[SemiFinals] Spain - Australia

[Adon]

Again the Greek losers thinking that "they" are "the entire World". Face it. All Balcan and related countries cannot stand that they think they are kind of inventors of basketball and the best teams of the continent for many years and for the years to come are Spain and France. Maybe you should send a couple of people there to learn how to watch and how to compete. Instead you are crying or trowing chairs to the rivals.

We have a couple of talents and we should send them to Spain for their PhD on flopping

[Cojayar]

If someone doesn't like the behavior or character of Spanish players this is one thing but to say that refs one this thing is rather unbelievable. This is a great group that absolutely deserved to win it all this year and they most probably will. Another show that defense, tactical discipline and a true floor general (eventhough many laughed on him all the time), veteran leaders and clear defined roles are everything in such a tournament. Refs...lol Incredible. Always from the same directions by the way.

Exactly. This is why I may suspect that you would have liked to have Teo and a "veteran" trainer for Serbia. They will be in the final instead of playing uninteresting games.

[Levenspiel]

Not agree at all. Australia had the game on his hands, but we still fight and believed although we were 11 down. Our players gave everything on the court in the OTs, taking difficult shots and defending with all.

On the other side, Australia's players started to choke with the pressure, and with Mills exhausted, nobody took the shots.

I don't agree with him either. I found it funny. in general I like the Australian way of expressing things.

[Picek]

I can see the difference. But as a customer, if I pay to come out as the winner of this game I'd be pretty pissed if my refs give Australia a chance to win. Can you see the difference between giving Australia a chance and not giving them any chance?

maybe you haven't paid all three refs but just two
in all my years here, and I have been coming to interbasket for more then a decade, I have never seen a comment from a spanish user in which he would condemn a spanish player for flopping or bitching to refs on the floor.
whether it is an NT game or spanish club game.
just curious, do you really don't see all the flopping of your players or you see it but you are just fine with it?

you know, I'm a fan and I can bitch as much as I want and you will come here and say I'm not right about it. and that's fine.
but at the same time when your player bitches to the refs on the floor you don't say anything?
you are fine with that or you are simply not objective about it?

[Jon_Koncak]

If Australia old guys hold up for another year and they add Exum,Simmons and Bolden for the Olympics they could have another very good chance next year.But it could be their last.Every important player will be over 30 and noone can expect Simmons to be as loyal as Mills to NT(he was even playing at Oceania championships every summer)

[christodoulou76]

Congrats to ESP on a great victory and good luck in the final!!

[GeKo_93]

[deleted]. no such blanket accusations & conclusions, please. - Levenspiel

[Cojayar]

We have a couple of talents and we should send them to Spain for their PhD on flopping

This also you need to learn. You are jealous you are not even able to flop. Greece is nowhere and will be nowhere. No matter how much talent you have if you are not able to compete like a team.

[GeKo_93]

my wish for spanish friends for sunday's final. the whole world will be happy if we watch the remake of that

I remember this loser

[Sykes]

Dedícated to Saras, with love

Greece
Olympic medals 0
Eurobasket 2 gold 1 silver 1 bronze
World cup 1 silver

Spain

Olympics. 3 silver 1 bronze
Eurobasket 3 gold 6 silver 4 bronze
World cup 1 gold ( as today)

Stop embarrasing yourself, please.

[Adon]

This also you need to learn. You are jealous you are not even able to flop. Greece is nowhere and will be nowhere. No matter how much talent you have if you are not able to compete like a team.

At least you admit your expertise. Omerta is broken

[Levenspiel]

Spain

Olympics. 3 silver 1 bronze
Eurobasket 3 gold 6 silver 4 bronze
World cup 1 gold ( as today)

staying out of the debate; but since 1999, with more or less the same generation plus their brothers; Spain has 14 medals in EuroBasket, Mundobasket and Olympics. That's an insane dominance in Europe.

Spain NT 1999-2019
10 Eurobasket: 9 medals
5 World Cup: 2 medals
5 Olympic Games: 3 medals
14 medals in 20 tournaments!
-- copied from Yannis Psarakis

[Adon]

staying out of the debate; but since 1999, with more or less the same generation plus their brothers; Spain has 14 medals in EuroBasket, Mundobasket and Olympics. That's an insane dominance in Europe.

There is no debate on that. Spain's dominance is a given

[Darrell Armstrong]

maybe you haven't paid all three refs but just two
in all my years here, and I have been coming to interbasket for more then a decade, I have never seen a comment from a spanish user in which he would condemn a spanish player for flopping or bitching to refs on the floor.
whether it is an NT game or spanish club game.
just curious, do you really don't see all the flopping of your players or you see it but you are just fine with it?

you know, I'm a fan and I can bitch as much as I want and you will come here and say I'm not right about it. and that's fine.
but at the same time when your player bitches to the refs on the floor you don't say anything?
you are fine with that or you are simply not objective about it?

I've had this exact same conversation many times. When one of your players flop you call him "crafty" and say he "knows how to get calls". They only flop if they play for the opposing side. That's a given no matter who you cheer for. Accordingly, someone who fouls hard is a "banger" or a "enforcer". Only will call him a "dirty player" or a "hacker" when he's not in our team. That's a given, no matter who you cheer for.

Anyway, you should take a close look at all the bad calls that Australia got. Phantom fouls, shoving, bad gestures, flopping, jawing refs... they did it all. Why do you focus only on what spaniards got away with?

[saras]

Spain has X5 greek population and have won medals with naturalized players cause they cant produce their own. Still they only exist in basketball maps only after 2005. Just a firework due to a good genereation of flopping actors