/u/sewsgup's posts in /r/nba
[Urbonas] Giannis: "The day they told me and asked me if I'd be willing to represent the country and be the flag barrier, my first response was, 'I want my captain, Kostas Papanikolaou, to do it.' He had more national team appearances than me. But it was like, 'No, we want you to do it— (cont.)"
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[Reynolds] “It’s weird because Ant goes off tonight, Bam went off the other night, KD the night before that, Bron’s been consistent the whole time,” Stephen Curry said. “Everybody else, you find your place with where shots are coming from. It’s not like anybody is taking over every possession (cont)
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[Golliver] France coach Vincent Collet said Rudy Gobert did not undergo surgery on injured finger before win over Canada and lineup changes were based on matchups
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[Reynolds] The NBA is ramping up talks with FIBA, the sport’s global governing body, on how to best increase its competitive footprint in Europe either through an annual tournament or an NBA-operated league, Silver said Friday in an interview with The Associated Press.
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[Amick] French big man Rudy Gobert, who played less than four minutes tonight, just told a few of us reporters that he had surgery on his left ring finger yesterday and was thankful he was able to play at all in this win over Canada. @JeffZillgitt @davidaldridgedc
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[Golliver] France’s Rudy Gobert, who was benched and played limited minutes in quarterfinal win over Canada, said he suffered an unspecified finger injury during practice before the knockout round. Two fingers on left hand were taped together.
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3StepsBasket has team & player stats/shotcharts/etc. from the Olympics basketball games (KD at 88.9% TS%, Steph at 18.4% USG%; USA & Germany at 125+ ORTG, etc)
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[Urbonas] "Rumors have been swirling about Rui Hachimura's time with Japan's national team during the Olympics in Lille, sources tell BasketNews, hinting at some turbulence within the camp. There were whispers that Hachimura might have unexpectedly left a practice session (cont.)"
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[Urbonas] "Rumors have been swirling about Rui Hachimura's time with Japan's national team during the Olympics in Lille, sources tell B@sketNews, hinting at some turbulence within the camp. There were whispers that Hachimura might have unexpectedly left a practice session (cont.)"
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