World Champion Of What ? The US ? FIBA - Germany will now face Serbia in the Final

[hewontgo]

GERMANY STUN USA TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP FINAL. #FIBAWC pic.twitter.com/fvzcMtCyAa
- FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 🏆 (@FIBAWC) September 8, 2023

Follow up this postThe United States and Germany played the highest scoring Semi-Final in the history of the FIBA Basketball World Cup. It came down to the wire, and Germany prevailed in the end. Final

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[fauxkaren]

I mean... take at look at team USA's roster.

That's all I'm gonna say or else I'll get buried in thumbs downs again, lmao.

[anydoppelganger]

Nah you're right and you should say it. ONTD doesn't watch basketball so they don't know what they're talking about. However, I do find it pretty funny that Noah Lyles can be kinda smug about this tho, even though I disagree with him.

RIP to Team USA's Olympics opponents when they send out the A-listers.

[derevko]

is there a reason the US doesn’t send big(ger) names to this competition?

just found the answer to my question:
https://sports.yahoo.com/happened-usa-basketball-best-players-181959190.html

[fauxkaren]

yes.

The reason is because we dgaf about it and don't see it as important. lmao. Like this is not a military draft. We can't force the most talented players to participate if they don't want to. And they don't want to.

This is the NBA's off season. So the big American NBA stars would rather spend their time off on vacation or doing wtvr rather than playing a tournament that means nothing (to them).

Olympics can get the big names though because the players want those gold medals so our Olympics team will be better.

But this tournament? It's not important to the top American players. So yes it's the World Cup, but many of the best players in the world aren't participating so.... 🤷‍♀️

eta: oh yeah i see you found your answer. But yes! The Olympics are more important/prestigious so the top talent would rather play in that and take the time off for this tournament.

[derevko]

[fernandocolunga]

Uhm no that’s not how it works according to the NBA players - if you win the NBA you’re a world champion so this competition is WORTHLESS

[anydoppelganger]

LMAO TBH although this also pains me
I do love seeing other countries get HYPED, esp if they're not basketball powerhouses. Like South Sudan, Japan, etc. Love seeing the celebrations from those teams and fans when they qualified for the Olympics.

Good for the Germans! I know Dirk Nowitzki must be feeling like a proud papa RN. We absolutely deserve the clowning for Steve Kerr and Team USA getting embarrassed by...Dennis Schroder.

I'll be on twitter, laughing/crying over the memes

[kawaiiairbender]

Lol congrats to Germany and Serbia.

But more importantly congrats to Noel! 😂
(idc if the best players weren't there or on other teams)