Official Game Thread: USA vs. Turkey (In Macau)

[britblazerdude]

Turkey

AT

United States

in the Cotai Arena in Macau on Thursday at 8:00AM ET on ESPN2 and ESPN2HD

Turkish Roster (name-position-team-):
Kerem Tunceri, Guard, Triumph Lyubertsy (Russia)
Serkan Erdoğan, Guard, Turk Telekom (Turkey)
Ömer Onan, Guard, Fenerbache (Turkey)
Ersan İlyasova, Forward, Barcelona (Spain)
Hidayet Türkoğlu, Forward, Orlando Magic
Cenk Akyol, Forward, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Kerem Gönlüm, Forward, Efes Pilson (Turkey)
Ermal Kurtoğlu, Forward, Valencia (Spain)
Kaya Peker, Forward, Efes Pilson (Turkey)
Semih Erden, Center, Fenerbache (Turkey) Drafted in 2008 by the Boston Celtics
Oğuz Savaş, Center, Fenerbache (Turkey)

Head Coach:
Aydın Örs

USA Roster(name-position-team):
Carmelo Anthony, Forward, Denver Nuggets
Carlos Boozer, Forward, Utah Jazz
Chris Bosh, Forward, Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers
Dwight Howard, Center, Orlando Magic
LeBron James, Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
Jason Kidd, Point Guard, Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul, Point Guard, New Orleans Hornets
Tayshaun Prince, Forward, Detroit Pistons
Michael Redd, Guard, Milwaukee Bucks
Dwyane Wade, Guard/Forward, Miami Heat
Deron Williams, Guard, Utah Jazz

Head Coach:
Mike Krzyzewski

This game is going to be a lot more competitive than the 120-65 Blowout against Canada. Turkey has two NBA players and their non-NBA players play at the top level of Europe. The Canadian players played for middle of the pack Euro teams. Fenerbache and Barcelona are anything BUT middle of the pack Euro teams.

Predicitons???

[kno]

So, whens the game?

[britblazerdude]

AH CRAP! I DID IT AGAIN.

[ljp24]

Ah man, dont worry. I mean, c'mon, you're British. You can't help yourself. RealGM understands, don't push yourself. You soccer-guys have limits.

[britblazerdude]

Hey, we are starting to get pretty damn good at basketball.

PG: Kelenna Azubuike
SG: Ben Gordon
SF: Luol Deng
PF: Eric Boateng (Arizona State)
C: Andrew Sullivan (Dexia Mons-Hainaut, Belgium)

[oshmeehan]

Can anyone confirm that Ersan Ilyasova will be playing for Turkey?

He's not shown in this team photo, not sure when it was taken though as he was back in Milwaukee recently

http://www.tbf.org.tr/tbfweb/tbfweb2.ns ... l_WEB_View)/D87DBCFEF07A822BC2257491004338CF?OpenDocument

[britblazerdude]

He's on the roster! I just didn't bold him cuz he will most likely play for Barcelona next year.

[oshmeehan]

He's on the roster! I just didn't bold him cuz he will most likely play for Barcelona next year.

Sounds good! Where did you happen to get the roster list from??

Ersan is my favorite player

[britblazerdude]

It's just on wiki.

[oshmeehan]

It's just on wiki.

Ahh haha then I guess it is possible that he may not be playing, since he isn't in the photograph of the team at all. Though a couple months ago he said he would be playing in the Eurobasket games in August/September

[El Turco]

you mixed up semih erden and omer asik. Asik is drafted by Bulls and Erden is drafted by Celtics.


Prediction: we ll lose by 30.

[Point forward]

U.S. FTW by at least 30. (default answer for most teams)

[El Turco]

fyi, Asik and Erdogan are removed from the roster. I d be surprised if Ilyasova gets much playing time, last i ve heard he has a nagging knee injury and dont wanna push it too hard.

[AgEnT50]

Turkey is going to get raped. . .



Here's to Turkoglu dropping 30-plus on team USA in a losing effort

[prekazi]

Mehmet Okur and Omer Asik is not on the team.

[kandiking]

i predict USA 25 point victory, unless semih senturk developed a jumpshot.

[Flash3]

Sucks!

Gonna be @ work.

[Ancalagon]

Tough to predict. I am gonna go with 110-85. Okur and Turkoglu are good NBA players ...

[El Turco]

i predict USA 25 point victory, unless semih senturk developed a jumpshot.

[SabasRevenge!]

109-77