Eurobasket 09 thread:

Sid the Squid · Post #1 » by **Sid the Squid** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 12:44 am

France beat Finland today by 10 to go 2-0..My sources tell me Turiaf had a basket. France is loaded (Parker-Batum-French Trainwreck's brother-Turiaf-Diaw)

Biedrins scored 11 on Friday vs the basketball powerhouse Sweden in a friendly..Our Lativian brothers play Russia on Sunday to kick off their Eurobasket 2009.

J-Rich- · Post #2 » by **J-Rich-** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 12:58 am

How many minutes biedrins played? he needs to be dominating like last year when he averaged like 25+ppg

Squash · Post #3 » by **Squash** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 2:16 am

Where'd our resident Latvian go?

Post #4 » by **Hopper15** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 2:51 am

LMAO at that avatar

-bob- · Post #5 » by **-bob-** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 2:52 am

Coxy · Post #6 » by **Coxy** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 7:23 am

I wish I could sig that avatar.

Squash · Post #7 » by **Squash** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 8:32 am

Was gonna go with FTW, but I figured WTF was more fitting.

Yi Jian Lian · Post #8 » by **Yi Jian Lian** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 6:48 pm

nice avy

Belinelli4Three · Post #9 » by **Belinelli4Three** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 10:39 pm

Belinelli threw 26 points on the France team not to mention a sweet between the legs step back three on Turiaf and drove past batum for a two hand flush

Sid the Squid · Post #10 » by **Sid the Squid** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 10:41 pm

Belinelli4Three wrote:Belinelli threw 26 points on the France team not to mention a sweet between the legs step back three on Turiaf and drove past batum for a two hand flush

3 rebounds and 0 assists in a losing effort.

Belinelli4Three · Post #11 » by **Belinelli4Three** » Sun Aug 9, 2009 10:43 pm

He had to score nobody else was

turk3d · Post #12 » by **turk3d** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:21 am

Anybody think George will score 26 in a whole month? I wonder how many assists he will average?

Sid the Squid · Post #13 » by **Sid the Squid** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 2:41 pm

turk3d wrote:Anybody think George will score 26 in a whole month?

I sure hope not..I want Biedrins to get more shots than he had the last few years.

Post #14 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:42 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:
turk3d wrote:Anybody think George will score 26 in a whole month?
I sure hope not..I want Biedrins to get more shots than he had the last few years.

Biedrins is going to put up huge numbers in Philly when your trade goes through.

Head Leader · Post #15 » by **Head Leader** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 3:52 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:
turk3d wrote:Anybody think George will score 26 in a whole month?
I sure hope not..I want Biedrins to get more shots than he had the last few years.

as if belly was the reason andris wasnt getting shots...

Sid the Squid · Post #16 » by **Sid the Squid** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 4:24 pm

Sleepy51 wrote:
Sid the Squid wrote:
turk3d wrote:Anybody think George will score 26 in a whole month?
I sure hope not..I want Biedrins to get more shots than he had the last few years.

Biedrins is going to put up huge numbers in Philly when your trade goes through.

my trade doesnt involve Biedrins. The 76ers have to pay Daly, they can't trade for Andris.

Post #17 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:51 pm

Sid the Squid wrote:
Sleepy51 wrote:
Sid the Squid wrote:I sure hope not..I want Biedrins to get more shots than he had the last few years.

Biedrins is going to put up huge numbers in Philly when your trade goes through.
my trade doesnt involve Biedrins. The 76ers have to pay Daly, they can't trade for Andris.

If you don't think Nellie is trading Dre, you've been getting into Old Rem's stash. The only thing that kept Dre on this team last year instead of an un-extended Bosh was a busted wrist and the only thing that kept Dre here instead of Amare this summer was Amare's agent knowing that his guy will not get as good an extension after feuding with Nellie about playing C for 60 games.

Nellie named Dre a captain last year = trade bait.

And yes, he was also going to trade Jack while his value was high before Rowell slapped an extension to no where on his prize bull.

St.Nick · Post #18 » by **St.Nick** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:06 pm

A lot of assumptions in there, Sleepy. Most of them go contrary to knowledge on the record.

Post #19 » by **Sleepy51** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:26 pm

St.Nick wrote:A lot of assumptions in there, Sleepy. Most of them go contrary to knowledge on the record.

Dre has been on the block Nick. I'm not saying Nellie hates him. I'm saying he wants a scoring Vet PF more than he values what Dre does. Dre was in both of the (unsigned) Bosh and Amare deals, both of which were nixed by someone other than the W's.

Jack? That's all me. I admit it. As much as I gripe about Nellie I have more respect for his intelligence than to think he buys into Jack's act.

St.Nick · Post #20 » by **St.Nick** » Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:51 pm

I don't think anyone would deny that Andris was on the block in the Amare trade talks.

But in the midst of those talks Riley came out and said point blank that he'd have a very hard time trading for a an impending FA. It doesn't take much to read between the lines and see that he was saying we would not be dealing for Amare unless he came here on an extension.

Now the trades broke down for one reason or another, although most seem to believe that it has to do with Stephen Curry not being part of the deal, but since its an unknown discussion that took place there is room to speculate.

What we do have on the record are the clear words of our GM echoing what this board felt, which is that you don't trade Andris for anyone that might not be here long term.