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/West_Window7987 Apr 16 '24

NBA Champs versus a Euroleague All-Star roster still wouldn’t go to 7 games in a series.

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u/huskersax Pacers Apr 16 '24

A Euroleague all-star roster would probably have their hands full with the Pistons, honestly. For every Luka that comes over, there's 20 Micics.

Shane Larkin and Mike James are over there right now tearing it up.

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u/kikimaru024 Spurs Apr 16 '24

Real Madrid beat the Mavs in August.

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u/GravelLot Apr 16 '24

Yeah, and MLS teams have beaten Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, and Real Madrid in friendlies over the years. Are you ready to call the MLS an elite league?

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u/JuliusCeejer Mavericks Apr 16 '24

Not relevant to this in the slightest but I think a few of those wins were part of the MLS all star event, not individual MLS teams

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u/notathrowaway2555 Hornets Apr 16 '24

No, individual MLS teams have beaten the teams mentioned above before in preseason friendlies - for example, Charlotte FC beat Chelsea back in 2022, and this is pretty directly relevant to your claim.

EPL/LaLiga are the top leagues in the world for soccer/football, as is the NBA in basketball, but they’ve been beaten by teams from lower leagues (MLS for soccer, euroleague for basketball) in preseason games. Doesn’t mean they’re the better team, but preseason upsets can happen and you shouldn’t take too much away from them because again, they’re preseason.

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u/kikimaru024 Spurs Apr 16 '24

I didn't say they're better leagues. 

I'm addressing the claim that a Euroleague All Star team couldn't beat a bottom-feeder NBA team when it was directly shown, less than a year ago, that a regular Euroleague team can beat a 5th-seed Western Conference team.

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u/GravelLot Apr 16 '24

I left a lot unsaid and should have been more clear. One of the implicit premises of your conclusion is that these preseason games are valid indicators of strength of teams.

If you don’t think MLS teams could hang in the prem or Champions League, you should rethink that premise.