So maybe just the rest of the NBA, after their dismal performance in FIBA's competition recently in Manila, high caliber athletes are eager to don the US Jersey this coming Olympics and represent Team USA and extract their revenge and win the Gold medal to show US supremacy again in basketball.
Nah there's no such thing as revenge. The Olympics is just more heavy than the FIBA World Cup for these NBA superstars.
The fact that Team USA didn't bring any top superstars to the recent FIBA World Cup just shows that they consider FIBA as a practice stage for their youngsters to compete in global competition. Even if they won the Gold on the recent FIBA, their overall lineup in the Olympics will still be purely top NBA superstars and not those roster they have sent in FIBA.
FIBA happens every year. Olympics is every 2 or 4 years? That's how the special Olympics is.
For sure the Caliber and level of competition in the Olympics are different than with the FIBA and the NBA officials to consider not bringing their NBA players to FIBA but instead, they will take a step further in securing a spot with the Olympics than with FIBA, well considering the competition with FIBA if they are not targeting the championship and just targeting the improvement of their young star then it is OK,
So that Abu Dhabi game is like the Dallas Mavericks homecourt with the announcer so happy whenever a Mavs shoots the ball.
I like the roster of the Mavericks this season, most players are good at the defensive end. Seth Curry, Grant Williams, Josh Green, Exum, Morris, and Jaden Hardy, they actually strengthem their backcourt defense and I think most of the time they will be playing fast small ball plays with either Kyrie or Luka leading the way. I think Coach Jason Kidd should take advantage of this, he has good roleplayers there and he doesn't want to just bench them because they are reliable on both ends of the floor. Player rotation will be a key factor for the Mavs to win more games this season.
But for teams like the Timberwolves or Nuggets who are relying on big men, it will be a problem for them. But I do love their roster now, in my opinion, it's a decent one that could be a playoff contender or better.
Bias announcer at its finest, but for sure a game in Abu Dhabi is a stepping stone for the NBA to get the game in another country for sure, let's say the Philippines perhaps,
Seth Curry isn't just an addition to their defensive prowess but to their offensive as well in the roster of the Dallas Mavericks sure the real strength for both teams in this game is not shown yet but it is a treat for sure when the Abu Dhabi fans see the game it was a great thing for them,