Nothin But Net
Nothin But Net
The FIBA World Cup and the hardships that come with representing Team USA
Lace up your sneakers and get ready to hit the court with us as we sink deep into all things basketball! We're spilling the tea on everything from the group stages at the FIBA World Cup to the fresh talent making waves in the NBA. You'll discover why Anthony Edwards has got our attention and why Austin Reaves is determined to get Tyrese Haliburton sporting Lakers colors. We even serve up a breakdown of Team Canada’s key players, Shai and RJ Barrett, and explore how the New York Knicks need Barrett to step up his game if they're going to be contenders.
But we don't just stop at the NBA. We're turning up the heat, drilling down into why some NBA stars are reluctant to play for Team USA. Is it a matter of pride or is there something more? The conversation gets fiery as we debate the deeper significance of playing for your country versus a team you're paid to represent. We also dissect Team USA's loss to Dennis Schröder, Franz Wagner, and Mo Wagner - were they truly beaten by another country or just by their NBA peers? Plus, we're making fearless predictions for the 2024 Olympics and pondering why LeBron James, Steph Curry, and Jimmy Butler might need to make a comeback. Strap in for a no-holds-barred analysis of Elias' controversial comments about the NBA and Team USA and join us as we speculate on the outcomes of the upcoming third-place match between USA and Canada, as well as the Germany versus Serbia showdown. This is a slam-dunk episode for hoops lovers everywhere!
Hello everyone and welcome back to Nothin' Monet, where we talk all things and everything basketball. I'm Ritham.
Speaker 2:I'm Cole, I'm Kaya.
Speaker 1:And I'm Daniel, and today we're going to be talking about the biggest international basketball competition in the world right now the FIBA World Cup. Now, yesterday, much to Noah Lyos' delight, team USA lost in the semifinals to Germany and the Goat, franz Wagner. But let's go back all the way to the group stages and let's talk about everything that's happened since then. Anybody have something to say on people's performances in the group stages.
Speaker 4:Anthony Edwards was ballin'.
Speaker 3:Yeah, he was like he did like a post-wrize dunk in the very first half. That was like his first point on their third game, I think. Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:He's him, he's, in my opinion he was the Michael Jordan of that game. He was. In my opinion he's going to be the new face of the NBA After LeBron is gone, after Steph is gone. Giannis is already like 30. Jock can't be waving around guns and be the face of the NBA. They can't have Luca be the face of the NBA. I think Anthony Edwards is going to be the new face of the NBA.
Speaker 2:I think you're right. Yeah, because he does show a lot of. He has a lot of confidence. He would be a good lead.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and I think after next season. I don't know if this is a hot take. Correct me if I'm wrong. I think Ant can, just like Shay did this season. I think Anthony Edwards can be a top template in the NBA. If what, when we're talking in our seats at this time next year, we're going to be talking about Anthony Edwards as a top template.
Speaker 3:When I look at Anthony Edwards, I see Paul George. For some reason.
Speaker 1:Like why?
Speaker 3:Just based off of how he plays, like all around.
Speaker 1:His place, oh because, there's nothing Paul George can't do.
Speaker 3:Exactly. Well, that's I mean you could say that for you could say that for, like any NBA player, then Not really, no, no no, no Trayon can't play defense, anthony. Edwards stands out to be the most.
Speaker 1:Anthony Edwards is very good, but also I feel like in the group stages, I mean, I know the NBA media was like very um, I don't, I don't, they were glazing him.
Speaker 2:Yeah, austin Reeves, austin Reeves.
Speaker 1:Yeah, In the group stages he was pretty good.
Speaker 2:Yeah, he was really good. I saw a lot of good plays I saw. I saw him moving around a lot but, but they were overdoing it. Yeah, I'm gonna be honest.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean. I mean I saw a bunch of comments on like Instagram that said, like, what is the NBA going to, what is the NBA media going to do once Austin Reeves leaves the Lakers?
Speaker 4:Yeah, they're not going to talk about them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly Like. Like he's nicknamed Hillbilly Kobe, like you're not going to be nicknamed Hillbilly Kobe if you're playing for, like the Orlando Magic, exactly. Like how come the NBA media isn't talking about the reigning NBA rookie of the year, but they're talking about Austin Reeves, who's like 27.
Speaker 4:Because Lakers.
Speaker 1:Because Lakers. Oh did you guys hear about how Austin Reeves was like trying to convince Tyrese Hallibur into joining the Lakers because of all the Lakers hype. He was like in Indiana nobody's, nobody's talking about you, but once you join LA, they're going to talk about you. Did you guys hear about that?
Speaker 2:No, I didn't hear about that.
Speaker 1:What's your guys opinion on that?
Speaker 2:I mean like he's right. He's honestly right.
Speaker 4:Yeah, Austin Reeves is right, but like props on Tyrese for sticking with Indiana.
Speaker 1:That is true, that is true.
Speaker 2:Well, but Tyrese would get a lot more like praise and recognition if he went to the Lakers.
Speaker 4:That is true. He just needs to make Indiana good, and then he'll get the praise and recognition he is going to I think they're going to make the playoffs next year.
Speaker 1:We'll see more of our predictions in our predictions video next month. All right, so USA was actually doing pretty good in the group stages. I think they lost one time in the group stages, but other than that they kind of swept their way into the knockout rounds. But their biggest competitor at the time. If we thought about this at the time now in hindsight it's not their biggest competitor, but at the time it was Canada. Right, they had Shago, just Alexander. They had Cole's favorite player in the NBA, dylan Brooks.
Speaker 4:They had more of a menace than he was, like in last year.
Speaker 1:Did you see against the game versus Slovenia, where he got ejected and he pulled out the boxing?
Speaker 4:glove. He pulled out the boxing glove.
Speaker 1:He got ejected and he pulled out boxing gloves so dumb. Makes basketball a movie he really thought he was him, but they needed to get to the cap because of the new CBA rules. They were so far under cap that they needed to get on there.
Speaker 4:All people have to assign the menace.
Speaker 1:It brings Houston some spirit, gritting, grind rockets.
Speaker 2:Well, back to Team Canada. Shae was really hooping, shae is a top 10 player.
Speaker 1:He was doing great.
Speaker 2:And, like RJ Barrett as well, I feel like he underperformed.
Speaker 1:Yeah, because RJ Barrett was the number three overall pick. But like, when are we going to start talking about him as a bust?
Speaker 2:Exactly, we got to wait.
Speaker 1:We've been waiting for six years.
Speaker 4:He's still a starter.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but like we gotta wait. The Knicks neat. The Knicks are trying to be contenders. They have Jalen Brunson, they have Julius Randall. They need RJ Barrett to go from like 19 points per game on like 40% efficiency to like 25 points per game. I'm like 50% efficiency because jaw has done it, darius Garland has done it, zion has done even the Zion hasn't played Like all the other people in his draft class have done it exactly Like he needs to wait he peaked in college.
Speaker 4:He has another year We've been waiting for way too long.
Speaker 1:I mean, he played kind of good in the tournament. We'll see in the third place bronze medal match, if he can.
Speaker 4:Help, which is against USA in Canada, who we thought would be in the finals.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I think my favorite member of Canada's team it was not a player, it was their coach shout out Jordy Fernandez, sacramento's own. I'm proud of him because he he helped to get Canada all the way to the the bronze medal match. Yeah, I was rooting for Canada because of Jordy right, because no Kings players were on team USA, so I had to root for the only Kings connection in the bowl cup, which was Jordy Fernandez yeah right.
Speaker 1:So I was rooting for Canada. It didn't turn out, but I'm proud of what he did and I think the gold man, the bronze medal match, is gonna be very exciting.
Speaker 3:Danny, you were saying I was gonna say back about, back on, like talk about USA. I think USA could have done like better, especially against Germany, but I wouldn't say that.
Speaker 1:I wouldn't say yeah.
Speaker 3:I wouldn't say, though, that they had a horrible run, considering the only loss, like twice out of like this whole entire.
Speaker 1:Expectations but, but I would say Danny, to contrast that I would say it's team USA.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that's what I was also saying too. It's like it's filled with, like a bunch of I mean like National basketball.
Speaker 4:It's like in the NBA whenever they win, the finals are like it's your world champions, but they can't win on the world stage.
Speaker 2:Exactly.
Speaker 4:It's like you have expectations you set for yourself and you can't even meet them.
Speaker 3:They're like I'm in my opinion, I think USA, and like Canada, but mainly USA, is the most um Advanced basketball team. Yeah, of course. Yeah, because it's it's team, usa.
Speaker 1:Like I'm not trying to sound very patriotic, but I feel like USA is like the most advanced thing and like everything.
Speaker 3:Yeah, how do they?
Speaker 4:accept soccer.
Speaker 3:They lost to the way near by six points.
Speaker 1:But also like, I feel like but that was only in the group stage, danny but I also feel like to contrast what Cole was saying. Right, I agree that. I agree that the NBA team shouldn't call them the world champions, because they're not a thing in all US sports?
Speaker 4:Yeah, but because they?
Speaker 1:aren't the world champions, they're the national champions. But if we look about who team USA lost to, they lost to Dennis Schroeder, they lost to Franz Wagner and they lost to Moe Wagner. Where do those three players? What league do those three players play?
Speaker 2:They play, play, play on the NBA. They play in the NBA.
Speaker 1:So if we're looking at team USA's loss, it's not team USA losing to another country because USA is bad. It's NBA players losing to other NBA players exactly yes you know. So I feel like Well, I do agree that, um uh it doesn't put that much shame yeah exactly. It doesn't put that much shame to the NBA. It puts shame to the United States, because I mean we could have had LeBron. Steph KD Kauai, jimmy Butler, everybody right, it's, it's a.
Speaker 4:I don't want to play. Yeah, it's. It's a. It's the same thing with the World baseball, world Cup and baseball. None of the major US people want to play didn't Mike Trout? Play, yeah, but he gets injured all the time.
Speaker 1:That is sure Shohei one right, yeah, yeah. Japan, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 4:but it's the same problem in baseball as it is in basketball. Hockey doesn't have that problem.
Speaker 1:For some reason but did you guys see the thing that, after team USA lost, bleacher boy I think it was bleacher boy posted to Instagram After team USA lost? There's many complaints about how, the how, the how. The stars didn't want to play. Can we see a LeBron Steph KD returns to team USA and LeBron commented with the eyes emoji he needs to play which is like he might be getting to, I mean because the next feeble World Cup is in four years.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but the Olympics are in 2026, which is like next year, next year Not 2026, 2024. Oh the, the Olympics are next year. Yes, oh, yeah, well, well, we gotta get. We gotta get the All Stars for TV, we gotta get the All Stars for, like, the Olympics. We got to hey, if they come for the Olympics, to need to play in FIBA. That's all I'm gonna say, because it a lot.
Speaker 4:Fiba allows for people, for players who aren't usually in the spotlight in America, to like be on a spotlight in America. Yeah, but the problem is no one in America watches the games. Uh, I would say that well, I mean like it's mainly because none of the stars that, like casuals, know like all the we're brawn James, except Curry's, they don't play because they care about more than about the NBA, than being on the world stage.
Speaker 1:That is true. That is true and I like, I like what you said about how People who don't get a chance to play in the NBA get to chance to like show their talents. Because we saw rendez-hau-lis Jefferson. He was out of the league in like he was out of the league in like 2019 and then he came to the Feeble World Cup and played like Kobe, like he was averaging like 30 points per game, like Shooting efficiently for Jordan, like he was playing like Kobe for the country of Jordan, like that's crazy and it can also be like an eagle or pride thing.
Speaker 2:You know cuz like these stars, if they go and play against like other countries and they look and they do horrible against like other countries, they're gonna seem bad because now they're known as the world champions. But, like, if they can't beat, like like Mo Wagner, that's like if. Lebron can't beat Mo Wagner, that's. That's gonna be embarrassing, that's gonna ruin his reputation.
Speaker 4:But, like the thing, this is that if LeBron stuff Curry, jimmy Bar, all of these if they play DMSA is not losing a single game.
Speaker 1:Yeah at all. Yeah, but they, they just don't play.
Speaker 2:I don't even know why.
Speaker 1:But I feel like like cool, I mean like I was saying sorry, it's all it's like it's a big pride thing because in the NBA you're, you're playing for your team, right you're playing. You're playing for the team that drafted you and paid you a hundred million dollars. Okay, that's, that's who you're playing for in the World Cup, in the Olympics, you're playing for the country that you have like your blood is running through your veins of that country's flag colors Right. It's like a big pride thing and like unless you're Noah Wiles.
Speaker 1:Yeah, he disrespects his country. It's crazy. But like I don't get why LeBron, steph and Katie and stuff, like why the best players don't want to play anymore because they're they're representing their country. Like if the Lakers win the title, lebron is gonna be praised, of course, right. Yeah yes, if United States win the Olympics, the entire country of the United States, people who aren't even basketball fans, are gonna be like watch it. Yeah, people aren't gonna be basketball fans, they're gonna be like this man won us a gold medal in the Olympics yeah, yeah if back to what you were saying, like why Katie, steph LeBron weren't playing, it just be, I feel.
Speaker 3:Like the fee, but like the whole, like World Cup would just be too predictable. Like USA is gonna be winning every single round.
Speaker 1:It's not always.
Speaker 3:Yeah, but that's not. It's not like that's a bad thing, I know, but like I feel like if they're not in the game, it's just gonna like mix things up. I go what you're saying.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but yes, but we're not trying to make things entertaining TV, yeah, yeah, we're just trying to win. Like it doesn't matter if you dominate, like think about the 90s bulls. To the 90s bulls ever say, michael Jordan, we're gonna put you on the bench for the entire playoffs, just to give our opponents more of a challenge.
Speaker 4:I mean like, why do you think the Warriors got KD in 2017?
Speaker 1:They just wanted a win yeah, cuz like LeBron embarrass them in 20s.
Speaker 4:They don't care about entertainment.
Speaker 3:Yeah, they don't care about another reason why they, like, just didn't play as their age that issue cuz they don't want to get injured. Yeah, no cuz if they get injured.
Speaker 4:Yeah, but then World Cup. Imagine like NBA they're not gonna be able to play yeah, yeah, that's the same reason why no one plays in baseball two more injuries for LeBron.
Speaker 1:Well, lebron doesn't get in, depends on the. Yeah.
Speaker 2:The same exact reason why no one plays in baseball.
Speaker 4:Yeah, but they don't want to get injured before this use.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what if I need?
Speaker 4:to get their priority straight.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but like, if you also like, look at what happened to Paul George. Paul George was a rising star in 2013. He just led his Pacers team to the Eastern Conference Finals against LeBron in the heat. Yes, he was an all-star. He was most improved player. He went to team USA. He was in a scrimmage. He wasn't even in a game, he was in a scrimmage. He snapped his leg in half and missed two seasons exactly.
Speaker 4:But that can happen to anyone yeah, but that's game. It doesn't matter if you're playing for team USA or for the Indiana Pacers.
Speaker 1:That is true, but like, yeah, that's why people are scared, because they would rather they don't they.
Speaker 4:Would rather go out in a regular season game, yeah exactly because but then why do they do all these camps, like then you're just making it easier for yourself to get during camps.
Speaker 1:It's not like the players are playing like you're not playing at their best.
Speaker 4:They're just helping kids out get injured.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but you can't get injured by freestyling a bunch of eight year olds like that's that's not true, no, but like.
Speaker 2:You're not gonna snap your leg against a bunch of like little kids. You know I'm saying, but if you're playing, a bunch of people like your own, like age, like imagine like a Jimmy Butler goes and plays in FIBA, hurts his leg and then like he can't play for the rest of the season. Cuz now like the heat went to the finals like, but he went to the finals I was didn't win now they want to win again, but they can't because they lost like a huge piece there of their.
Speaker 4:The best roster. The heat going to the finals was lucky.
Speaker 1:They still went to the final.
Speaker 2:They still went to the finals.
Speaker 1:They still went to the finals.
Speaker 2:They worked their butts off and they made it there exactly.
Speaker 1:They were a seed, they made it, yeah, like like hi is saying, imagine the heat they trade for Damian Lillard. They're all in. They have Jimmy Butler and aging star, they have Damian Lillard, they have Bam at a bio, they have Tyler here, they have all that stuff, and then Jimmy tears is a CL and it's like there's always the risk, but you can make the risk like even bigger cuz like that's true, cuz nope, speaking of Damian will weird why hasn't that trade happened yet?
Speaker 1:Oh yeah, oh, I mean like that's right, we got a month until the season starts, and nothing has happened. No, but did you see during the schedule?
Speaker 3:There's a trailblazers versus heat game Right after the trade deadline if game got, if game got traded, his whole career could change, even though I feel like it was he requested will trade he requested a she, he lost the trade.
Speaker 4:He wants to get out.
Speaker 1:It should have happened. He didn't request a trade, though, I know, but he should it should have happened in 2020.
Speaker 4:No, yes, no, not earlier, because 2019 was when the trailblazers went to the conference final.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm saying like so, because why would you, why would you, why would you blow it up to your one year after going to the Western Conference?
Speaker 4:Well, they weren't doing anything. You know the finals. I would want to do it again.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but it could have been maybe like a fluke year, damian.
Speaker 4:Why didn't he do it in 2021? That is fair. Yeah, 2022.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but going back to the World Cup, I'm I'm just gonna say this like I feel like people would rap, like injuries happen all the time, it's always always happen. I feel like people would rap To to pro NBA players the World Cup doesn't matter. Okay, like, yeah, like to maybe to people in other countries. You're representing your country. You're, yeah, yeah, you're representing your most obviously yeah, but if you're in the NBA player, you're just doing this for fun. Are you doing this for?
Speaker 2:exactly it's like. It's like your family fitness, right, right, yeah.
Speaker 3:It's like a jam, a huge worldwide Jamboree yeah.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so I feel like if somebody like tears their ACL In, like in there, like, like let's say, a 34 year old player, let's say Damian Lillard, decides to play for us, team USA, he tears his ACL and he's like man, this was my last chance to win a ring and I blew it, doing something that I shouldn't even been doing exactly right.
Speaker 1:That's why the stars don't want to go to team USA because it doesn't matter and, like the NBA, regular season matters, of course it would matter to their game, but it matters to everyone else in the world.
Speaker 4:Yeah, but because, as stars who aren't American, they're still playing in the feeba.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that is yeah don't want to risk their whole career, exactly, they don't want to risk it over something that they think doesn't matter, which they don't think it matters, yeah, so that's what they should. Yeah, that's why the stars don't want to play for team USA. Yeah, but also let's go back. So let's talk about the knockout stages. Let's talk about how every team did so. Tm, you'll say, blew by Italy. They. So, yeah, during the quarterfinals they blew by Italy. Palo Bancaro that was. That must have been very tough for him.
Speaker 1:That. That must have been pretty tough. Did you guys see that meme?
Speaker 1:The president of Italy's team was like he fooled us Cuz he did he did fool them because, if you guys didn't know, palo Bancaro's from Italian descent, and he said that he would play for team Italy. But then he flaked out right as team USA offered him an offer and he chose to play for team USA. So the entire country of Italy was really mad at him. So it was. It must have been pretty tough for him, because he had to play against Italy, the team that he should have been playing with, and he had to beat them.
Speaker 3:Michael Michael Bridges is going off that game too.
Speaker 1:Michael Bridges is going off 24 points.
Speaker 3:And then you, yeah, you got 24 points.
Speaker 1:Yeah yeah, the kill bridge is gonna be really good, but he's 28, so the Nets are building around him. That's pretty weird. And then the quarterfinals Canada one, serbia one and Germany one. Okay, so then we get to the semi-finals and then everything blew up.
Speaker 2:Yeah, canada lost, usa lost and now they're gonna go against each other in the Bronze medal match in the bronze medal match Yep for third place.
Speaker 3:I think it's gonna be fun game to watch if you go to the FIBA website and it shows like semi finals USA versus Germany, the catch on the very bottom is a question and this has best game in FIBA history. It was actually a pretty good game. It was the way Germany stood up to USA and then USA lost by two points.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it was actually a pretty interesting game because team USA had the opportunity because, like they were down a lot and then Anthony Edwards made a comeback and then they were like within two points and then they missed. And then Germany yeah it was. It was a bunch of high and lows, but also, no, elias must be very happy, right he's a dumbo because he hates the NBA like a comment.
Speaker 4:He said about, like backlash. He said this is about Drake. He said Drake, what are you doing here? Go back home. This is an NBA Conversation. To be honest, I truly think the NBA is the best. There's a national side and there's the world side it and you can't have a world championship title without facing the rest of World that is, he ain't wrong, he is not wrong.
Speaker 1:but dude.
Speaker 4:You represent USA.
Speaker 1:But was disrespecting his country. Oh, he's disrespecting his fellow countrymen. It's crazy, nah, but he's dumb and like did you guys see that the entire NBA attacked him like? And like Kevin Durant was like what is the? What is Bill talking about? And then Aaron Gordon was like somebody needs to take his speaking rights away.
Speaker 4:It was actually so funny, but he's ruined his entire reputation with the basketball.
Speaker 1:No, but the thing is, the thing is he's right.
Speaker 4:He is right, he's right, that's right, he's right, like he's speaking complete facts.
Speaker 1:Like the NBA, they can't call themselves the world champions if they don't face the world. He's right, but it's just really funny.
Speaker 4:It's kind of funny. It's not kind of, it is really.
Speaker 1:It is really funny but also, like I'm gonna get, like I'm gonna say this, like and do you guys think that he's upset Because he played? He was a part of the team USA Olympic team, so he should be rooting for team USA, but you guys matter.
Speaker 4:They didn't win and they should win because they created they literally invented the game of basketball.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but like yes or no, do you think he's upset? Yes, yes, why I?
Speaker 4:Mean cuz team USA lost, I think he's disappointed.
Speaker 2:You really I think, I think he's not happy with USA itself.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I think I think he's happy because, yes, he did play for team USA, but also now his point is proven that, yeah, team USA can't face the biggest competition. They lose to the biggest competition. So he kind of proved his own point like team USA proved his point. He's. I think he's happy.
Speaker 3:I I'm gonna say something so, yeah, usa lost to Germany, but we have another. We have a third-place game to look forward to, yeah, say versus Canada.
Speaker 1:Do you know what time that is?
Speaker 4:1 to 30 am. Wow, okay cuz they're in Asia.
Speaker 1:So we're filming at 430. We're average 430 on September 9th. Right now, this episode will probably come out like 24 hours, but so so we can make predictions we can.
Speaker 3:All right, let me just start off real quick. According to the Feeble website, the shooting percentage between both teams, usa has the higher shooting percentage, so okay this they have like the higher chance of winning.
Speaker 1:Okay, so should we make predictions? Oh yeah, let's start with the third-place match.
Speaker 2:Okay, you know it's a place match USA, USA easy, yeah I think.
Speaker 3:I think USA is winning. They're up like. They have more total rebounds, they have a higher shooting percentage, they have Everything's just better than Canada overall.
Speaker 2:Their stats are better, but yeah, they have. They have Shay Shay's a top ten.
Speaker 1:That's what I was gonna say. Shay is the best player in the game.
Speaker 2:Yeah, shay, shay, I think, I honestly think Canada, canada might win.
Speaker 3:I.
Speaker 1:Austin Reeves in the same conversation as Shay go to Salix. And what has this game come to?
Speaker 2:Anthony Edwards and shame. It's like that's gonna be a great matchup, but but.
Speaker 3:Is gonna be an entertaining and an entertaining game to watch cuz Dylan, yeah, cuz Dylan what?
Speaker 4:what shenanigans was broken.
Speaker 1:I go it's very entertaining to watch you guys have to. Yeah, he's dumb. Did you guys see in the Sidemen charity match that the dude pulled out and you know. Reverse card on the ref. I Not watch okay but some dude pulled on an honor reverse card on the ref.
Speaker 1:That is something that Dylan books would do I would not be surprised if he did that like he's probably. His mentality is probably man. This is the third place match. We didn't make it to the finals. I don't care anymore and he's probably gonna go full Tom Fulery over everybody. It's gonna be crazy, but I'm a rooting for Canada, but I got. I Think that that Canada has the best player in the game, who's Shay.
Speaker 2:Yeah, but USA has a better combination.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you have a better build so I I think I'm rooting for Canada, but I got. I got USA winning. Now let's go to the big match Germany versus Serbia.
Speaker 3:I'll let you guys know. Just because Germany beat USA, I think Germany's gonna win this.
Speaker 4:Hmm.
Speaker 1:We got cool.
Speaker 4:Uh Germany.
Speaker 1:Germany.
Speaker 2:Germany. But I mean, if you have like a Dennis shoulder, a Franz Wagner, a Mo Wagner, like all these, like I Feel like they compliment each other like pretty, like pretty well, you know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but I feel like Germany doesn't really have that much chemistry because, yeah, Serbia has the better stats too.
Speaker 3:So Serbia actually has definitely has a chance of winning.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but did you, did you guys see the argument that, like Dennis Schroeder, was like yelling at his coach? I Didn't.
Speaker 4:I see that yeah.
Speaker 1:I think, like Germany has some pretty chemistry issues. So I got, sir, I got Serbia winning this one. We will see tomorrow at 5 am. Kyle, did you say your pick?
Speaker 2:I Said Germany, but honestly, like you convinced me.
Speaker 1:All right, we will see tomorrow. Thank you everybody for watching this episode of nothing but net, and we will see you next time.
Speaker 4:Bye, bye.