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Team USA were there side effects?
« on: October 24, 2020, 11:06:23 AM »

Offline rollie mass

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Was brilliant for team chemistry but did it burn out Kemba -The playoffs and bubble made for a long long season.

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« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2020, 11:24:14 AM »

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Might have burned Kemba out but I think that is more about Kemba's health as Tatum, Brown, Turner, Mitchell and others were fine in the playoffs.

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« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2020, 03:19:26 PM »

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Might have burned Kemba out but I think that is more about Kemba's health as Tatum, Brown, Turner, Mitchell and others were fine in the playoffs.

Did Kemba play much different in the team USA games than he did in the playoffs?  I think we just saw who he really is under the big lights. 


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« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2020, 03:33:10 PM »

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Might have burned Kemba out but I think that is more about Kemba's health as Tatum, Brown, Turner, Mitchell and others were fine in the playoffs.

Did Kemba play much different in the team USA games than he did in the playoffs?  I think we just saw who he really is under the big lights.
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The knee injury slowed down Kemba. And the box and 1 vs Toronto. And the team being unable to figure out Spo’s zone when it mattered.

I think Team USA definitely helped team chemistry tho. I hope we keep our team USA guys (JB, JT, KW and MS) and use Hayward to get us some help in shooting and/or bigs.

Unpopular opinion: I think non shooting bigs like Jarret Allen or Andre Drummond can help us out a ton

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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2020, 11:46:40 PM »

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I mean, they had a three month break for Covid where they just sat around.

Team USA was good for chemistry for the core guys. And good for some relationship building with other players. Seems like the Cs players were super tight with Donovan Mitchell.