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What an end to that Great Britian Basketball game.

"Oh what a shot, this could be an epic comeback and huge upset for the home team and the decide not to foul and thats the end of the ball game"

Does GB even know how to play basketball?
 
I find it interesting that in a game like table tennis, if you hit the net and it dribbles over it's common courtesy to apologize for your lucky victory but in beach volleyball it's not :P


What an end to that Great Britian Basketball game.

"Oh what a shot, this could be an epic comeback and huge upset for the home team and the decide not to foul and thats the end of the ball game"

Does GB even know how to play basketball?

Nope, we took Spain to a 1 point game by not knowing how to play. No need to be a dick about it :(
 
What an end to that Great Britian Basketball game.

"Oh what a shot, this could be an epic comeback and huge upset for the home team and the decide not to foul and thats the end of the ball game"

Does GB even know how to play basketball?

Us Brits are too honourable to intentionally foul.
 
What an end to that Great Britian Basketball game.

"Oh what a shot, this could be an epic comeback and huge upset for the home team and the decide not to foul and thats the end of the ball game"

Does GB even know how to play basketball?

I was so disappointed when i moved here as a kid and no one played basketball. You get a lot more people playing in asia even if they don't have the build for the game.
 
USA didn't send pros when it was an Olympic sport. In fact, I think Japan usually won in the Olympics but I'm not sure. A lot of the players in the MLB are from Latin America as well.

But even if that were the case, why are basketball and table tennis Olympic sports?

Olympic baseball was historically dominated by Cuba, since none of the other countries could send their best players because they are all playing in the MLB. Since Cubans(who don't defect) can't play in the MLB, they always had the best teams for the olympics.

If you look at the WBC, even counting each countries best players, the US winning isn't a sure thing. The US might have the most top level players, but that doesn't equated to putting the best team together for a short form tournament

Also baseball in these short tournaments can be kind of flukey. without a best of 5 or 7 format lots of stuff is just left up to chance. That's the biggest reason olympic baseball doesn't work.
 
I was so disappointed when i moved here as a kid and no one played basketball. You get a lot more people playing in asia even if they don't have the build for the game.

Its played abit at school level, i played with a few guys at my school who went on to rep England at various junior levels.
 
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Keep trying, rest of the world.
 
In what kind of sport is deliberate fouling not only condoned but actively encouraged? Shit like this is why nobody cares about basketball over here.
 
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You guys are still behind : more silver for china

Are we finally going to be able to watch the semis for doubles tennis tomorrow? I know noone gives a shit about doubles but they still give the medal at the end, so maybe we could watch the medals matches at least?
 
Watched the end of the basketball. The players must be really hurting after that. Still, to come that close to beating a team ranked 2nd in the world is a big achievement for some of those guys.

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Keep trying, rest of the world.

Korey
Proof that Americans have no taste
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Something something soccer.

Im as big a football fan as it comes and I have to agree, football has 0 place to complain about any kind of dramatics in sports, you would be villified by your own team if you didnt take a dive that was offered to you to get a penalty, not funny but the truth.
 
Watched the end of the basketball. The players must be really hurting after that. Still, to come that close to beating a team ranked 2nd in the world is a big achievement for some of those guys.



Korey
Proof that Americans have no taste
(Today, 10:12 PM)

To be fair. Seinfeld is pretty unfunny.
 
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