NBA

Decided to make a thread for this since I didn’t see one posted. Team USA played Team Puerto Rico in their first FIBA game of the year and won convincingly, 117-74.

A few growing pains since these guys have only been together for a couple days, but they looked amazing in transition as that was an emphasis from Coach Kerr.

Jaren Jackson Jr looked dominant on both ends of the floor with 12pts/7rebs/2blocks.

Anthony Edwards may have been the most impactful player with 15pts/2rebs/4asts along with a handful of steals as well as a blocked shot! (Box score lists him with 4 steals no block, but if you watched the game one of those steals was a blocked 3 pointer)

The Hoop Collective podcast yesterday mentioned that Ant would be a player to watch and that he has the potential to step up and lead this team, and it looks promising so far! His defensive effort was great to watch and he had some nice flashy passes.

Also want to shoutout Jalen Brunson who had 11pts and 12rebs, one of the smallest players on the court and dominated the glass.

USA Basketball link Box Score: https://www.usab.com/gamecast?id=1646

Summary article here: https://www.nba.com/news/team-usa-exhibition-puerto-rico