I'll watch it because I want to get cancer and the best way to do it is watching Turkish NT.
Eurobasket 2013
- Thread starter MVP
- Start date
I'll watch it because I want to get cancer and the best way to do it is watching Turkish NT.
CitizenofCapua
Well-Known Member
I feel like i cant dissuade you from that decision. Then all im gonna say is may god give you patience bro.
MVP
Well-Known Member
You never know, they beat Spain last time in 2011 even if they played like crap before that game as well. Asik matchups well with Gasol and if Turkoglu and Ilyasova are making jumpers it could be much closer than you guys think.
Fun fact about Germany's loss: If they advance to the 2nd round their loss only counts in case that Belgium advances too and they lost by 1 vs 2-0 Ukraine already. So in case Germany beats Ukraine tomorrow it's very likely they will advance with a 2-0 record into the 2nd round.
BUT I should really not try to predict games considering how the tournament went so far...
BUT I should really not try to predict games considering how the tournament went so far...
Well that's what I thought before the Belgium game as well.
And probably what France thought on Wednesday...
Spain thought so too and many others had similar feelings.
MVP
Well-Known Member
And Ukraine stays unbeaten by winning vs Germany. That Schaffartzik dude put another double double 22pts/11ast this time. Maybe somebody needs to get him over here? Anytime double assists are reached in international game ( and he is averaging 10 in 3 games!) it is pretty damn impressive as they do not count assists like in NBA where dude dribbling for layup from 3 pt land still gets assist for last teammate who touched the ball before him. Plus game is shorter.
Did you watch a single game with Germany(or ALBA Berlin the last couple years) or did you just read the boxscore?
Schaffartzik doesn't defend!
Schaffartzik plays hero ball!
Schaffartzik is streaky!
Germany simply doesn't have the offensive options, so he can play 40 min of Hero ball. Our 4th offensive option is Niels Giffey, a senior year fringe starter @ UConn. Just to put into perspective how short of reliable offense Germany is. But I think if you add Schröder and Harris the next years they'll look much better and consistent. Plus there's a couple of young guns w/o international recognition up and coming.
https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Heiko-Schaffartzik/International/24088/2013
https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Heiko-Schaffartzik/International/24088/2013/By_Split/Advanced_Stats/Recent_Games/0/All_Leagues
I wouldn't bank on that translating on team competition, where defenses are way better organised. All he's doing is running Pick and Rolls all game long and look for the kick out pass. Last year when he Berlin's primary PG injured the ACL, they had 2 PGs left, and neither Wood nor Schaffartzik managed to get a organised offense running.
Parker, Jasikevicius and Calderon have teammates. That's the difference and why they're not averaging 10+ assists.
Damn, I jinxed it. Sorry BTP.
Don't worry. I'd rather have them out of the tourney in that shape(They basically are YAY
). I'm too much of a basketball purist to watch a team I'm supposed to root for that consists out of 12 players out of which I totally hate 10 and watch them play miserably bad basketball.
The difference is all that those teams are either mediocre, slightly worse than mediocre or above mediocre. Ukraine on the other hand was the worst team among the 24 teams by far to me, as I watched their most prep games. I certainly thought that the Israel win was a fluke.
But apparently Mike Fratello finally found some rhythm with his team. Kudos to Ukraine.
Don't worry. I'd rather have them out of the tourney in that shape(They basically are YAY
That's almost the same way I feel about the Turkey team. It's not about the players on our side(except Hedo) but about our corrupt dictatorship-federation and our government that interfering with the player selections.
Basketball>Turkish NT for me as well.
I think there's multiple teams you can make a case for to be the worst team. But most Eastern Europeans have these shady naturalized Americans(Pooh Jeter for example has played 1 season in Ukraine).
Well next year Germany may nominate Anton Gavel as well(?)
Is it the lack of a naturalized American or just their gipsy scumbag attitude?