VTB League 2010-11

[Walken2]

The most interesting thing is Astana...seriously..can't understand it....Astana right now is 2nd in their local league (Barsy is 1st) and that Barsy this season played in BBL Challenge Cup where they barely won against worst teams...

they will create a new project. rumours said that Tikhonenko recently invited to the gm role.
the first step was opening a new hall:

Ponomarev is still with Astana right? At least it'll be good to see him playing at a higher level.

no, he isn't. http://forums.interbasket.net/f24/kazakh-610-phenom-anton-ponomarev-any-2341/p4.html (post #74). he said he didnt want to return to Kazakhstan, because level of their league is too low

 

[sagenas2]

I've heard about that too, they're planning to invite "good players". Still very questionable who is good for them in any case, they should grab few Lithuanians, that would be damn useful

 

[Walken2]

Astana's budget for next season will be approximately $ 5 million. from the old team is likely no one left. Samruk-Kazyna will be general sponsor. current coach Strebkov continue working in the club (not yet known in what status)

 

[sagenas2]

Astana's budget for next season will be approximately $ 5 million. from the old team is likely no one left. Samruk-Kazyna will be general sponsor. current coach Strebkov continue working in the club (not yet known in what status)

5 million dollars? Or you misunderstood and are talking about 5 million rubles? Well, I hope they'll be at least one Lithuanian...with them in a team would be much more interesting to watch their team

 

[Walken2]

5 million dollars? Or you misunderstood and are talking about 5 million rubles? Well, I hope they'll be at least one Lithuanian...with them in a team would be much more interesting to watch their team

use the link on the wiki in previous post and look what is Samruk-Kazyna
http://sport.nur.kz/mainnews/basketball/8215.html
750 mln tenge is ~ 5 mln dollars
think if they will not stolen, as is customary in the CIS, it may very well come out.
it will be created the basketball analog of hockey team Barys

 

[sagenas2]

use the link on the wiki in previous post and look what is Samruk-Kazyna
http://sport.nur.kz/mainnews/basketball/8215.html
750 mln tenge is ~ 5 mln dollars
think if they will not stolen, as is customary in the CIS, it may very well come out.
it will be created the basketball analog of hockey team Barys

I know, I'm just joking.

 

[Walken2]

Matteo Boniciolli takes over BC Astana - Apr 23, 2011 (by Eurobasket News)
BC Astana announced very important news today. The newly formed team from the Kazakhstan capital hired Matteo Boniciolli (agency: Beo Basket ) as a Head Coach for season 2011/12. BC Astana will compete in VTB United League and hiring of well respected Italian coach was their first move. The GM of BC Astana is a basketball legend Valery Tikhonenko.
Matteo Boniciolli worked this season with Lottomatica Virtus Roma, who competed in Italian SerieA and in Euroleague as well. They parted ways in January. Boniciolli worked with Lottomatica also last season. In 2009, he won the EuroChallenge Cup with La Fortezza Bologna. That same season he helped the team reach the Italian Cup Finals. In 2008, Matteo Boniciolli led La Fortezza to Italian Cup trophy and was named All-Italian SerieA Coach of the Year. In the past, Boniciolli was working with Air Avelino, Teramo, Fortitudo, Messina and Udine. In 2004, he reached the Belgian Cup Finals with Oostende. Boniciolli also has experience from the Italian National Team, where he worked as assistant coach in the past.

http://www.asia-basket.com/Kazakhstan/basketball.asp?NewsID=224271

 

[ArnoldPettybone2]

Khimky won the title after a hard fought battle with CSKA which ended 66-64 in favor of the "Moscow regioners". A small token of success after a disappointing season at both PBL and Euroleague, congrats to them!

 

[auris12]

Astana's budget for next season will be approximately $ 5 million. from the old team is likely no one left. Samruk-Kazyna will be general sponsor. current coach Strebkov continue working in the club (not yet known in what status)

It will be like middle east clubs for top european football players in their twilight.
Although in current financial climate some big names might sign as well,who knows

 

[goga782]

What a change a coach makes... After the incapable Scariolo who used a very big budget and a ver deep roster to run a one-man show, Kurtinaitis has turned this eternal loser team into a bunch of resilient fighters who have beaten Unics and CSKA back-to-back and will surely have a word or two more to say in the PBL playoffs as opposed to what could be expected a month ago.

Congratulations to Khimki and their new VTB Final Four MVP Vitaly Fridzon!

 

[Billy Bounce2]

What a change a coach makes... After the incapable Scariolo who used a very big budget and a ver deep roster to run a one-man show, Kurtinaitis has turned this eternal loser team into a bunch of resilient fighters who have beaten Unics and CSKA back-to-back and will surely have a word or two more to say in the PBL playoffs as opposed to what could be expected a month ago.

Congratulations to Khimki and their new VTB Final Four MVP Vitaly Fridzon!

The incapable Scariolo has an excuse: Langford was healthy back then

All in all kudos to Kurtinatis for not being afraid to bench Monya , when he did all possible to bring CSKA back from the grave.

Shved, Vorontsevich were pretty solid, all the rest -

BTW, interesting that close to the end, when everybody was tired as hell Kurtinatis instructed to give the ball ( and all offense) into Loncar hands and it worked.

Pashutin used the same trick with Lampe in ULEB Cup final . Both guys are a pulsating black hole in defense, but their offensive skills are simply AWESOME. Yep, with capital letters.

 

[pohani komarac2]

The incapable Scariolo has an excuse: Langford was healthy back then

All in all kudos to Kurtinatis for not being afraid to bench Monya , when he did all possible to bring CSKA back from the grave.

Shved, Vorontsevich were pretty solid, all the rest -

BTW, interesting that close to the end, when everybody was tired as hell Kurtinatis instructed to give the ball ( and all offense) into Loncar hands and it worked.

Pashutin used the same trick with Lampe in ULEB Cup final . Both guys are a pulsating black hole in defense, but their offensive skills are simply AWESOME. Yep, with capital letters.

i would also give more credit to papadopulos. he created 3 stright times for loncar.........bur what realy suprised me that planinic didn't screw game

 

[sagenas2]

Kurtinaitis did just a great job. Good luck for Chimki in PBL play-offs.


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Coming back to Astana topic..they were saying "big names" + NBA lock-out === ? Possible thing for sure.

 

[auris12]

The incapable Scariolo has an excuse: Langford was healthy back then

funny remark here.
He is not THAT bad,is he?

Kurtis complimented Scariolo saying that the players in the team were well chosen - it just that he never produced results.
It it just damn mentality in there i think that Scariolo could not adapt to - but Kurtis knows a thing or two how to handle a team/how to handle himself in there.His credentials/experience as a player with soviet union (mainly russian) system and ever growing maturity as a coach gave overdue results straight away.

 

[Mindozas6]

Scariolo is (or maybe already "was") hugely overrated IMO. While Kurtinaitis surely surprises me as a coach, didn't expect that. The way he overplayed Kazlauskas in VTB final was impressive and IMO that was a key to victory

 

[Straight forward2]

Scariolo is (or maybe already "was") hugely overrated IMO. While Kurtinaitis surely surprises me as a coach, didn't expect that. The way he overplayed Kazlauskas in VTB final was impressive and IMO that was a key to victory

That's why I'm complaining all season long about Rytas After Kurtinaitis, Anzulovic, Trifunovic and to be honest Maskoliunas (even if he's better than first two) looked miserable. Kurtinaitis is probably one of the best coaches in terms of charisma and ability to motivate players. He improves physically every team that he handles, sets up very intense defence and has some talent to make the best of each player individually (even if offensive sets probably not his strongest spot). IMO, Kurtinaitis can make some noise in Euroleague next season and I think he can go far as a coach generally.

 

[vaslover2]

All is good and wonderful, but only one thing a little bit confusing. Disgusting and annoying behavior vice-premier of Russia Sergey Ivanov a little bit tiring. Really. His constant BELITTLING the PBL and the same time cheap constant PRAISE of VTB league seems quite ridiculously...
I really hope that one day the lithuanians withdrew from VTB league and tournament immediately will cease to exist.

 

[rikhardur2]

All is good and wonderful, but only one thing a little bit confusing. Disgusting and annoying behavior vice-premier of Russia Sergey Ivanov a little bit tiring. Really. His constant BELITTLING the PBL and the same time cheap constant PRAISE of VTB league seems quite ridiculously...

Didn't know about this. I think there's enough "space" for the two competitions, it makes no sense to start a war with PBL. But I guess money talks louder

 

[vaslover2]

Didn't know about this. I think there's enough "space" for the two competitions, it makes no sense to start a war with PBL. But I guess money talks louder

Agree with you. Money talks louder and louder...

 

[Jazz2]

Anyone know why Dynamo, CSKA, UNICS and Khimki weren't in the Russian Cup this year? I know three of those teams were in Euroleague or Eurocup, on top of VTB and PBL commitments, but was there any reason other than busy schedules?