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GER/PUE/GRE/SLO - Injury-riddled Germany lose Okulaja, then fall to Puerto Rico

"In the Supercup, a warm-up event for the qualifying event in Athens, Dirk Nowitzki had 21 points and 11 rebounds for the Germans but he was upstaged by his Dallas Mavericks teammate Jose Barea who poured in 24 for the Puerto Ricans.

Included in that points haul was Barea's scintillating four-of-six effort from three-point range."

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olymqual/wom/news/lateNews/p/newsid/26357/FE_news_lateNews_arti.htm


PUE/GRE/GER/SLO - Greece overcome Barea, Puerto Rico to win Supercup

"Puerto Rico dug themselves an early hole that they couldn't climb out of and lost 93-86 to Greece in the championship game of the Supercup at the JAKO Arena on Saturday night.
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Thanks to their three-point shooting, especially that of Jose Barea, the Puerto Ricans battled back and closed the gap to 45-39 midway through the second quarter only for Greece to take a 61-49 lead to half-time.
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One certainty is that Barea appears to be one of the real stars in the FIBA Americas. He had a game-high 32 points in defeat, while Puerto Rico also got a solid showing from Ricardo Sanchez who buried four of six shots from long range on his way to 16 points."

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/newsid/26362/arti.html

HAHA if only Barrea could do that with the Mavs!!!!EVERY NIGHT!!!! we'd never lose!!
We would be able to trade Kidd for a balling a$$ 2 guard. Unfortunately, It hasn't worked
that way.

HAHA, if only Barea got playing time like that every night with the Mavs.

JES12 wrote:HAHA, if only Barea got playing time like that every night with the Mavs.

I vomit in my mouth a little at just the thought of it

I just want to see him get consistant 10 MPG, not 25 one game and 0 the next.

He needs to find his role.

I would just like to see his defense improve. I know he's not going to get any taller and it seems like even small guards just post him up like he's nothing and it's so frustrating to give it up on the other end of the court. It seemed like when he got consistent mins there for a while when we had Devin and Devin was hurt we really struggled. He had a few good offensive outbursts but his D uggh .... I dont know maybe he get it together more this year but if not then he doesnt warrant consistent mins.

barea wont get any significant minutes. I'm fine with him being the 3rd point in our rotation. he is working his a$$ off and is a nice guy in the locker, he deserves being on the roster