Preparation Games for Eurobasket 2011

[Adon]

"Don't panic!" said the Belgian coach

[Darknemo2000]

Kiddin'? Cycle treck makes people quiet? No chants - no sound, and cycle treck has nothing to do with it.

There were some chants actually, the problem is thet because of the treck the fans split apart by a considerable distance making those who are close to the court too few to make it well heard and those who are on the other side of treck too far. It doenst change that the fans were passive though, but the treck does indeed make the support worse as well.

[Adon]

very boring game. Even the players of both teams look bored and indifferent.

[gockun]

is there any link for gre-bel game? or which tv channel?

[Kalashnikov]

is there any link for gre-bel game? or which tv channel?

i'm watching at http://greekhoopz.blogspot.com/2011/08/1530.html

[Adon]

is there any link for gre-bel game? or which tv channel?

http://www.sportlemon.tv/v-2/8/134/v-293469.html

[Xristos]

Koufos has improved very much over the course of the preparation games. Showing very athletic and powerful moves in the paint

I want to see the team like this
Calathes - Xanthopoulos - Sloukas
Zisis - Vasileiadis
Papanikolaou - Bramos
Fotsis - Kaimakoglou
Bourousis - Koufos - Mavroeidis

[gockun]

thanks both

[Silvio]

Funny how you omit Greece's 3rd place at Eurobasket 2009 simply because it doesn't suit your argument. Instead of referring to Greece's 3rd place at Eurobasket 2009 as "a lucky punch", how about referring to Greece's 11th place finish at FIBA WC 2010 as an "aberration"?

Since you make reference to graphs, if you omit Greece's 2010 FIBA WC finish, the graph looks more consistent:

2005 - 5th
2006 - 2nd
2007 - 4th
2008 - 5th
2009 - 3rd

For the Croatia NT, if you omit the 14th place finish at FIBA WC 2010 and the 2006 finish, the graph looks more consistent for them as well:

2005 - 7th
2007 - 6th
2008 - 6th
2009 - 6th

Taking into account the 2006 FIBA WC 2010 finish where they didnt qualify, Croatia bounced back after that and finished in the Top 6 three years in a row. So, because Greece reached 11th last year, therefore, they can't bounce back? Croatia finished worse than Greece last year (14th) but they can bounce back as well. Heck, you have Croatians here at the forum who think they can win it all!

The question is can Croatia reach a semifinal after 16 years? Greece has won medals and reached semis quite a bit during that time.

In 2010 Greece was trashed by Turkey and Spain, lost to Russia, had problems with Puerto Rico and China sans Yao.
Played bad in almost all games = 11th is not aberration

In 2009 Greece only wins against strong teams were vs
Turkey - very tired at that moment
Slovenia - tired + multiple injuries during tournament
=> 3rd place overachievement (not big one, was pretty weak tournament, Greece realistically was 5th best team)


Croatia really does not have anything with that. You have no arguments, you see my flag is Croatian, so instead of arguments you write Croatia is bad team and will not be in semifinals. I know my team sucks, I don't need you tell me that. Question is : what if my flag was Antigua one? Or Saint Kitts and Nevis? What would then be your arguments?

[Silvio]

I don't know what his position in kindergarden was but since high school he's always been playing as a center.

Koufos sucked big time in NBA. He could not crack rotation even with multiple injuries of his teammates.

But he was dominant one year playing for Greece U18 (2007 ?) . So we all know he is great talent and he has big upside. Hopefully sitting on bench will not ruin his potentially good career. He would much better progress in Europe, but with so much money on table ... who wouldn't accept NBA offer? I know I would

[Xristos]

What a dunk by De Zeeuw

[Kalashnikov]

I'd like to inform you all, there is an ignorelist available and you should prefer using that, compared to offensive commentaries.
JPF

[Xristos]

Koufos 12 points, 11 rebounds
Fotsis 12, Kaimakoglou 10


Hervelle takes too many shots

[KWSN-Men]

In 2010 Greece was trashed by Turkey and Spain, lost to Russia, had problems with Puerto Rico and China sans Yao.
Played bad in almost all games = 11th is not aberration

In 2009 Greece only wins against strong teams were vs
Turkey - very tired at that moment
Slovenia - tired + multiple injuries during tournament
=> 3rd place overachievement (not big one, was pretty weak tournament, Greece realistically was 5th best team)


Croatia really does not have anything with that. You have no arguments, you see my flag is Croatian, so instead of arguments you write Croatia is bad team and will not be in semifinals. I know my team sucks, I don't need you tell me that. Question is : what if my flag was Antigua one? Or Saint Kitts and Nevis? What would then be your arguments?

In 2009 Turkey was tired... In 2010 Turke trashed Greece...

You're a sad person...

[madmax]

nice to see Koufos finally playing up to his potential
I always liked this guy and with Bourousis alongside him Greece will be formiddable opponent to any frontline in EC