BLUE BALLS

FRANCIS TIOPIANCO   Late post! 1. One gif to sum up the US men’s basketball team:   Yes, questions about whether they will win gold were fair. But they still had, pound-for-pound, the most talented roster in the tournament, including…   2. The Best Player On The Planet   After Giannis dominated the Finals, it seemed safe to assume that the unofficial BPOTP championship belt was his. Then Luka started the Olympics on fire and carried Slovenia to an undefeated record until the semis, so people started wondering if it was Luka. The correct answer? Neither.  KD still holds the BPOTP belt. After the Finals, many analysts were saying that Giannis made a leap. While I agree that he made a leap in an historical sense, legacy-wise , I disagree with the notion that his game made a dramatic leap in the Finals. Make no mistake, he was already an elite superstar prior to the Finals—hey, he’s a 2-time MVP—but I don't buy that he suddenly unlocked another gear. He just kept doing