JV at EuroBasket 2013 is Done, Lithuania Gets Silver

Jstock12 · Post #101 » by **Jstock12** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 9:00 am

UcanUwill wrote:
Regression2u wrote:How about this?

Valanciunas/Javtokas
Kleiza/Motiejunas/Lavrinovic
Maciulis/Kuzminskas
Seibutis/Pocius/Gecevicius
Kalneitis/Delininkaitis

Thats what I thinking. Gecevicius should be on the team, he is a good fit. People are down on him because he was riding the bench for the last 2 years, but he is not bad. Has some experience playing point and is the best 3 point shooter available. Looks like they gonna be inside scoring team, they gonna need spot up shooters, and they desperately need anyone who can fill the PG minutes. Not saying he will be their back up PG, but he might fill few minutes here and there.

Where did you get that idea of Gecevicius being able to handle the ball? That is ridiculous. He can't dribbble at all, even Seibutis is better at it than him. Gecevicius is a spot-up shooter, that's it. He can't cut, he can't dribbble, he can't get to the rim, and he sure as hell can't back-up someone at PG. I won't even mention his defense. That is nonsense. I would even be more comfortable with Kleiza playing PG instead of Gecevicius...

I don't really have anything against the guy, I believe he can shoot very well, perhaps even the best 3pt threat in this particular roster, but he should be cut first. Even if you let him stay, he wouldn't get any playing time during the tournament. I'd be way more comfortable leaving Delininkaitis on the roster. He's a good 3pt shooter as well, but can also legitimately play PG at limited times.

The guys that will be cut in my opinion:
Gecevicius
Cizauskas or Juskevicius (more likely) depending on their performance
Either one of Lavrinovic brothers

kiriux · Post #102 » by **kiriux** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 9:17 am

C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT?

This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really. :-?

VanGuard · Post #103 » by **VanGuard** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 9:18 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nJF-adUVhw[/youtube]

karolis1221 · Post #104 » by **karolis1221** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 9:33 am

kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

Its hilarious for me to read how Lithuanians speaking in english about Their NT

D Varykit jus i lietuviskus forumus padiskutuokite.

rfan · Post #105 » by **rfan** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 10:04 am

kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

have to agree with this..

Jstock12 · Post #106 » by **Jstock12** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 10:07 am

karolis1221 wrote:
kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

Its hilarious for me to read how Lithuanians speaking in english about Their NT D Varykit jus i lietuviskus forumus padiskutuokite.

I don't find anything bad about it. It's just one thread and lithuanians amount for a pretty decent portion of this board, I'd say at least 5%.

Dri3er · Post #107 » by **Dri3er** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 10:58 am

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSUTdyESAb4[/youtube]

carl_english · Post #108 » by **carl_english** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 11:56 am

Dri3er wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSUTdyESAb4[/youtube]

lol

UcanUwill · Post #109 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 1:33 pm

Jstock12 wrote:Where did you get that idea of Gecevicius being able to handle the ball? That is ridiculous. He can't dribbble at all, even Seibutis is better at it than him. Gecevicius is a spot-up shooter, that's it. He can't cut, he can't dribbble, he can't get to the rim, and he sure as hell can't back-up someone at PG. I won't even mention his defense. That is nonsense. I would even be more comfortable with Kleiza playing PG instead of Gecevicius.

Come on, he spent an entire 09-10 season filling PG for L. Rytas... He used to spent a lot of time there since junior competitions. He never had the problem with TOs or low assist number when having ball in his hands. Very level headed with the ball. His handles aren't as bad as you say.
Of course hes not a PG, not even close. But he has some experience and skill.

sortpar · Post #110 » by **sortpar** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:10 pm

kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

You seem to be a bit presumptuous in that you are talking for everyone else. I personally have no problem expanding the discussion to include the whole NT.

dagger · Post #111 » by **dagger** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:12 pm

I was looking forward to this matchup as part of Jonas' development - too bad.

Emiliano Carchia ‏@SportandoBasket 6m
OFFICIAL: Nikola Pekovic won't be at Eurobasket with National Team of Montenegro due to his contract problems in the NBA

And I think Minnesota has made him a very, fair offer.

Post #112 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:23 pm

Dri3er wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSUTdyESAb4[/youtube]

StMikes31 · Post #113 » by **StMikes31** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:25 pm

Gotta love this guy

kiriux · Post #114 » by **kiriux** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:29 pm

sortpar wrote:
kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

You seem to be a bit presumptuous in that you are talking for everyone else. I personally have no problem expanding the discussion to include the whole NT.

I have no problem reading the whole thing too. I'm European so I know all of these players really well but it must be weird for Canadians to read around 20 post in a row made by Lithuanian fans about their NT and some unheard players with hilarious names. Just wanted to point that it MIGHT BE the wrong place to discuss your NT when you have European, Lithuanian boards to do this. Maybe it's just me. Didn't wanted to sound like I'm talking for everybody here, my English made it sound like this. :wink:

Post #115 » by **DG88** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:32 pm

kiriux wrote:
sortpar wrote:
kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

You seem to be a bit presumptuous in that you are talking for everyone else. I personally have no problem expanding the discussion to include the whole NT.

I have no problem reading the whole thing too. I'm European so I know all of these players really well but it must be weird for Canadians to read around 20 post in a row made by Lithuanian fans about their NT and some unheard players with hilarious names. Just wanted to point that it MIGHT BE the wrong place to discuss your NT when you have European, Lithuanian boards to do this. Maybe it's just me. Didn't wanted to sound like I'm talking for everybody here, my English made it sound like this.

I actually find it interesting. It's always good to learn new things

Post #116 » by **pbj** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:35 pm

Full play-by-play with screenshots and real-time gifs, please.

You know, if it's not too much trouble.

UcanUwill · Post #117 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:41 pm

DG88 wrote:I actually find it interesting. It's always good to learn new things

Good attitude. I agree with kiriux in principle, but threads like these always shifts to another direction, and I cant help it, but contribute to that...

UcanUwill · Post #118 » by **UcanUwill** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:45 pm

dagger wrote:I was looking forward to this matchup as part of Jonas' development - too bad.

Emiliano Carchia ‏@SportandoBasket 6m
OFFICIAL: Nikola Pekovic won't be at Eurobasket with National Team of Montenegro due to his contract problems in the NBA

And I think Minnesota has made him a very, fair offer.

Oh wow, thats a big loss to Montenegro. Their fans must be pissed, their whole campaign was ''2 Nikola towers''. Vucevic is still there, and I see him more of the JV rival than Pek.

P.S. if anyone wants to open Eurobasket thread, it would be cool. Not sure if people interested, but I am.

lobosloboslobos · Post #119 » by **lobosloboslobos** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:45 pm

i also am perfectly happy to hear about the Lithuanian team as a whole, since Jonas is a key part of it and I expect we'll be watching quite a bit of it for the next couple weeks.

sortpar · Post #120 » by **sortpar** » Tue Aug 6, 2013 2:46 pm

kiriux wrote:
sortpar wrote:
kiriux wrote:C'mon why would you post so much about Lithuanian NT? This is JV thread on Canadian board. It's a place for JV related posts, highlights, news. Nobody gives a f about other players really.

You seem to be a bit presumptuous in that you are talking for everyone else. I personally have no problem expanding the discussion to include the whole NT.

I have no problem reading the whole thing too. I'm European so I know all of these players really well but it must be weird for Canadians to read around 20 post in a row made by Lithuanian fans about their NT and some unheard players with hilarious names. Just wanted to point that it MIGHT BE the wrong place to discuss your NT when you have European, Lithuanian boards to do this. Maybe it's just me. Didn't wanted to sound like I'm talking for everybody here, my English made it sound like this.

Didn't mean to come across as brash. Canada is the most multicultural country in the world and there are no shortage of people who follow just about every international sport (even been known to sit and watch Irish Hurling). Aside from just following JV, the Lith team has always been a kickass team.