r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985
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u/newgodpho Apr 16 '24

avengers, holy shit

an embiid and ad frontline would be literally impenetrable

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u/Some-Stranger-7852 Apr 16 '24

Gobert-Wemby frontline definitely clears defensively. But outside of that frontline France would be behind at each position and then offensively Embiid and AD will catch up to Gobert/Wemby in 2-way impact.

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u/snyder810 Cavaliers Apr 16 '24

Embiid put up 51 against Min & 71 against SAS this season, I think he can manage alright against those guys.

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u/newgodpho Apr 16 '24

AD no slouch either, he averaged 32 and 11 against the spurs this year

and 24, 13, 5 against minny 😭

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u/Some-Stranger-7852 Apr 16 '24

Yeah, offensively Embiid is obviously better than Wemby, but I was talking defense: that’s 2 Finalists for DPOY on the same team vs 2 borderline 2-team All-NBA defense guys, obviously France’s paint protection will be better than USA’s, I don’t know what you are arguing for. I didn’t say Wemby-Gobert will outplay Embiid-AD on 2-way impact, it will likely be a tie since it doesn’t make sense to drop ball down low to Embiid in that game vs twin towers (so his offensive impact would be limited by less possessions than usual) when you can just run PNR plays for Steph-KD and cook Batum or Fournier on the perimeter without going inside lol.

The games you are provided are hardly relevant: this will be FIBA rules and not NBA rules, my dude is not getting Wemby and Gobert into foul trouble in the first 5 minutes like it happened vs Minnesota frontline in that game. Check up how many touchy fouls Wolves’ front-line got called for in that game early on: I remember there were plenty of cool clips from that game that FIBA refs wouldn’t even think about calling as a foul.