Other than Greivis Vasquez's decision to drop out of the Olympics to continue his rehab, the Nets front office has to be thrilled with what's going on in Rio de Janiero. With the group phrase over, both Bojan Bogdanovic and Luis Scola are playing well. Bogdanovic is the leading scorer in the Olympics ... and it isn't even close while Scola is the third leading rebounder Both have had issues on defense, but that was no surprise.
As Cory Wright notes in a piece on the Nets website, the next round -- the so-called knock-out round -- will be tougher but it's hard not to be optimistic, at least for Croatia.