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italy clearly have the edge over this greek team (the referee in rimini was scandal, but not as much as in cyprus..greece had 41 free throws and only won by 6, italy were confortable in rimini, leading the game from beginning), which itself taught a basketball lesson to not only turkey but massively overated german team (germans are not made and not interested for bball, dirk is some crazy exception).....even with 4 useless players out of 12 italy should make the second round and push for quarters...gallinari cannot be marked at this level, bargnani is more mobile than any other 4 in tournamnet except dirk, yesterday when outside shot wasnt on, he was dunking all over them, hes also staretd getting his 10 rebs a game....belinelli is a mystery he was terrible but then hit 3 huge threes in overtime..his nba showman stuff must be kept under control but he will always be dangrous...i think mancinelli is secret ..if he can get his 10-12 points a game, draw fouls etc he is xfactor...its a shame italy has no centre and point guard worthy of this level..but when the youngsters from the side which won silver at u20 last july come into this team, gentile, moraschini, de nicolao, melli.....italy will have a very strong national team...im expecting them to peak at world champs 2014.....
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Originally posted by OrgoglioSlavo View Postitaly clearly have the edge over this greek team (the referee in rimini was scandal, but not as much as in cyprus..greece had 41 free throws and only won by 6, italy were confortable in rimini, leading the game from beginning), which itself taught a basketball lesson to not only turkey but massively overated german team (germans are not made and not interested for bball, dirk is some crazy exception).....even with 4 useless players out of 12 italy should make the second round and push for quarters...gallinari cannot be marked at this level, bargnani is more mobile than any other 4 in tournamnet except dirk, yesterday when outside shot wasnt on, he was dunking all over them, hes also staretd getting his 10 rebs a game....belinelli is a mystery he was terrible but then hit 3 huge threes in overtime..his nba showman stuff must be kept under control but he will always be dangrous...i think mancinelli is secret ..if he can get his 10-12 points a game, draw fouls etc he is xfactor...its a shame italy has no centre and point guard worthy of this level..but when the youngsters from the side which won silver at u20 last july come into this team, gentile, moraschini, de nicolao, melli.....italy will have a very strong national team...im expecting them to peak at world champs 2014.....
Don't forget Aradori.
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In my humble opinion "some" bad referee decisions regarding regular free throws do not have the same impact as technical fouls. Apart from the additional ball position the technical brings, it also destroys the rhythm and psychology of the punished team.You live with the Freak you die with the Freak!!!
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Originally posted by OrgoglioSlavo View Postitaly clearly have the edge over this greek team (the referee in rimini was scandal, but not as much as in cyprus..greece had 41 free throws and only won by 6, italy were confortable in rimini, leading the game from beginning), which itself taught a basketball lesson to not only turkey but massively overated german team (germans are not made and not interested for bball, dirk is some crazy exception).....even with 4 useless players out of 12 italy should make the second round and push for quarters...gallinari cannot be marked at this level, bargnani is more mobile than any other 4 in tournamnet except dirk, yesterday when outside shot wasnt on, he was dunking all over them, hes also staretd getting his 10 rebs a game....belinelli is a mystery he was terrible but then hit 3 huge threes in overtime..his nba showman stuff must be kept under control but he will always be dangrous...i think mancinelli is secret ..if he can get his 10-12 points a game, draw fouls etc he is xfactor...its a shame italy has no centre and point guard worthy of this level..but when the youngsters from the side which won silver at u20 last july come into this team, gentile, moraschini, de nicolao, melli.....italy will have a very strong national team...im expecting them to peak at world champs 2014.....
this year to finish in the top 8 this year is almost impossible,but in the next EC our minimum target is to finish among the top 8
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Originally posted by GIANLUCA View PostSo Italy defeated Greece...twice on 3 in these preparation games.
It has been a good proof for Italiy. IMO the second stage is in our possibilities.
Sure, at the moment, we have only 6 guys ready for playing at this level: BARGNANI, BELINELLI, GALLINARI, MANCINELLI, MORDENTE (where were he yesterday?) and HACKETT.
But with more games and minutes the situation could improve and others like DATOME and CINCIARINI could help the team to reach the quarter. I hope
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hi guys ,
Italy was good ,better than Greece ,but both teams played like the knew that they will play 2 OT ,both were tired from the first minute...
i believe Italy will surprise.Last edited by Perseus1966; 08-26-2011, 11:22 AM.
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Originally posted by Perseus1966 View Posthi guys ,
Italy was good ,better than Greece ,but both teams played like the knew that they will play 2 OT ,both were tired from the first minute...
Stop saying the obvious. We all know that Spanoulis is better than any guard on this Greek team. So is Diamantidis, an entirely different player compared to Spanoulis. Both can't be compared.
Yes, it's too soon to go ahead with this new Greek generation. This change should have been made in 2013. However Zouros had no choice. Too many injuries.PAO EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1996 - 2000 - 2002 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011 - 2024
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Originally posted by Victorious View PostIt's a good thing Greece lost. They were starting to be considered one of the favorites. We can't have that. Our youngsters are too inexperienced to carry that kind of weight. Now we are back to our real target, which is to be among the first six...
ok ok... kiddin'
It's funny that Greece lost, Russia was almost trashed in last game, Lithuania has lots of problems and loses most of preparation games, Croatia, France, Germany and Serbia are looking quite inconsistent, Turkey is even worse than LTU... so till now we see only Spain and Slovenia as realy well prepared.
It's gonna be a interesting start of championship. Lots' of surprises in the first round i suppose
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Originally posted by OrgoglioSlavo View Postitaly won gold in 1999 and brozne in 2003....when was last time croatia did a podium finish??you are the ones who cry wolf, this italian team would absolutely destroy your team right now...greece are still much better than you...you are much weaker than serbia and slovenia, the real powerhouses of jugo bball in recent years...croats go cry like you always fo
BTW Croatia easily won friendly games over Italy last 2 summers. Perhaps that's why Italy started to avoid us.
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Originally posted by Silvio View PostWhat an argument. Croatia has no medals since late Drazen played ... so then Italy must be good team. Hilarious. How one possible connect such this two completely unrelated things.
BTW Croatia easily won friendly games over Italy last 2 summers. Perhaps that's why Italy started to avoid us.
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Originally posted by baelor View PostSorry to intervene, burt your dispute is so silly !!! Quit it please...
Go open your forum, set yourself as administrator and ask people there to quit whatever you want.
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