After receiving the approval of the US men's basketball team and special approval from FIBA, the Bahamas men's basketball team recently completed the final part of their arms race - naturalized NBA star Eric Gordon, whose mother is a Bahamian and once represented the American men's basketball team. With the addition of Roundface, the Bahamas, an Atlantic island nation with an area of only 259,000 square kilometers, can send a luxurious roster of 4 current NBA players (as well as Ayton, Hield, Kay Jones), which is enough to make many teams envious. In the previous two warm-up games with the University of Kansas, the team's biggest name in the class of 2018, DeAndre Ayton, did not play, but even so, the double gun of Gordon and Hield allowed opponents to see their terrifying firepower. And in the Olympic qualification qualifiers held in Argentina, the Bahamas men's basketball team finally ushered in a complete body!
The Bahamas men's basketball team, which was divided into Group A, faced the Cuban men's basketball team in the first game of the tournament - as a World Preliminary Tournament can play back and forth with the American men's basketball team, once leading in the first quarter, the Cuban men's basketball team's strength is not as dazzling as they are in baseball and volleyball, but it is not idle. However, Ayton, who made his debut after Gordon joined, showed the dominance of the inside behemoth, and the Dunbao who could make a layup in the NBA and never dunk, seemed to have a cleanliness fetish, and was very resistant to interior confrontation was gone, replaced by a fierce man who could directly stage a backhand dunk after receiving the ball on the bottom line! From a distance, this movement rate and playing style is simply "Bahamas Durant" is also. Although Ayton has been out of battle for a long time, he still has no problem in the face of the Cuban men's basketball team, and after a little exercise, he handed over a report card of 10 shots, 22 points and 10 rebounds, hiding his achievements and fame.
What's more terrifying is that the Bahamas' NBA player lineup is very reasonable, with Ayton in charge of a pillar of Optimus on the inside, and Gordon and Hield on the outside forming a backcourt double gun, responsible for covering no dead corner firepower. In this small test game, Roundface scored 17 points on 4-of-7 shooting from outside the three-point line, Hield shot 4-of-12 from three-point range, contributed 24 points and 6 rebounds, and Erdengo's score, although slightly inferior to the Pacers' sharpshooting, was more efficient. And considering Eric Gordon's defensive ability, as long as he does not dribble the ball in his crotch, such a player is a perfect existence under the FIBA system, and his and Hield's outside firepower is comparable to today's American men's basketball team, coupled with Ayton's containment on the inside, it is not surprising that the Cuban men's basketball team beat the Cuban men's basketball team by 41 points.
In the next game, they will have a big test, against the strong Argentina men's basketball team, who unexpectedly lost the men's basketball World Cup, as long as they can successfully win, they can lock the top spot in Group A. The Pampas Eagles used to be one of the top teams in the world, but also because of the change of players, the green and yellow will have the current embarrassment, the thin camel is bigger than the horse, and see what kind of spark Argentina will collide with the Bahamas, which emphasizes the overall tactical strength against the Bahamas.
It is also fortunate that when the World Preliminary Round was held in the Americas, the NBA was in full swing, and these generals did not participate, otherwise the Bahamas would have entered the main game of the men's basketball World Cup. Imagine that it is not Puerto Rico that is in Group B with us, but the Bahamas, it is really a game of ball, and it is very risky. Then again, can this Bahamian men's basketball team beat the qualifying tournament to get a ticket to the Olympics? Have we ever had a chance to play with them on the Olympic stage? Let's wait and see.