Portugal national team

[rikhardur]

Philippe Da Silva claims French ProB weekly honour - Dec 13, 2010 (by Eurobasket News)
Experienced naturalized Portuguese Philippe Da Silva (192-G-79) had an amazing evening in the last round for league's leader Evreux and that's him to receive a Eurobasket.com ProB Player of the Week award for round 12.
The 31-year old guard got a double-double of 23 points and fourteen assists, while his team beat St Vallier (#15, 4-8) 97-89. It allowed Evreux to jump to the first place in the Portuguese ProB. Evreux have a solid 10-2 record. In the team's last game Da Silva had a remarkable four three-pointers out of 7 attempts. It's his second year at Evreux and it's hard to imagine this team without him. Da Silva has impressive league stats. He is league's best passer with 8.4apg. Da Silva is in league's top in and averages solid 2.5spg.

http://www.eurobasket.com/France/basketball.asp?NewsID=211601

I really hope he reconsiders the retirement from the NT...

[rikhardur]

Mário Palma is the new coach of the national team. He'll be assisted by Mário Gomes.
Excellent choice by the federation, high hopes on him

[Khalid80]

Mário Palma is the new coach of the national team. He'll be assisted by Mário Gomes.
Excellent choice by the federation, high hopes on him

He's back to the mother ship

[rikhardur]

Portuguese NT announced - Jun 3, 2011 (by Luis Filipe Cristovao)

Mario Leonel Palma announced the Portugal NT roster to training camp, preparing the Eurobasket Qualifying round, next August. The list is a mix between experienced and young players.

Jose Costa (187-G-73)
Antonio Tavares (183-G-75)
Miguel Minhava (197-G-83)
Tomas Barroso (180-G-90)
Carlos Andrade (197-F-78, college: Queens, NC)
Philippe Da Silva (192-G-79)
Joao Santos (205-C-79, college: Nevada)
Miguel Miranda (205-F-78)
Fernando Sousa (192-F/G-81)
Paulo Cunha (199-G/F-80)
Fabio Lima (196-F-88)
Jorge Coelho (200-C-78)
Joao Gomes (199-F-85)
Nuno Cortez (205-C-82)
Elvis Evora (205-C-78)
Claudio Fonseca (206-C-89)
Marco Goncalves (208-C-84)

http://www.eurobasket.com/Portugal/basketball.asp?NewsID=227737

[rikhardur]

Veteran José Costa is again the captain of the NT.

[Luíz for 3]

From the 13 players squad, Marco Gonçalves should be the last cut and this would be the final roster.

PG:
Filipe da Silva
Miguel Minhava
José Costa

SG:
Carlos Andrade
António Tavares
Fernando Sousa

SF:
João Santos
Paulo Cunha
José Silva

PF:
Miguel Miranda

C:
Élvis Évora
Cláudio Fonseca

[Silvio]

From what I read here with a little help of Google Translate...I understand :

Paolo Cunha got injured in 2nd game vs Hungary and is out for Eurobasket. That probably means Goncalves is saved from cutting.
Also, Antonio Tavares got injured in 2nd game vs Finland and if can not go, then Tomas Barroso will replace him in a team for Eurobasket.

roster to be
António Tavares  PG  1.84  10.12.1975   Benfica
Jose Costa       PG  1.88  08.12.1973   Porto Ferpinta
Miguel Minhava   SG  1.98  05.11.1983   Benfica
Cláudio Fonseca  C   2.06  22.01.1989   Vitoria SC
Filipe da Silva  PG  1.93  30.11.1979   Evreux (FRA)
Carlos Andrade   GF  1.98  27.04.1978   Porto Ferpinta
Fernando Sousa   GF  1.92  07.12.1981   Academica
Elvis Evora      C   2.05  04.02.1978   Benfica
Miguel Miranda   PF  2.05  09.10.1978   Porto Ferpinta
Joao Santos      F   2.04  15.06.1979   Porto Ferpinta
José Silva       SF  1.94  16.04.1989   Barreirense
Marco Goncalves  C   2.06  22.04.1984   Ginasio

reserve
Tomas Barroso    PG  1.80  02.11.1990   Ginasio

[Silvio]

After a bit of googling, I found final roster here:

http://rr.sapo.pt/bolabranca_detalhe.aspx?fid=1217&did=170231

Guards: António Tavares (Benfica), José Costa (FC Porto), Miguel Minhava (Benfica) e Filipe da Silva (Paris-Levallois).

Wings: Fernando Sousa (Académica), Carlos Andrade (FC Porto), José Silva (Barreirense) e João Santos (FC Porto).

Biggies: Cláudio Fonseca (Vitória de Guimarães), Elvis Evora (Benfica), Marco Gonçalves (Ginásio Figueirense) e Miguel Miranda (FC Porto)


Absentees:
Heshimu Evans (Benfica), João Betinho Gomes (Benfica), Paulo Cunha (Vitória de Guimarães) e Nuno Cortez (Ovarense).

[rikhardur]

Preliminary roster - Eurobasket 2013 qualifiers

SL Benfica
Tomás Barroso
Élvis Évora
Miguel Minhava
João Gomes

FC Porto
João Santos
Carlos Andrade

CAB Madeira
Mário Fernandes
Jaime Silva
Jorge Coelho
Fábio Lima
João Ferreirinho

FC Barreirense
José Silva
Miguel Queiroz
Pedro Pinto

AD Ovarense
Cristóvão Cordeiro
Fernando Neves

Plasencia
Cláudio Fonseca

Vitória SC
Paulo Cunha

AA Coimbra
Marco Gonçalves

Galitos FC
Rui Quintino

BC Barcelos
Nuno Oliveira

http://www.fpb.pt/fpb_portal/!fpb.go?s=3082824367&p=fpb.201020&t=fpb.200058&k_id_noticia=38140

[JRS Bonnet]

My Portuguese NT

If I had to choose 12 players from Mário Palma´s 21 men roster, I would go with:

PG Tomás Barroso (1.80, 1990)
PG Mário Fernandes (1.74, 1982)
PG Miguel Minhava (1.98, 1983)

SG/SF Paulo Cunha (2.00, 1980)
SG/SF Carlos Andrade (1.98, 1978)

SF João Gomes (2.01, 1985)
SF Fábio Lima (1.97, 1988)

F João Santos (2.04, 1979)

PF Miguel Queiróz (2.02, 1991)

PF/C Jorge Coelho (2.00, 1978)

C Elvis Évora (2.05, 1978)
C Cláudio Fonseca (2.06, 1989)

[JRS Bonnet]

No surprises

Mário Palma announced the first players to be cut from the NT:

Pedro Pinto (PG, 1.85, 1988, F.C. Barreirense)
João Ferreirinho (C, 2.04, 1988, C.A.B. Madeira)
Marco Gonçalves (C, 2.06, 1984, Académica de Coimbra)

[JRS Bonnet]

More cuts

Two more players were cut from the Portuguese NT:
SG/SF Fernando Neves (A.D. Ovarense, 1.94, 1980)
PF/C Cristóvão Cordeiro (A.D. Ovarense, 1.99, 1989)
Due to unspecified personal problems it is doubtful that SG/SF Carlos Andrade (F.C. Porto, 1.98, 1978) represents Portugal this summer.

[JRS Bonnet]

14 players left

Miguel Queiróz (PF, 2.02, 1991) was cut from the national team.

Portugal will play 2 games against Great Britain (14 and 15 July) and 2 more against Bulgaria (18 and 19 July).

[JRS Bonnet]

Great Britain 83 ‒ Portugal 68

Game stats can be found here:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/20589/05/64/90/16FwXE03EbDo/

Tomorrow at 15h00 (local time ‒ the same as in Portugal) there will be a rematch. Try the link below for live streaming.

http://www.hoopsfix.com/2012/07/live-stream-gb-vs-portugal-basketball/

[JRS Bonnet]

Great Britain 86 - Portugal 66

Game stats can be found here:

http://www.fibalivestats.com/matches/20589/05/64/91/97smEndq4NUUo/

Two notes on the Portuguese NT:

1. Cláudio Fonseca (2.06, 1989) will probably start at center (5.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks against G.B.);

2. The team’s cornerstone is formed by the trio João Gomes (SF, 15.0, 5.5 rebounds), João Santos (F, 12.5 points, 3 rebounds) and Paulo Cunha (F, 9 points and 9 rebounds ‒ played only the 2nd game against G.B.).