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Post by bulkey on Jun 23, 2021 11:50:26 GMT -5
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Post by bulkey on Jun 23, 2021 14:22:42 GMT -5
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Post by rockymtblue2 on Jun 23, 2021 14:26:05 GMT -5
The 3x3 has the tougher journey to gold I'm thinking.
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Post by semper on Jun 23, 2021 16:22:08 GMT -5
Yup....but neither will be a piece of cake. So great though!
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Post by bulkey on Jun 23, 2021 16:46:34 GMT -5
Yup....but neither will be a piece of cake. So great though! Not sure the full team competition will be that tough. There's a Candace Parker tweet in which, besides complaining about the selection (quelle surprise!), she did note that the top 15 US players, if separated into 3 teams, would win gold, silver, and bronze. I thought that was a nice touch. |
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Post by semper on Jun 23, 2021 18:06:21 GMT -5
Good one!!
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Post by semper on Jun 23, 2021 18:11:35 GMT -5
But that apparently wasn't exactly how she put it...the USA "could" field such teams, that is if the right people were chosen. Here is the quotation. Make of it what you will, but is she calling the games in Tokoyo?
“Of course I’ve reached out to Nneka,” Parker said. “I think that there’s a number of women that are deserving. That’s not taking away from anyone on the team. Shoutout to Chelsea Gray for being the point guard. I was so excited that they didn’t mess that up, and put her on the team because she’s one of the best guards in the entire world. There’s a number of players that are deserving. I mean, when you’re the United States, you could field a first, second and third team and probably win gold, silver, and bronze. At the same time, I know there’s a lot of deserving women, but how many times are we going to say it’s unfair, right? How many times are we going to say that it’s not politics? I think we all know that. I hit Nneka, I was like ‘Listen, it sucks. It’s unfair. All that. Blah, blah, blah. You’re one of the greats. You’re the only MVP not to make the Olympic team.’ Which is bullsh*t. But that’s what it is, right? That’s why I’m commentating in Tokyo.”
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Post by bulkey on Jun 23, 2021 21:52:07 GMT -5
But that apparently wasn't exactly how she put it...the USA "could" field such teams, that is if the right people were chosen. Here is the quotation. Make of it what you will, but is she calling the games in Tokoyo? “Of course I’ve reached out to Nneka,” Parker said. “I think that there’s a number of women that are deserving. That’s not taking away from anyone on the team. Shoutout to Chelsea Gray for being the point guard. I was so excited that they didn’t mess that up, and put her on the team because she’s one of the best guards in the entire world. There’s a number of players that are deserving. I mean, when you’re the United States, you could field a first, second and third team and probably win gold, silver, and bronze. At the same time, I know there’s a lot of deserving women, but how many times are we going to say it’s unfair, right? How many times are we going to say that it’s not politics? I think we all know that. I hit Nneka, I was like ‘Listen, it sucks. It’s unfair. All that. Blah, blah, blah. You’re one of the greats. You’re the only MVP not to make the Olympic team.’ Which is bullsh*t. But that’s what it is, right? That’s why I’m commentating in Tokyo.” You have a far more accurate eye, semper! Yes, I think Parker is one of the 3 doing the announcing in Tokyo. |
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Post by chicagogg on Jun 24, 2021 8:15:23 GMT -5
3x3 team is coached by Kara Lawson!
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Post by semper on Jun 24, 2021 9:02:55 GMT -5
And she is announcing in Tokoyo because the team was poorly chosen? The way she phrased that was ominous...I guess I read too much in...
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Post by chicagogg on Jun 24, 2021 11:42:57 GMT -5
And she is announcing in Tokoyo because the team was poorly chosen? The way she phrased that was ominous...I guess I read too much in... No, you may be right....because the Candace channel on 24/7/365. Trust me, she will not be Little Mary Sunshine in that job. |
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Post by huskyharper on Jun 25, 2021 16:33:40 GMT -5
MAN, to have pissy parker in the commentators box with a microphone is just going to make watching these games a silent screen show. No way do I want to listen to her piss and moan about not being on the team, the number of lousy UCONN players on the team, the number of lousy UCONN players on Canada's team and how what a rotten coach Geno A. is. Who hired this witch-with-a-b to talk? They should be fired.
Of course, all of this is IM most HO.
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Post by semper on Jun 25, 2021 18:27:51 GMT -5
I was thinking much the same but didn't dare say it. She is a real pain in the kiester, man.
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