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D-Mo has had a tough time breaking into the rotation. The LTU coach changes the lineups every game and the team has a lot of good bigs. When he plays meaningful minutes he's actually pretty efficient and productive. Today's game and a previous game against Latvia stand out.

Two nice plays albeit against a weak Belgium team. Today's play of the game... steal, ball handling and finish on display:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c77JxaLEiDc[/youtube]

Put back dunk:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP1M17mTaho[/youtube]

okay Greg Smith will start at PF

If we could only merge D-Mo and D-Ho into one player: Dwonatas Howtiejunas

He's the real deal yo, he be startin' this year hopefully.

Epic audio @ 15 seconds from D-Mo:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJQK2qxrZ_Y[/youtube]

DumbMo is going to get hurt falling like that. i dont think he was even fouled, just trying to get a cheap and-1 call.

The LTU coach is a moron.

Even Jonas Valančiūnas, who was dominating inside, had a hard time cracking the rotation.

You know what LTU coach's response to Valančiūnas' interior domination was? Jonas was bad because he didn't dribble more and take more mid-range jumpers.

we have terence jones d mo and greg smith who can start at pf. Im leaning towards T Jones atm, or Greg

Tomorrow



vs. in his honor~ 1st time in 18 yrs for Croatia to reach the semifinals:

aznkillabeezZz wrote:we have terence jones d mo and greg smith who can start at pf. Im leaning towards T Jones atm, or Greg

I think that Jones starts the season as the starting PF, but that Motie will be the starting PF by the end of the season.

Lithuania vs. France Championship Sunday @ 1:50pm (Central Time)

Good opportunity to check fellow San Antonio players (Tony Parker, Boris Diaw and Nando de Colo) as well as Motiejunas and Valanciunas

Spain vs. Croatia (for bronze) Sunday @ 10:40am (Central Time)

Sergio Llull has had a rough tournament but usually plays decent minutes

Current Standings:



Legal stream will be shown on ESPN3: http://espn.go.com/watchespn/index#spor ... /20130922/ Replays will be shown on NBATV... check the schedule

D-Mo's stats up until the final game:

D-Mo really should have chosen NBA Summer League over the LNT since he's barely playing for them and both Smith and Jones had excellent SL performances.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XbajCliXaY&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

He looks thicker on the upper body, he's not afraid of contact, at least against Euro bigs.

Progress is a beautiful thing.

France beat Lithuania for the Eurobasket championship

Motiejunas in the title game: 4 minutes, 0 points, 0 rebound, 0 steals, 0 assists, 0 blocks. 1 missed three point shot

Bruteque wrote:The LTU coach is a moron.

Even Jonas Valančiūnas, who was dominating inside, had a hard time cracking the rotation.

You know what LTU coach's response to Valančiūnas' interior domination was? Jonas was bad because he didn't dribble more and take more mid-range jumpers.

Yup. He is one of the worst game based coaches int he international scene. He's a great player coach, good for his team and morale but as far as executing, implementing what is right for the game and the moment he is just plain bad. Without a doubt Jonas should of been starting or had 20+ mpg. But he went with his vets out of loyalty. Not to mention Jonas and young guys have been getting this treatment for the last couple years.

DieHardBallFan wrote:

Bruteque wrote:The LTU coach is a moron.

Even Jonas Valančiūnas, who was dominating inside, had a hard time cracking the rotation.

You know what LTU coach's response to Valančiūnas' interior domination was? Jonas was bad because he didn't dribble more and take more mid-range jumpers.

Yup. He is one of the worst game based coaches int he international scene. He's a great player coach, good for his team and morale but as far as executing, implementing what is right for the game and the moment he is just plain bad. Without a doubt Jonas should of been starting or had 20+ mpg. But he went with his vets out of loyalty. Not to mention Jonas and young guys have been getting this treatment for the last couple years.

Are you kidding me? Both JV and D-Mo showed nothing to deserve more playing time. Im very happy that we won silver but we lost the final match when both Valančiūnas and Motiejūnas shared the floor. They're both still not ready.
Plus you can't really criticize the coach when the team reaches the finals.

LithuanianOne wrote:
Are you kidding me? Both JV and D-Mo showed nothing to deserve more playing time. Im very happy that we won silver but we lost the final match when both Valančiūnas and Motiejūnas shared the floor. They're both still not ready.
Plus you can't really criticize the coach when the team reaches the finals.

Dmo played 4 minutes in the Championship game.
Jonas played 11 minutes in the Championship game.
How are you blaming them for the loss?

LithuanianOne wrote:

DieHardBallFan wrote:

Bruteque wrote:The LTU coach is a moron.

Even Jonas Valančiūnas, who was dominating inside, had a hard time cracking the rotation.

You know what LTU coach's response to Valančiūnas' interior domination was? Jonas was bad because he didn't dribble more and take more mid-range jumpers.

Yup. He is one of the worst game based coaches int he international scene. He's a great player coach, good for his team and morale but as far as executing, implementing what is right for the game and the moment he is just plain bad. Without a doubt Jonas should of been starting or had 20+ mpg. But he went with his vets out of loyalty. Not to mention Jonas and young guys have been getting this treatment for the last couple years.

Are you kidding me? Both JV and D-Mo showed nothing to deserve more playing time. Im very happy that we won silver but we lost the final match when both Valančiūnas and Motiejūnas shared the floor. They're both still not ready.
Plus you can't really criticize the coach when the team reaches the finals.

Umm I don't have the exact numbers, which i did a couple days ago but i'm pretty sure Jonas led the team in 3-4 statistical categories regardless of his minutes.

DieHardBallFan wrote:Umm I don't have the exact numbers, which i did a couple days ago but i'm pretty sure Jonas led the team in 3-4 statistical categories regardless of his minutes.

JV was the 2nd best C after one of the Lav twins (this guy was amazing offensively). LTU's coach admitted afterwards that he made a mistake by overplaying Javtokas.

Understandably, LTU's coach didn't have much faith in young players like JV, D-Mo and Kuzminskas. As the tournament progressed JV did show that he can be a shot blocker and solid rebounder so minutes for him were warranted. He looked solid as long as LTU wasn't focused on posting him up on ISOs (50% of TO or bad FG attempt). D-Mo looked best against weaker teams but did play well in the 4th against Italy in the quarterfinals.

The country won silver so it is what it is. And EuroBasket is not a tournament to develop NBA's young players.