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An early Eurobasket thread

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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#161 » by Mavrelous » Mon Sep 5, 2022 9:07 am

Bob8 wrote:
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Luka has been off from three all summer. Last 3 games he is at 18%. His FTs are even worse, at 50% for the summer (about 10 games now).


Yeah, his shot is way off, he relied on driving and P&R until this game, and Tobi having a bad game sealed it, I don't remember Luka looking this helpless.


Read on Twitter
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What is he saying?
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#162 » by Bob8 » Mon Sep 5, 2022 9:13 am

KhalilS wrote:
Bob8 wrote:
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Yeah, his shot is way off, he relied on driving and P&R until this game, and Tobi having a bad game sealed it, I don't remember Luka looking this helpless.


Read on Twitter
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What is he saying?


He's mostly swearing. :D
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#163 » by Mavrelous » Mon Sep 5, 2022 9:18 am

We seem to forget, but Luka is still 23, and a hot head, he needs a responsible adult and a calm leader next to him.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#164 » by Bob8 » Mon Sep 5, 2022 10:19 am

KhalilS wrote:We seem to forget, but Luka is still 23, and a hot head, he needs a responsible adult and a calm leader next to him.


He's kinda right there. Dragic was furious at coach too. They were prepared like they were in semis already.

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Dragic was asked, why he didn't play in Q2. And he angrily answered, "ask the coach. "
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#165 » by Mavrelous » Mon Sep 5, 2022 10:22 am

Of all people, Dragic should know better, it's not the time to air dirty laundry.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#166 » by Bob8 » Mon Sep 5, 2022 10:53 am

KhalilS wrote:Of all people, Dragic should know better, it's not the time to air dirty laundry.


Maybe it is. Slovenia needs something to change momentum. Players and coaches for some reason believed that they will cruise till semis. That leisure Slovenia clearly doesn't work. They need to change attitude and quick. Coach has no real authority, so it has to come from Goran and Luka.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#167 » by Mavrelous » Mon Sep 5, 2022 11:02 am

Lighting fire under player's butts is good, undermining the coach in the middle of a tournament isn't, I'm not worried about Luka or Dragic, I'd investigate deeper why Tobi was fumbling easy passes, the rolling big is the most important piece for Luka to be able to operate.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#168 » by Bob8 » Mon Sep 5, 2022 11:10 am

KhalilS wrote:Lighting fire under player's butts is good, undermining the coach in the middle of a tournament isn't, I'm not worried about Luka or Dragic, I'd investigate deeper why Tobi was fumbling easy passes, the rolling big is the most important piece for Luka to be able to operate.


Problem was not offensive part, you should easily win against Bosnia scoring 93 points. Problem was, like in games before, in D. Attitude and preparation for the game totally wrong.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#169 » by dirkdiggler4177 » Mon Sep 5, 2022 3:57 pm

If Dragic wants to play he should at least try to defend Roberson. The dude got him twice in a row.

And here we go, Dragic upset by playing time. Like I said, earlier in the thread. He is old and you don't want to sign him saying you will guarantee minutes. He will become a locker room problem as soon as it does not happen. He will be cooked coming playoff time playing for the bulls, especially if Lonzo Ball is injured long into the season.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#170 » by Mavrelous » Mon Sep 5, 2022 8:10 pm

Serbia is domonating, Micic stock will be high after this tournament
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#171 » by XTraderXL » Mon Sep 5, 2022 9:38 pm

KhalilS wrote:Serbia is domonating, Micic stock will be high after this tournament



Serbia was my #1 favourite. They really are a great team.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#172 » by Bob8 » Tue Sep 6, 2022 3:39 am

XTraderXL wrote:
KhalilS wrote:Serbia is domonating, Micic stock will be high after this tournament



Serbia was my #1 favourite. They really are a great team.


They look good, but they play in the easiest group, we should wait until 1/4 to give more realistic assessment.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#173 » by Bob8 » Tue Sep 6, 2022 3:49 am

dirkdiggler4177 wrote:If Dragic wants to play he should at least try to defend Roberson. The dude got him twice in a row.

And here we go, Dragic upset by playing time. Like I said, earlier in the thread. He is old and you don't want to sign him saying you will guarantee minutes. He will become a locker room problem as soon as it does not happen. He will be cooked coming playoff time playing for the bulls, especially if Lonzo Ball is injured long into the season.


Man, Nikolic, his replacement, has played 4 minutes and was -13. Goran was far the best Slovenian against Bosnia and didn't play 14 consecutive minutes, because coaches wanted to be smart and totally underestimated Bosnia. Luka was angry too. If anything Dragic is totally over performing, unlike Luka, this summer. Like I said before, when you claimed that he has injured knee, you're clueless about this Slovenian team.

He for sure did right not to come here. He's too good to play every 5th game, like Mavs proposal was and to be another cheerleader, who we have enough already. There're a lot of minutes available, because Ntilikina and Hardy are unplayable on Pg and not even counting ali the games that Luka and Dinwiddie will miss.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#174 » by Mavrelous » Tue Sep 6, 2022 12:47 pm

Champions league today, which means 0 chance late games are on TV, I'll try the courtside app.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#175 » by Mavrelous » Tue Sep 6, 2022 6:33 pm

What a horrible luck
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#176 » by Mavrelous » Tue Sep 6, 2022 8:08 pm

Great job Zoran! twice foul 3 pt shooter in the 4th qtr.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#177 » by Mavrelous » Tue Sep 6, 2022 8:13 pm

Man, Luka/Tobi P&R connection completely vanished.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#178 » by Archx » Tue Sep 6, 2022 8:21 pm

Refs in this game are beyond horrible. Amateur level stuff. Not even NBA refs are so ****.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#179 » by Mavrelous » Tue Sep 6, 2022 8:29 pm

Luka containing Schroeder and calming him down was beautiful, I prefer punches, but this was also good.
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Re: An early Eurobasket thread 

Post#180 » by 41Dirk41 » Tue Sep 6, 2022 8:42 pm

Luka magic show tonight

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