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Group B (Lebanon, UAE, Kuwait, Japan)
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Kuwait will play tune-up games vs RP NT, hopefully they'll get pointers on how to beat Lebanon NT, tips on how to piss them off will doIt's ironic to see limited efforts from players with maximum salary.
I wish they would apply "sabermetrics" in those financially challenged PBA teams to acquire players who are value for their money.
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Originally posted by lrangelsDude it's a possibilty. This group is by far the easiest. Lebanon will surely come out here on top. They'll probably use Khatib on their game against Japan. But, I think Lebanon can win without Khatib (or maybe use him sparingly) against UAE and Kuwait.
Group of Qatar, Kazakhstan, India and Indonesia is the weakest
UAE just defeated Qatar in the Gulf Cup just recently while Kuwait almost upset South Korea in the last Asian Championship by losing only 5 points
though a remote possibility, UAE and Kuwait is capable of upsetting Japan and Lebanon
On the other hand, I can't see that India and Indonesia will upset Qatar and Kazakhstan
Lebanon and Japan shouldn't be too cocky when they face those two other teams
or else
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Japan's mainstay naturalized center McArthur lost his slot in the Japan NT by the inclusion of Sakuragi/Henderson.
those naturalized players' names are really that easy to memorize, McArthur the Pacific Allied General against the Imperial Army of Japan and Sakuragi the Anime Basketball Genius, did that really happen for humor's sake or by chanceIt's ironic to see limited efforts from players with maximum salary.
I wish they would apply "sabermetrics" in those financially challenged PBA teams to acquire players who are value for their money.
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group b - lebanon;kuwait;united emirates arab and japan
In Group B are Lebanon, a team which finished second at the last FIBA Asia Championship, along with the United Arab Emirates and Japan.
Lebanon had some bright moments at the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan which included an upset of France, despite having their build-up to that tournament being severely disrupted by the political conflict in the region.
The assistant coach of the Lebanese team, George Kalzi, said: "In principle, we should not have any problems qualifying from the group.
"The group is hard as Japan will be hosting the tournament and will play in front of their fans while we know the teams of UAE and their style of play.
"I hope that we will have luck by our side and that we will have a good campaign like we did in the previous tournaments."
The national team manager of the UAE, Munir bin Al Habib, admitted his team faced a very difficult task of advancing from the group.
"We have played against Lebanon previously in 1999 and 2001 and it will not be the first time that we play against them," he said.
"As for Japan, they are hosts of the tournament and will be favourites to qualify along with Lebanon to the next round.
"After winning the Gulf Cup, the Asian Championship will be the first tournament for UAE young players and we will go into the tournament with a realistic ambition of improving the results that we had previously as we finished 10th in 2001 and 1999.
"As for our preparations, we had to wait for the availability of the players and we will start a closed camp in Dubai from the middle of June to July 9 when we will have a training camp in France until July 23 before leaving to Tokushima."liban a la vie a la mort
lebanon for the end
lebnen lal mawt
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Originally posted by BURATINwhy is tabuse of japan not playing for his team?
answer: maybe because he knows thats many players in asia will take him back to school
tabuse is just lucky to get in the NBASMART GILAS: all the way
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lebanon will win... ALA NAMAN SILA MATINO KALABAN DITO EH.
TRanslation: this is a "group of two" JApan can be consider a team. okay...
Lebanon will at least have a decent opponent here. PEACE“When you have teammates just as talented as you, it’s kind of weird to get all the attention.”
“I have to be more assertive—I have take more control at crunch time.”
-- SUE BIRD--
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Originally posted by thelebanoni love ur predictions,
u are lebaneseM because iam lebanese and i live in new yorkCountdown to Turkey 2010: 28 Weeks
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