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UcanUwill wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:damn so JV even gets benched by his National team too? Guess Casey was actually onto something guys...
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
Concernedcad wrote:UcanUwill wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:damn so JV even gets benched by his National team too? Guess Casey was actually onto something guys...
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
JV seems content with life. He's made millions will live a good life. He doesn't have the drive needed to take advantage of his talents.
ill-Will03 wrote:Concernedcad wrote:UcanUwill wrote:
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
JV seems content with life. He's made millions will live a good life. He doesn't have the drive needed to take advantage of his talents.
That's actually a good point. Sad to say but he may have caught the Bargs syndrome his first year playing with him. That's why I don't necessarily agree when people blame our management and coaching staff for his poor play. If he really wanted more mins Casey already told him what he needs to do, be dominant, but that's not something you can force someone to do, that's really on them on how great they wanna be and how hard they wanna try
Mikistan wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:Concernedcad wrote:
JV seems content with life. He's made millions will live a good life. He doesn't have the drive needed to take advantage of his talents.
That's actually a good point. Sad to say but he may have caught the Bargs syndrome his first year playing with him. That's why I don't necessarily agree when people blame our management and coaching staff for his poor play. If he really wanted more mins Casey already told him what he needs to do, be dominant, but that's not something you can force someone to do, that's really on them on how great they wanna be and how hard they wanna try
Except when he would get double doubles in quarters and still get benched
Stop it, that dominate quote was a **** joke the moment it was uttered
UcanUwill wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:damn so JV even gets benched by his National team too? Guess Casey was actually onto something guys...
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
slothrop8 wrote:UcanUwill wrote:ill-Will03 wrote:damn so JV even gets benched by his National team too? Guess Casey was actually onto something guys...
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
Does it make you feel any better that he played pretty well for all in the preparation games last year and then was terrible in the Olympics? Maybe this year will be the reverse?
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UcanUwill wrote:Belgium announced their final 12, Spain unofficially has set their final 12 as well.
Their rosters :Spoiler:Spoiler:
Patman wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Belgium announced their final 12, Spain unofficially has set their final 12 as well.
Their rosters :Spoiler:Spoiler:
Just curious, do you know if there was any beef between Spain and Mirotic when they put Ibaka on the team over him?
UcanUwill wrote:Patman wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Belgium announced their final 12, Spain unofficially has set their final 12 as well.
Their rosters :Spoiler:Spoiler:
Just curious, do you know if there was any beef between Spain and Mirotic when they put Ibaka on the team over him?
Dont think it was. They committed to Mirotic and everything was fine. Mirotic declined to play this year because he was swayed by Bulls. Same happened to Domantas Sabonis.
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peixe2k3 wrote:Bruno will play de America's Cup ofr Brazil NT. he made the cut!
04. Davi Rossetto de Oliveira – armador – 23 anos – 1m80 – Basquete Cearense
05. Bruno Fernandes Correa Cabloco – ala/pivô – 21 anos – 2m02 – Toronto Raptors (Canadá)
07. Lucas Dias da Silva – ala/pivô – 22 anos – 2m07 – Paulistano/Corpore
08. Lucas Fernandes Mariano – pivô – 23 anos – 2m07 – UniCEUB/BRBCARD/Brasília
09. Danilo Fuzaro Siqueira – ala – 23 anos – 1m95 – Minas Tênis Clube
10. Renan Santos Lenz – pivô – 26 anos – 2m06 – Gocil/Bauru Basket
11. Fúlvio Chiantia de Assis – armador – 35 anos – 1m86 – CR Vasco da Gama
12. Rafael Ferreira de Sousa (Mineiro) – pivô – 29 anos – 2m09 – SESI-SP/Franca Basquete
13. João Paulo Lopes Batista – pivô – 35 anos – 2m06 – CR Flamengo
14. Leonardo Simões Mendl – ala – 24 anos – 2m00 – SESI-SP/Franca Basquete
18. Jimmy Dreher de Oliveira – ala – 27 anos – 1m90 – Mogi das Cruzes/Helbor
32. George Lucas Alves de Paula – armador – 21 anos – 1m96 – Houston Rockets (EUA)
It is a young team, only 2 guys, Fulvio and JP Batista have some kind of experience with Brazil NT
Yesterday Brazil beat Camerun and Caboclo had 11pts. Dunno any other stats (min, reb, etc) The game was in a small town without national TV, only local coverage...
Young_Buc wrote:I never envisioned this JV after the u19
Never after he went off on the spurs his rookie season.
Ugh. He sucks. Depressing to remember how good he was before he got money. Were gonna hear about him as a bizzaro darko one day at peace with his brewery
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UcanUwill wrote:slothrop8 wrote:UcanUwill wrote:
I have no idea what happened to him, but he hasn't looked good at all. That said, this is just preparation games, so coach is just experimenting, but so far, not well for JV. Gudaitis looks better IMO.
Does it make you feel any better that he played pretty well for all in the preparation games last year and then was terrible in the Olympics? Maybe this year will be the reverse?
I wish, but I dont see that happening. He plays very predictably. When he was young, he was very good pick and roll player, with decent fundamentals, used to keep the ball high and barely turned it over. Now all he does is get the ball in post iso position, pumpfake and just run into bodies trying to perform that hook of his, half the time turning it over or forcing a stupid shot in ridiculous fashion.
Andrea is very active on defense, being more effective than what someone would expect against European small forwards thanks to his quick feet. He tries to do his best against big men too, the kind of players he will likely be matched against in his future career. While it's not easy to imagine him guarding small forwards full time in the NBA, his versatility won't expose his team defensively in cases of rotations and switches on pick and rolls.
The biggest question mark about a player like Andrea, and in important factor in deciding how likely he is to accomplish his vast potential, is his character. While there have been only positive comments about him during the past year by his coach, teammates and the organization, nobody can foresee how a young player will react to the rigors and the pressure of a season spent on a NBA bench, that will probably be the difference between a successful career or years of frustration.
On the defensive side, he has good fundamentals and likes to block shots and has excellent timing. He's also a hard worker and coachable.
Emotional player, he needs more experience in order to gain more confidence.
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