Gal Mekel won't play in the Eurobasket. I totally suppoert this decision, he's no different from other European stars who gave up on this tournament. He's in crucial phase in this career and should focus on that part. The first year as a NBA rookie is the hardest and Mekel have to work super hard in order to continue to gain minutes in Dallas. With or without him we don't have a shot to pass the top 8 (and I'm very generous) so Mekel can give up on one tournament.
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Originally posted by Idans10 View PostGal Mekel won't play in the Eurobasket. I totally suppoert this decision, he's no different from other European stars who gave up on this tournament. He's in crucial phase in this career and should focus on that part. The first year as a NBA rookie is the hardest and Mekel have to work super hard in order to continue to gain minutes in Dallas. With or without him we don't have a shot to pass the top 8 (and I'm very generous) so Mekel can give up on one tournament.Originally posted by Jon_KoncakThat's funny shit.I cant believe there are sports fans thinking like it.It's like Federer losing to random Japanese player in round 1 of French Open but tournament director stepping in and saying "hey it was a fluke win who wants to watch a random Japanese guy in next round,Federer qualifies"
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Originally posted by Joško Poljak Fan View PostThat's one way to put it. While the other one, as Mekel isn't all that likely to get noticable playing time in his first season and due to tough traveling&game schedules that decrease the number and intensity of practices... he should be picking up every chance for playing basketball on high level he gets. It's a whole different story with players that are playing at least those 20 minutes per game, but rookies shouldn't cancel their NT appearances for their own sake...5 times European champion
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Originally posted by Mindozas View PostIs there any official list of preliminar roster? Kinda hard to find it in English language
F- Nitzan Hanochi, Guy Pnini, Omri Casspi, Lior Eliyahu, Elishay Kadir, Alex Tyus
C- Yaniv Green, Ido Kuzikaro, Alex Cubrevich5 times European champion
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Of course noone can tell how many minutes he will get, but one can say is it likely for him to get 10, 20, 30 or 40 minutes and judging from the past experience it's easy to say Mekel isn't likely to receive 20 or more minutes per game in NBA. As the schedule and the situation around it is given, it would be beneficial for him to pursue as much bball on high level as he can, as he wouldn't be the first one to deteriorate drasticaly sitting on NBA's bench.Originally posted by Jon_KoncakThat's funny shit.I cant believe there are sports fans thinking like it.It's like Federer losing to random Japanese player in round 1 of French Open but tournament director stepping in and saying "hey it was a fluke win who wants to watch a random Japanese guy in next round,Federer qualifies"
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So if he's gonna get 10 minutes per game it means that he shouldn't work hard and improve himself? personally I think that a pre-season training with the Mavs players is much better preperation then a Eurobasket tournament, which many euro stars won't even be there, with all do respect.5 times European champion
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Israel was OK, lost twice to Italy and Georgia (close games) & won Poland. Still room for improvement, but don't forget that we won't have our best PG at the moment, and right now Mekel is WAY WAY better then both Ohayon and Halperin. It's not that with Mekel we would qualify for the top-8 for sure, but surely our chances would increase. We can pass the first group stage, beside France I don't think that we less good then any other NT (Germany without Nowitzky, GB without Deng) and then in the last 12 I hope that we can manage to qualify in a miracle way to the top 8, which will be a huge achievement for us. Our usual problem will be the paint, because we cannot succee when Green & Kozi our C and the new generation is nothing to tell about. So I guess Tyus will perform as 5 and we'll try to maximize it because at the other positions we're definitely OK.5 times European champion
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Originally posted by Idans10 View PostIsrael was OK, lost twice to Italy and Georgia (close games) & won Poland. Still room for improvement, but don't forget that we won't have our best PG at the moment, and right now Mekel is WAY WAY better then both Ohayon and Halperin. It's not that with Mekel we would qualify for the top-8 for sure, but surely our chances would increase. We can pass the first group stage, beside France I don't think that we less good then any other NT (Germany without Nowitzky, GB without Deng) and then in the last 12 I hope that we can manage to qualify in a miracle way to the top 8, which will be a huge achievement for us. Our usual problem will be the paint, because we cannot succee when Green & Kozi our C and the new generation is nothing to tell about. So I guess Tyus will perform as 5 and we'll try to maximize it because at the other positions we're definitely OK.
plus, do our coach, considering our problems in the paint, is basing our teams on a monodimensional perimetral team,as he should,( like siena for example) or not?.if i cant count on the paint why dont base my plans on perimeter?Last edited by maccabeo; 08-12-2013, 10:32 AM.
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No, Mekel won't be in the Eurobasket.
I didn't understand what you wanted to say regarding our paint problem. It's a national team, you cannot sign all of a sudden Ante Tomic to solve your problems. We have Yaniv Green, Ido Kozikaro & Cubrevich, non of them is in a Eurocup level at the moment. So I didn't understood what do you want from Shivak to do?? Because of our C problem, Tyus will perform as a C, Lior as a PF and Omri as a SF.5 times European champion
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Originally posted by Idans10 View PostNo, Mekel won't be in the Eurobasket.
I didn't understand what you wanted to say regarding our paint problem. It's a national team, you cannot sign all of a sudden Ante Tomic to solve your problems. We have Yaniv Green, Ido Kozikaro & Cubrevich, non of them is in a Eurocup level at the moment. So I didn't understood what do you want from Shivak to do?? Because of our C problem, Tyus will perform as a C, Lior as a PF and Omri as a SF.
having a team with no big men to face stronger big men by all over europe,i'd try built a sistel like the one siena plyaed, just based on perimeter. sure, is not optimal to play onedimensional bball, sure, but this way give more chances as siena showed easily even having no c.
could u tell me how many 3 points israel attempt vs georgia and italy?
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According to David Pick via twitter;
D'Or Fischer is married to a Israeli woman, and yet he is not qualified for Israeli citizenship. Why? Thought anyone who married Israeli can qualify for Israeli citizenship. What's going on?
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Intercontinental Cup - 1980
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