Quarterfinals, Spain vs. Serbia

[honeybadger]

Where have all the Spanish fans gone?

[fastbreak]

Spain survived in 2009 without Jiménez and Calderón, two of the most important players of this generation and the same happened this year, without Pau and Calderón.

That has nothing to do with constant renewal that you mentioned. One golden generation is not a constant.

[PieR]

Bravo Serbia Congratulations for nice win.

Wish you all best in upcoming matches.

[JGX]

Arenas was the king of DC for about three months in 2006. His 25th birthday party was the top story in the local media for days. Not many athletes have gone from relative obscurity to superstardom and back again has quickly as Agent Zero.

[Matt121]

Well Spain were ranked 3rd while Serbia was ranked 5th. That why it was a close game

[dxjayrock2008]

¿Y ahora qué España?/What now Spain? Lol.

[Srle]

Congratulations Serbia. But IMO Serbia is winning by above average 3P%, which is not a solid guarentee in next game. Good luck.

What do you mean above average??? This team is much more deadlier from the 3 point line than the last year team we added more options like Keselj,Savanovic and Rasic . Imagine if Tripkovic was on this team. We won game against Spain thanks to the great 3 pt shooting but some other games we won thanks to our solid defense. This team can play great defense when they want to

[Srle]

¡Que partidazo! Nice to see Serbia in contention again. I believe someone here posted a ranking last year indicating that Serbia had not dropped off as far as popularly perceived...

Spain showed themselves to be pretty ordinary without Pau.

Well youth competition titles helped us a lot Now those titles are paying off for us in the senior competition.

[Federoy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...010902200.html

Yes, shitting in someone's shoes is sick and worthy of an asskicking. But aside from that, the real issue is, if Arenas was such an asshole, why did the Wizards put up with his behavior and then later sign him to a $111 million contract (Oh that's right, it's the Washington Wizards)? His personality sounds like the type that if you're on his good side he's funnier than hell, but if you cross him the wrong way he can pull some devious stunts. That's the Wizard's fault for being his inabilier and lettng him have the run of the place. I see your point, but when I think of an asshole, I'm thinking of a guy who has difficulty getting along with his teammates or polarizes the fans, not some out of control practical joker who's been given the greenlight by management to misbehave. I had a 30 second grin when I read the passage:

"An athlete known for his uncanny ability to charm basketball and non-basketball fans is suddenly being mentioned among modern sports outlaws such as Plaxico Burress and Michael Vick"

The authors couldn't be more idiotic for making such a comparison.

[c_fish]

I was going to masturbate to finish off my night in utter bliss. but after seeing that shot and having spain go back home; it felt like...the first time i got a blowjob, with teeth and all.

rofl. r u trying to kill us?

[JGX]

¡Que partidazo! Nice to see Serbia in contention again. I believe someone here posted a ranking last year indicating that Serbia had not dropped off as far as popularly perceived...

Spain showed themselves to be pretty ordinary without Pau.

[ricklin1982]

Congratulations Serbia. But IMO Serbia is winning by above average 3P%, which is not a solid guarentee in next game. Good luck.

[Luíz for 3]

Rudy being the only real scorer. Rubio has established himself as a defensive specialist.

Established?? He is 19. Rubio is an assist-first PG, controls the pace of the game and is one of the best playing the pick&roll. Shooting ability continues to be his handicap, but he is improving in this aspect too. Anyway, I agree with you, Rubio will never be a scoring machine

Offensively, he just cant handle the pressure. I doubt he will ever be a real scorer at this level.

You must be referring his 13 turnovers in 7 games so far.

Mirotic could be the solution, though he can still choose Montenegro.

He will play for Spain, almost sure.

Constant renewal? This is their first contender generation. This transition will be crucial for Spanish basketball.

Spain survived in 2009 without Jiménez and Calderón, two of the most important players of this generation and the same happened this year, without Pau and Calderón.

[chrisfiss]

Hahaha I love this guy

:P honestly that where his thoughts! well to be honest he also thought:
"however much I try to imitate him there is still a big difference...I still smell like a dead donkey and he doesnt" but i try to ommit that because i'm european too...

[GustavoGanso]

Teodosic victory shoot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQsG09ImKO8