel Gafford (digging deep here), and Andre Drummond (could be good, could torpedo the team), but they were passed over or not next up (or turned it down) for whatever reason. Tobias Harris' name was floated and he would have been intriguing too. Evidently, choices for bigs are limited.

I also believe that other positions and roles are more than sufficiently covered, except the team could use more lead/secondary playmakers. Wings are plenty represented and guards lacking in defense are definitely present.

TL;DR: As long as JaVale sticks to rebounding,

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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OT: Canada's national soccer team doing things our national basketball program failed to do.

I gotta hand it to the men's and women's program. The women just beat the US team and soccer is about to explode even bigger with kids. This is great as I love soccer and I'm sure many of you do as well. The men's program also coming along nicely.

But wow, just when you think basketball is about to take another leap in Canada with the Raptors winning an NBA championship, the men's and women's program completely halt any momentum. I feel this will really elevate soccer in this country while basketball takes another step back.

The women's team had so much potential and they should have at least had a chance to medal.

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Commemorative asset for the 2021 UArizona Women’s Basketball Team - National Runner-Up performance is now available on TheAssetMarketplace.com

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