FIBA World Championship, Day 4 Open Thread
by Tom Ziller on Aug 31, 2010 6:41 AM PDT
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PrintNo Team USA action today. Greece vs. Turkey is the big game. Don't wear your Turkoglu jersey around Aykis16, OK?
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I've also got my eye on some potentially nerve wracking games.
Spain vs Lithuania is a must win for Spain, Puerto Rico vs China is also interesting while France vs Canada should show us if the French are as good as advertised.
There can only be one Noce!
Ok, New Zealand versus Lebanon is boring. Tall Blacks with a 25 pt lead in the third...
and steadily pulling away.
There can only be one Noce!
Kirk Penney continues to score big for NZL
He now has 21 and sits down with the Tall Balcks ahead by 24 in the 4th.
My next question is…Isn’t there an NBA team who can use a versatile scorer with range?
There can only be one Noce!
Good morning, Noce
On my way to work, but I didn’t want you getting a complex.
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Dang, you ruined it
I was enjoying the one man show.
When discussing two opposing point of views, the truth often lies somewhere in the middle.
I was watching from the sidelines too.
GREENE! You’ve been superfluously apostrophe’d! - andy sims
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Dang you guys!
I got tired of playing by myself so I just went home (and watched criminal minds instead)
There can only be one Noce!
No, why would I be?
Unless Noce-fandom is now considered a crime.
(waits for Noce jokes, puns, barbs and insults, hehehe)
There can only be one Noce!
Wow
Ivory Coast were only down by 3 with 18 seconds to go, but Russia ultimately wins.
Dunking Dutchman
Unfortunately going to be at work for Greece-Turkey
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Go Turkoglu!!!!!!
I have to root for him now that he is a PHX Sun
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According to the ESPN3 schedule, it's supposed to start at 1:50 Eastern, so in the next 5 minutes or so (if my math is correct)
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
that is an awfully wierd time to get the game started
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The turkey game sounds like a game between lemons! (try to figure THAT out!)
There can only be one Noce!
Hedo turkoglu is making barbosa’s game yesterday look like a master piece; Turk is shooting a remarkable 27% for the past two games, and when you couple that with turrble D and rebounding and you have a a recipe for failure.
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That actually does surprise me, kleiza has been playing fantastic basketball
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I always liked ersan ilyasova, he reminds me of lou amundson with a solid jumpshot
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I know, that is why I said with a solid jumpshot, I think he'd be a solid fit for the suns considering they need a rebounder and a hustle player, and he'd benefit from playing
with Nash.
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Does Amudson even shoot jumpers?
I remember him him as a player who scores on putbacks
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
God know, he knows his limitations, he scores by hustling, putbacks included.
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I still dont understand why turk chose to play in Fiba after complaining about being tired after that championship run?
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Spain's lead is down by 6
Lithu has an amazing shooter
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Cool
Another player to scout. Wonder if he can play Gasol
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
I don't know much about him, but I think I read somewhere he has a soft nice touch, a la nikoloz tsktishvilli.
Anyway, it is a really good way of geting insight on these players. They get more attention these days mainly due to the millicic debacle.
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THose are the only two lituanians I know
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Ersan has half of turkey's points, ridicuolous
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Turkey and Greece are playing a nice, tight game
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I wanna see spain lose, go lithuania
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Ersan Ilyasova, Air Jordan of Turkey!
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Marc Gasol looking exactly like big bro right about now, right?
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Big bro is a finese player with awesome post moves
Marc is a bull who bullies players inside; especially tall skinny ones
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
I agree, I meant physically, ill-advised joke right there
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I finally see Rubio do something relevant in this game
Esp 42-35. 4 sec left in the half
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
You never know what you are going to get from these europeans; tskitishvilli came off the bench and Rubio never has had
any eye popping stats but still he was drafted fifth. You can never tell
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Hedo Turkoglu playing horribly, he needs to cowboy the F**k up and get his head in the game, three boards simply isnt going to cut it
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I was wondering about him as well
He’s the rather ginormous black center that played for Greece in the last WC/Olympics.
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Sofoklis Schortsaniti
Big guy from Greece
prolly weigh around 300 points. It’s hard to miss him
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Yeah he had a dunk, that hedo could have done something about but chose to stand there and watch him.
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He didnt look that big from where I was watching.
But Good God.
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looks like Warren Sapp
dude is a load
by betweentheeyes on Aug 31, 2010 8:45 PM PDT up reply actions
You should watch the Serbia-Greece brawl
He was a boss
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Isnt he the guy that got clocked in the back of the head by kristic
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He signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv
Omri’s old team.
I’m not sure that was a great signing.
Dunking Dutchman
That guy made Nenad Krstic backtrack all the way to the bleachers with just one mean look!
So who could blame Hedo for not getting in this guy’s way? Hehehe!
There can only be one Noce!
This Spain team is loaded
How did France beat this team?
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
lol, people say they threw teh game to avoid USA
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I don't, Marc gasol will destroy lamar odom
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True
Let’s hope Chandler can still play D.
How Gasol got drafted so low is beyond me
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
I don't think anyone saw him play, just because he is the brother of a good but not great power forward (At the time of his drafting Pau Gasol was considered soft)
so, no one wanted to take a chance.
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I guess in retrospect
the deal where Memphis lost the other Gasol to the F*kers wasn’t that horrible.
Marc can play.
Dunking Dutchman
Sure but, if you wait a while, the Grozzlies will go back to sucking.
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I wasnt talking about that, but more on that, the owner hasnt read the CBA.
Simply pathetic.
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I'll take the soft ROY
considering that Kwame and Chandler got drafted before him
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
In 04-05, Gasol wasnt considered an elite player because he couldn't defend, and it was even worse considering that with Pau Gasol as the franchise player the grizzlies went 0-8 in the playoffs.
Not many people thought that the younger brotehr would be worth the risk
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I mean you are talking about Dirk Nowitski and Amar'e Stoudemire two horrible defensive players basically shutting down and dominating the grizzlies because they abused pau gasol
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Chandler can still play good D, but his offense is not the best, so that is my main concern.
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you must take Chandler out of the game the last 5 minutes
he can’t shoot FT and he can’t low post on offense (moves or pass off). Brook Lopez is sorely missed.
by betweentheeyes on Aug 31, 2010 8:48 PM PDT up reply actions
Who's playing well for Greece?
They’re one of the favorites right?
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Hedo also dissapointed
at the previous European Championship.
Good play in the NBA doesn’t always translate to good play in international tournaments, even for Euro’s. Why that is, I have no clue.
Dunking Dutchman
Navarro plays good international ball
Wonder why he didn’t find his groove in the NBA
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
This game is over
Spain is too strong for them. I might switch to the other game. Rubio was a no-show in this game
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Ilyasova is a stud
He’s carrying Turkey on his back, on offense. That was a timely treepointer.
Dunking Dutchman
Missed the first
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Ouch, missed both
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Wow, lots of choking going on at the line from both teams
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
"Now if you are Lithunia, don't foul!"
“And Lithuania fouls him…that’s ok!”
/scooby doo HUH??
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Can I get an update on the score of the Greece Turkey game guys?
From what I’ve gathered, its Turkey up right now thanks to Ilyasova.
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no one is watching that game right now haha
76-65 turkey
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Think it's over now...Turkey wins
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Ilyasova killed them
I think they trailed for most of the second half.
Bourousis played well, Baby Shaq okay but had foul trouble.
Dunking Dutchman
Turkey's good
And the tournament being in Turkey, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Turkey-USA finals as Ziller has predicted.
Luckily for Greece, this isn’t the elimination round. Although right now it looks like they’ll draw Spain in the first elimination game because of how crappy Spain is playing. This is bad for Greece.
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Nice work by Turkey, burned a lot of clock before Spain could foul
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Kleiza makes both...Lithuania wins!
People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. ~ Rogers Hornsby
Neither do I
but they’re in big trouble now.
And they had a solid lead heading into the 4th. They folded bigtime.
Dunking Dutchman
Will Spain land in the same bracket with USA?
Assuming they advance
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
No they won't in the first sudden-death round
And the first 4 of each group advance, so Spain will probably go through anyhow.
Dunking Dutchman
I now know a new Lithuanian player
Mantas Kalnietis!
Notes:
Fran Vazquez and Ricky Rubio were no-shows
Ricky Rubio needs to learn how to shoot the ball
Cousins is good but he's no mana from heaven.
Wow! I did not see think Lithuania could actually beat Spain!
Pau Gasol is that big of a difference? Wow!
Congrats, Lithuania!
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