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Stephen Curry Strong In US Men’s Basketball Team’s 105-79 Win Over Serbia In Olympic Warmup
Stephen Curry was rather quiet offensively during the United States Olympic team’s first two exhibitions before the Paris Games.
He became much more forceful on Wednesday, with his formal Olympic debut less than two weeks away.
Curry scored 24 points, Bam Adebayo added 17, and the United States defeated Serbia 105-79 to get to 3-0 in its five-game exhibition schedule ahead of the Paris Olympics.
Anthony Davis scored seven points, six rebounds, and six blocks, helping to lead the United States’ defensive effort, which hindered Serbia throughout. Anthony Edwards recorded 16 points, and LeBron James added eleven.
Stephen Curry Strong In US Men’s Basketball Team’s 105-79 Win Over Serbia In Olympic Warmup
Curry scored the first nine points for the United States in a frenzy that James admitted was intentional.
“We drew it up for that particular reason, to get him going,” James told me. “When he watches one go through the hoop, you can understand what it means for the rest of his game and the rest of ours. “He set the tone.”
The United States led by up to 31 points in the last two warmup games in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The Americans travel to London for two additional tune-ups before heading to France. The first game will be against South Sudan on Saturday, followed by a contest against Germany on Monday at London’s O2 Arena.
U.S. coach Steve Kerr is pleased with his team’s growth and believes its ability to overwhelm opponents with several defensive looks will be crucial.
“I think the identity of the team is our depth; the strength of the team is the depth,” Mr. Kerr said. “If we can play in 4- or 5-minute bursts of furious defense, hitting bodies, rebounding, and getting physical, that makes sense. We’ll see if we can keep doing it.
The United States had an erratic start before going on a 16-2 run in the second quarter to go up 56-42 and lead 59-45 at the half.
Serbia’s Nikola Jokic had 16 points and 11 rebounds, and Aleksa Avramovic tallied 14 points. Serbia was playing its second game in two days after losing to Australia on Tuesday and resting captain Bogdan Bogdanovic.
Despite being without Bogdanovic for the second consecutive game, Serbia struggled offensively, shooting only 41% (29 of 71). The United States also enjoyed a 30-21 rebounding advantage. Adebayo and Davis combined for 14 rebounds.
“Bam and AD together are really something,” according to Kerr. “Just the switching, but they can also protect the rim and be in a drop if we go to that coverage.”
Wednesday’s game was a crucial preview for the Serbians and Americans, who will both compete in Group C at the Olympics. On July 28, they begin their searches for gold against one another.
FINISH STRONG
After nearly wasting a large lead in its tight victory over Australia on Monday, the United States did not falter this time.
After three quarters, the Americans led by 25 points, which they rapidly boosted to 30 in the fourth quarter.
LINEUP SHUFFLE
The United States used its third different starting lineup, featuring Curry, Jrue Holiday, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid.
The only constants throughout the three exhibitions have been Curry, James, and Embiid.
One reason for Emiid’s inclusion on the squad was the U.S. coaching staff’s goal this cycle to fight larger teams such as Serbia, which has three 7-footers.
Embiid’s conditioning is still not at its optimum. He was active on both ends, finding cutters on offense and acting as a deterrent in the lane on defense.
Stephen Curry Strong In US Men’s Basketball Team’s 105-79 Win Over Serbia In Olympic Warmup
Energy Shifters
For the second game in a row, the United States reserves supplied a spark. Edwards, Davis, Tyrese Haliburton, Bam Adebayo, and Devin Booker entered the game for the first time with 4:54 left in the first quarter with a 16-13 deficit.
The United States outscored the Serbians 15-12 the rest of the period, tying the game at 28 entering the second quarter.
The American reserves scored 28 points off the bench in the first half.
STILL NO DURANT.
Kevin Durant sat for the third straight game as he recovers from a calf strain suffered early in training camp.
However, guard Derrick White debuted after joining the team over the weekend as Kawhi Leonard’s replacement. White recorded four rebounds and an assist in just over nine minutes.
SOURCE | AP
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Canadian Man Arrested for TikTok Video That Threatened Trudeau
A TikTok video that went live earlier this week has led to a Toronto man facing charges of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. Andrew Marshall, 61, is facing two counts of uttering threats.
On Friday afternoon, the Ontario Court of Justice granted him bail with a surety and restrictions after the RCMP charged him on Wednesday.
Following Monday’s upload to TikTok, CBC Toronto conducted its own independent investigation of the video. Marshall vehemently opposes what he perceives as restrictions on free expression in Canada in it.
“I get them taken down all the time— I make videos — or all my comments, that are just simple comments,” Marsh says in the TikTok. “It’s just getting ridiculous, Marshall said.”
According to the CBC more and more people are threatening politicians. The commissioner of the RCMP has hinted that further measures may be necessary to ensure their safety.
In the TikTok video, Marshall explains in great detail how he would brutally assassinate Trudeau and Freeland “if it was up to him.”
Marshall attacks multiple groups throughout the roughly 11-minute TikTok video, including the media, Muslims, migrants, and the police who defend the government.
Among Marshall’s bail terms are the following: he must not communicate with Trudeau or Freeland; he must not use the internet to make social media posts or comments; he must not own any weapons; and he must not apply for a firearms permit.
During the bail hearing, the prosecution provided all of the evidence that is often not published.
Nate Jackson, Marshall’s attorney, stressed his client’s liberties and privileges as a Canadian in an email message.
“He has the right to freedom of speech, the right to reasonable bail and the right to a fair trial,” he said. “Having secured his release from custody, we will continue to defend Mr. Marshall’s Charter rights as his case proceeds.”
Neither Freeland’s nor the prime minister’s office would comment on the allegations, according to the CBC.
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Canada’s Unemployment Rate Hits its Highest Point Since 2017
As the job market remains dismal, the national unemployment rate in Canada has risen to its highest point since 2017. This has led some analysts to question whether the Bank of Canada should be reducing interest rates more quickly.
In spite of a net gain of 22,000 jobs, Statistics Canada reported on Friday that the unemployment rate increased to 6.6% from 6.4% the previous month. The rise was due to an uptick in part-time employment and a fall in full-time employment.
Outside of the pandemic years, the national unemployment rate has reached its highest position since May 2017, according to StatCan.
Rapid population expansion in Canada has increased the overall labour pool, but the country’s unemployment rate has persisted in rising.
The summer job market was especially tough for students, according to StatCan. Not including the pandemic, the unemployment rate among students going back to school in the autumn was 16.7 percent, which is the highest level since 2012.
Two days after the Bank of Canada dropped interest rates for the third time in a row, reducing borrowing costs to alleviate economic pressure, the most recent reading of the Canadian job market follows suit.
According to TD Bank economist Leslie Preston, who wrote a note on Friday, the central bank is “giving the OK” to keep dropping rates due to the bad August jobs report. Preston predicts two more quarter-point decreases at the remaining decisions this year.
According to CIBC senior economist Andrew Grantham, there are indications that the labour market is quickly contracting more than initially thought, since the unemployment rate is nearly two percentage points greater than the record low of 4.9% in June 2022.
“Due to this, we believe the Bank should be contemplating a quicker rate of reductions in order to bring interest rates to less restrictive levels,” he informed clients in a letter on Friday morning.
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US Job Growth Falls Short of Expectations: Economy Struggles Under High Interest Rates
Last month, job growth in the United States was weaker than predicted, prompting concerns that the world’s largest economy is beginning to struggle under the weight of increased interest rates.
The Labour Department said that employers added 142,000 jobs in August, which was less than the nearly 160,000 economists predicted. It also stated that job gains over the preceding two months were weaker than expected.
However, the jobless rate went down to 4.2%, down from 4.3% in July.
The report is one of the most important indicators of the US economy and arrives at a vital time, as voters consider presidential candidates for the November election and the US central bank contemplates its first interest rate decrease in four years.
Analysts said the latest statistics kept the Federal Reserve on pace for a rate drop at its meeting this month, but did little to answer worries about the trajectory of the US economy or how much of a cut it should make.
“There has rarely been such a make-or-break number; unfortunately, today’s jobs report does not completely resolve the recession debate,” said Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.
Soaring prices in 2022 caused the Federal Reserve to hike its key lending rate to 5.3%, a nearly 20-year high.
Faced with increased borrowing costs for homes, vehicles, and other debt, the economy has slowed, helping to alleviate pressures that were boosting inflation but exacerbating market concerns.
As inflation has fallen to 2.9% in July, the Fed is under pressure to decrease interest rates to prevent additional economic deceleration.
Although job increases in August fell short of expectations, they were greater than in July, when a slowdown aroused anxieties and triggered several days of stock market volatility.
Last month, construction and health-care firms hired the most, while manufacturing and retailers laid off employees.
Ms Shah stated that the data in Friday’s report was mixed, but provided enough concerning indicators that the Fed should make a larger cut.
“On balance, with inflation pressures subdued, there is no reason for the Fed not to err on the side of caution and frontload rate cuts,” she told reporters.
Others, however, felt the advances were just steady enough to warrant a 0.25 percentage point decrease, as markets had long projected – though this could signal more cuts than expected in the coming months.
Paul Ashworth, Capital Economics’ senior North America economist, predicted that the Fed’s decision will be “close run.”
“The labour market is clearly experiencing a marked slowdown,” he said, adding that the new statistics were “overall still consistent with an economy experiencing a soft landing rather than plummeting into recession”.
Concerns about the economy are a major issue in the US election.
According to polls, a majority of Americans feel the US is in a recession, despite healthy 2.5% growth last year.
Donald Trump has declared that the economy is headed for a “crash,” and his team instantly latched on the latest data to criticise Vice President Kamala Harris, publishing a press release titled “warning lights flash as Kamala’s economy continues to weaken.”
Democrats have defended their performance, claiming that the United States survived the pandemic and inflation better than many other countries.
They believe the slowdown is a sign that the economy is returning to a more sustainable rate of growth following the post-pandemic boom.
“Although hiring has slowed, the US job market continues to generate solid job gains and wage growth that is consistently beating inflation,” the White House Council of Economic Advisors stated in a blog.
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