One and done: The USA Celtics lost to France and are out of World Cup

We were waiting for it to happen, and it did. But earlier than we expected. The USA Celtics lost in the quarterfinals of the FIBA World Cup and will be coming home empty-handed.

This “national” team never really had a lot of support here in Miami

The reason: too many Celtics and zero Miami Heat players.

Weird, but reasonable I guess. Some people might actually be happy this Team USA lost.

Bam!

The USA is out.

— Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Never send the Celtics to do the Heat’s job…..

— Five Reasons Sports Network (@5ReasonsSports) 11 de septiembre de 2019

The United States lost to a French team that is used to play this type of competition together, while the US took their fifth best team (or worse) to the second most important international event, after the Olympics.

Are you, as an American, happy your national team lost?

#FIBAWorldCup Are you happy the “USA Celtics” lost to France and it’s out in the World Cup🏀 #China2019?@5ReasonsSports @Alf954 @EthanJSkolnick @houtz @LasnerSport @TacoBoutSports

— Cinco Razones Deportes Network (@CincoRazonesNet) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Hard to believe.

Even though I know here in Five Reasons nobody really cared about this team.

Serbia and the United States, the two favorites to win it all, are out in the round of 8.

A World Championship that should be always for the United States, the country with the best basketball players of the world, by far, is now in the air.

Arthur Freyre and our Lasner Sport had an interesting exchange about what happened with the American team and what should the USA do for the next competitions.

I think if the NBA adopts some of these rules, it will help improve their product…/fin.

— Arthur Freyre (@arthur_freyre) 11 de septiembre de 2019

NBA players want to compete in the actual Olympics…

— LasnerSport (@LasnerSport) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Yes, but the days of NBA players rolling out the basketball and saying, “We’re here.” are getting shorter and shorter. The teams that are in the semi’s-France, Argentina, Spain have continuity and played together.

— Arthur Freyre (@arthur_freyre) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Notice these countries are bringing out their best & the NBA is bringing out ‘nearly’ All-Stars .. that’s the difference. The Global players are trying to make a name for themselves to get to the NBA … NBA players are using this for offseason conditioning

— LasnerSport (@LasnerSport) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Thread:
The USA’s loss is good for the NBA, because it shows that the gap between the U.S. and the rest of the world is narrowing…/1

— Arthur Freyre (@arthur_freyre) 11 de septiembre de 2019

USA Basketball needs to reassess who they invite on their team. I do not blame the players that refused to play because their body were worn out. However, the NBA would need to consider to make some changes in how it schedules it season…/2

— Arthur Freyre (@arthur_freyre) 11 de septiembre de 2019

Some changes to consider-1). Eliminate the back to back games or limit them to only the first 1/2 of the season. 2). Schedule a day off every 7 games. 3). The first two rounds of the playoffs should be best 3 out of 5. Conference finals and the Finals should be 4 out of 7…/3

— Arthur Freyre (@arthur_freyre) 11 de septiembre de 2019

What do you think? Should we care more about this?