[DAY 2] Group D: New Zealand vs. FYROM

[babdelkader]

What racism??
He said that MaCcaleb is not Macedonian,
because Greeks are not blacks!!!

just kidding man
it's so clear he's not Macedonian

[Tasos Peiraias]

just kidding man
it's so clear he's not Macedonian

Oh,OK,sorry...

[babdelkader]

yes of cause.
if there is no small connection between a player and a country, it shouldn`t be allowed...

the rule was put by FIBA to make small country teams to compete, as a result of this to make BasketBall more popular in these country.
Macedonia, Lebanon, Jordan would never been known without this rule, and that's not so bad, in Lebanon Basketball is number 1, it's now a religion,
without the naturalized Joe Vogel(American) we would never compete in Asia with 1,5 Billion country like China.

[babdelkader]

Oh,OK,sorry...

let's see today what he can do !
Btw, Greece used to have a black center too. right ?

[tmlouk]

the rule was put by FIBA to make small country teams to compete, as a result of this to make BasketBall more popular in these country.
Macedonia, Lebanon, Jordan would never been known without this rule, and that's not so bad, in Lebanon Basketball is number 1, it's now a religion,
without the naturalized Joe Vogel(American) we would never compete in Asia with 1,5 Billion country like China.

and????
in football, small countries like Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, andorra are also not allowed to let play brasilians, argentinians, germans,.... to be competetive against nations like spain, england, germany, france.
this is sport.

[Tasos Peiraias]

and????
in football, small countries like Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, andorra are also not allowed to let play brasilians, argentinians, germans,.... to be competetive against nations like spain, england, germany, france.
this is sport.

Yes..SOfoklis Shortsianitis.His father is Greek,his mother is Nigerian.

[Dtown]

aww did I miss the Haki dance that's my favorite part...

[GustavoGanso]

Bo McCalebb is not macedonian?

[J-Mart]

4 minutes and a half and NZ hasnt scored, but they going to the FT

[babdelkader]

New Zealand is in another planet !!!

[Dtown]

Well I suppose four straight good games was too much to ask for.

[Tasos Peiraias]

Do Newzelanders play?
I think they sleep!!!
However,I believe in a comeback...

[christodoulou76]

The fact that 7 users of this forum predicted that New Zealand would win this game is depressing to me. Are people paying attention at all to the preparation games or to the respective rosters of the teams?

[christodoulou76]

Well I suppose four straight good games was too much to ask for.

The next game is unlikely to be any good either. But hopefully the evening game will provide some excitement.

[christodoulou76]

With FYROM looking good today, does anyone think that Russia will consider tanking their game against the Dominican Republic in order to avoid them in the QFs? Since Russia is arguably better than every other team in the tournament, I guess they don't have to resort to such tactics.