Dragan Bender News, Discussion and Highlights

jcsunsfan · Post #481 » by **jcsunsfan** » Wed Aug 2, 2017 11:59 pm

Last year

Saberestar · Post #482 » by **Saberestar** » Fri Aug 4, 2017 12:47 pm

Is there some schedule of the Croatia's friendly games? I want to watch Bender's highlights at least.

darealjuice · Post #483 » by **darealjuice** » Fri Aug 4, 2017 2:02 pm

Saberestar wrote:Is there some schedule of the Croatia's friendly games? I want to watch Bender's highlights at least.

They play France on Tuesday and Lithuania on Wednesday

TeamTragic · Post #484 » by **TeamTragic** » Sat Aug 5, 2017 6:33 pm

ATTL wrote:
TOO wrote:
JMac1 wrote:Dragan Bender.......the forgotten man. I still have faith in this guy.

Uhhh... Forgotten? By whom?

I think most normie fans have forgotten him. If you have more than a thousand posts on an internet message board you're probably not a normie fan.

Gambo was lol'ing at the idea of Bender playing lg/point forward yesterday.

To be fair Gambo is a **** idiot

Veyron · Post #485 » by **Veyron** » Tue Aug 8, 2017 8:28 pm

darealjuice wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Is there some schedule of the Croatia's friendly games? I want to watch Bender's highlights at least.

They play France on Tuesday and Lithuania on Wednesday

Bender 11pts,2reb in 19min. In Croatia win over France.

TheTrooper · Post #486 » by **TheTrooper** » Tue Aug 8, 2017 8:33 pm

Veyron wrote:
darealjuice wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Is there some schedule of the Croatia's friendly games? I want to watch Bender's highlights at least.

They play France on Tuesday and Lithuania on Wednesday

Bender 11pts,2reb in 19min. In Croatia win over France.

+1 blk

Bevzil · Post #487 » by **Bevzil** » Wed Aug 9, 2017 4:38 am

Highlights from the game:

https://sport.sfr.fr/basket/eurobasket-h/en-video-en-progres-les-bleus-sinclinent-contre-la-croatie-87-92.html

Bender's 3s start about 1:40.

NTB · Post #488 » by **NTB** » Wed Aug 9, 2017 11:29 am

Read on Twitter

Bogyo · Post #489 » by **Bogyo** » Wed Aug 9, 2017 8:38 pm

Corner 3 looks money

(although it always did, just didn't hit the bottom of the net enough times)

Saberestar · Post #490 » by **Saberestar** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 1:40 am

0/4 from 3 today against Lithuania.
5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

Thespianoid · Post #491 » by **Thespianoid** » Thu Aug 10, 2017 2:17 am

Saberestar wrote:0/4 from 3 today against Lithuania.
5 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks in 21 minutes.

filling the stat sheet as usual :nod:

But through a year + of game footage, I'm worried he settles for too many 3's when better options are available. Would need to see how/when the 4 attempts in this game were made.

darealjuice · Post #492 » by **darealjuice** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:14 pm

Croatia is playing against Slovenia today. Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic, Dario Saric, Bogdan Bogdanovic, hopefully we see some Bender. Should be a decent game, someone posted a stream in the Luka Doncic thread in the Draft forum

maRioGrande · Post #493 » by **maRioGrande** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:31 pm

http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvideo8/croatia-vs-slovenia-live-stream-4386214.html

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maRioGrande · Post #494 » by **maRioGrande** » Sat Aug 12, 2017 4:33 pm

darealjuice wrote:Croatia is playing against Slovenia today. Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic, Dario Saric, Bogdan Bogdanovic, hopefully we see some Bender. Should be a decent game, someone posted a stream in the Luka Doncic thread in the Draft forum

Bojan Bogdanović. Bogdan plays for Serbia

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Saberestar · Post #495 » by **Saberestar** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:14 pm

darealjuice wrote:Croatia is playing against Slovenia today. Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic, Dario Saric, Bogdan Bogdanovic, hopefully we see some Bender. Should be a decent game, someone posted a stream in the Luka Doncic thread in the Draft forum

Croatia won that game 85-81, but I can't find stats or boxscore. Any info or highlights from Bender?

NTB · Post #496 » by **NTB** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:15 pm

Saberestar wrote:
darealjuice wrote:Croatia is playing against Slovenia today. Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic, Dario Saric, Bogdan Bogdanovic, hopefully we see some Bender. Should be a decent game, someone posted a stream in the Luka Doncic thread in the Draft forum

Croatia won that game 85-81, but I can't find stats or boxscore. Any info or highlights from Bender?

2 points (1/4 FG) and 4 rebounds.

I don't remember how I found the boxscore :lol:

darealjuice · Post #497 » by **darealjuice** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:01 pm

NTB wrote:
Saberestar wrote:
darealjuice wrote:Croatia is playing against Slovenia today. Goran Dragic, Luka Doncic, Dario Saric, Bogdan Bogdanovic, hopefully we see some Bender. Should be a decent game, someone posted a stream in the Luka Doncic thread in the Draft forum

Croatia won that game 85-81, but I can't find stats or boxscore. Any info or highlights from Bender?

2 points (1/4 FG) and 4 rebounds.

I don't remember how I found the boxscore

Read on Twitter

I saw the first half, which ended up being the only playing time Bender got. He looked alright. He had a good tip dunk in transition and played solid defense, but he's doesn't seem that comfortable on offense right now. I felt like he played his best minutes at the 5 with Saric playing at 4. Dragan makes it very difficult to play pick and roll basketball because he's big and mobile enough to step out and stop the guard from driving while still rotating to his man in time. It's probably in part because he doesn't have much of a role at this point for Croatia, but he needs to develop more confidence in his offense.

Luka Doncic looks like the real deal, one of the few times I've had a good look at him and he impressed me. Not a lot of players with his size than can run the pick and roll, handle the ball, distribute, and hit the 3 comfortably off the catch and dribble. It'll be interesting to see what kind of role he plays in the NBA.

Saberestar · Post #498 » by **Saberestar** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:20 pm

Bender committed 5 fouls in 7 minutes?

darealjuice · Post #499 » by **darealjuice** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:26 pm

Saberestar wrote:Bender committed 5 fouls in 7 minutes?

Appears that way. Honestly don't remember him having that many though.

bobbeaver · Post #500 » by **bobbeaver** » Sun Aug 13, 2017 6:51 pm

Well he is overly impressed with his surrounding and who he is playing with and who for. This is very important for him so he is a bit overwhelmed and slightly insecure. Plus he isnt a complete player yet or as aggressive so as not to hurt the team. Kid (and he is that) needs time to settle down and open up and meld with the team properly. I think as the tournament goes on he ll loosen up.

Would you bring back Bender?