OT : Eurobasket 2025 semifinals | Türkiye vs Greece | & | Finland vs Germany |

[a-French-Fan]

If he wanted to keep playing, he should've said so to Luka when he approached him instead of acting like the game is over.
Shameless stuff, zero class and respect.

This. It's all about context.

On one side I am shamed about what Francisco did, but if it is a out context ... I am very proud of him!! On every other player (except Schroeder maybe, so many times he floaps) I would not agree, but Luka is such a b**** ...

[knicksfan974]

What did Sylvain was not fair play, but Slovenia is never fair play!

BTW the last slovenian 3 pts erased all this ankward situation

Disagree, he did nothing wrong, you never know in short tournaments if 1 or 2 points can be determinant to solve ties.

LOL it is group stage, point differential can be important, WTF are people complaining about?

I completely understand why some people are mad at what Francisco did, but considering how important point difference could be in this kind of tournament, for Francisco to start shaking hands and acting like game is over, only to strike when the way to the basket is clear, should probably be considered some kind of basketball genius act.

[UcanUwill]

Disagree, he did nothing wrong, you never know in short tournaments if 1 or 2 points can be determinant to solve ties.

LOL it is group stage, point differential can be important, WTF are people complaining about?

I completely understand why some people are mad at what Francisco did, but considering how important point difference could be in this kind of tournament, for Francisco to start shaking hands and acting like game is over, only to strike when the way to the basket is clear, should probably be considered some kind of basketball genius act.

Yes, as I said, they got fooled, he tricked them, and Slovenia has only themselves to blame.

[Inspektor1312]

If he wanted to keep playing, he should've said so to Luka when he approached him instead of acting like the game is over.
Shameless stuff, zero class and respect.

This. It's all about context.

He fooled them. I can understand your point, but people playing here should know point differential is important and you only have yourself to blame you got fooled. If this was against my team, i would only blame my team.

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

[UcanUwill]

This. It's all about context.

He fooled them. I can understand your point, but people playing here should know point differential is important and you only have yourself to blame you got fooled. If this was against my team, i would only blame my team.

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

Well, good for Slovenia, but I will never side with fools who get angry over this stuff in a tournament where point differential can be very important.

[Archx]

LOL it is group stage, point differential can be important, WTF are people complaining about?

I completely understand why some people are mad at what Francisco did, but considering how important point difference could be in this kind of tournament, for Francisco to start shaking hands and acting like game is over, only to strike when the way to the basket is clear, should probably be considered some kind of basketball genius act.

Yes, as I said, they got fooled, he tricked them, and Slovenia has only themselves to blame.

He must have tricked his own team as well because France also stopped playing and almost started heading to the locker room. But instead of being +2 they were -1 at the end, really smart job from him

[UcanUwill]

I completely understand why some people are mad at what Francisco did, but considering how important point difference could be in this kind of tournament, for Francisco to start shaking hands and acting like game is over, only to strike when the way to the basket is clear, should probably be considered some kind of basketball genius act.

Yes, as I said, they got fooled, he tricked them, and Slovenia has only themselves to blame.

He must have tricked his own team as well because France also stopped playing and almost started heading to the locker room. But instead of being +2 they were -1 at the end, really smart job from him

He did his job.

[lt175]

I may be wrong but it seems to me that Francisco didn't want to play the last possession but his bench asked him to score the lay up. On the replay you can see Francisco turning to the bench and then he scored the lay up.
Clearly he didn't want to play the last possession if you watched him and Luka Doncic talking together before the lay up.

Apart from that, awesome game between France and Slovenia.
Luka Doncic is a hell of a player. France did everything defensively and I thought they did a great job on him most of the time. It's just that he's just too good.
Risacher impressed me a lot offensively and defensively, same for Sarr.
Francisco absolutely fantastic. We knew he could have games like that in Euroleague, but International Competitions are a level above than Euroleague.
I wonder if Vincent Collet regrets not taking Francisco last year. He's not just a big playmaker, he's also a really good defender.

[Inspektor1312]

He fooled them. I can understand your point, but people playing here should know point differential is important and you only have yourself to blame you got fooled. If this was against my team, i would only blame my team.

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

Well, good for Slovenia, but I will never side with fools who get angry over this stuff in a tournament where point differential can be very important.

Very important? For France, in a group with bottom barrel teams? They'll advance regardless of point differential, and they'll most likely be first in their group, again, regardless of point differential. Slovenia had much more reason to chase points since they're 0-2 now.

But, whatever, 2 points is much less important in my eyes than respect to your opponent. We're all different.

[lambchop]

This. It's all about context.

He fooled them. I can understand your point, but people playing here should know point differential is important and you only have yourself to blame you got fooled. If this was against my team, i would only blame my team.

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

Anyone who plays in Europe is familiar with these rules. Good job on Francisco for scoring and even better on Slovenia for snapping out of their nba joke clown mindset, locking in and making a three.

Also, players shook hands and it was all love after the game, including with Francisco.

[knicksfan974]

I completely understand why some people are mad at what Francisco did, but considering how important point difference could be in this kind of tournament, for Francisco to start shaking hands and acting like game is over, only to strike when the way to the basket is clear, should probably be considered some kind of basketball genius act.

Yes, as I said, they got fooled, he tricked them, and Slovenia has only themselves to blame.

He must have tricked his own team as well because France also stopped playing and almost started heading to the locker room. But instead of being +2 they were -1 at the end, really smart job from him

At that moment it most certainly was a smart move from him. What happened the next play no-one couldn't have guessed in advance, but likelihood of a Slovenia buzzer beater three with one second on the clock was very low.

[UcanUwill]

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

Well, good for Slovenia, but I will never side with fools who get angry over this stuff in a tournament where point differential can be very important.

Very important? For France, in a group with bottom barrel teams? They'll advance regardless of point differential, and they'll most likely be first in their group, again, regardless of point differential. Slovenia had much more reason to chase points since they're 0-2 now.

But, whatever, 2 points is much less important in my eyes than respect to your opponent. We're all different.

Respect of your opponent? The only guys who came out like clowns here were Slovenian players rofl. Get scored on and then get mad, in A FIBA group stage, dudes are morons who just got clowned by a 6'0 guy. And what should France do, assume they will just win every match and not try, you have a chance to get better result, you do it.

[UcanUwill]

He fooled them. I can understand your point, but people playing here should know point differential is important and you only have yourself to blame you got fooled. If this was against my team, i would only blame my team.

Well, joke's on him because Slovenia then scored a three. So, he actually cost his team 1 point, and was a disrespectful asshat. Great job.

Anyone who plays in Europe is familiar with these rules. Good job on Francisco for scoring and even better on Slovenia for snapping out of their nba joke clown mindset, locking in and making a three.

Also, players shook hands and it was all love after the game, including with Francisco.

This reminds me of Venezuela in Olympic qualifying, they were down double digits, and opponent called a time out with 10 seconds left to do one more possession, and these guys who were coached by NBA assistant by the way almost started a fight. Venezuela got eliminated 1 day later due to POINT DIFFERENTIAL. THe only respect I lose are the dumbasses who do not know what tournament they play, Francisco, good job, fooled 5 guys at once.

[a-French-Fan]

Imagine France with Wemby, Lessort / Gobert, Sarr or Raynaud, and Fournier.

And Risacher and Coulibaly challenged by Penda, Nolan Traoré becoming our starting point guard ...

I really like this A' team, and I think I owe a lot to Fred Fauthoux. We're getting and identity!

[UcanUwill]

Apparently, some Lithuanian fans directed monkey noises at Schröder during the half time break.

I'm not trying to derail the thread. It's still surprising cause this was always more of a soccer thing.

Fan who did that was identified, banned from tournament, and footage was passed to local authorities for further investigation. Good Job finish security. Hope that POS gets way more than a ban.

[UcanUwill]

Imagine France with Wemby, Lessort / Gobert, Sarr or Raynaud, and Fournier.

And Risacher and Coulibaly challenged by Penda, Nolan Traoré becoming our starting point guard ...

I really like this A' team, and I think I owe a lot to Fred Fauthoux. We're getting and identity!

France is scary, you also should update your signature now I think. Eurobasket makes it hard to watch other sports, somehow I will have to find time to watch Liverpool and F1 tomorrow. I love FIBA time tho, it is my Christmas, I am very depressed person, and this thing brings some joy to me.

[knicksfan974]

Imagine France with Wemby, Lessort / Gobert, Sarr or Raynaud, and Fournier.

And Risacher and Coulibaly challenged by Penda, Nolan Traoré becoming our starting point guard ...

I really like this A' team, and I think I owe a lot to Fred Fauthoux. We're getting and identity!

France with their A team will be the team to beat for the next decade in Europe. So much talent.

[UcanUwill]

Imagine France with Wemby, Lessort / Gobert, Sarr or Raynaud, and Fournier.

And Risacher and Coulibaly challenged by Penda, Nolan Traoré becoming our starting point guard ...

I really like this A' team, and I think I owe a lot to Fred Fauthoux. We're getting and identity!

France with their A team will be the team to beat for the next decade in Europe. So much talent.

Not saying France wont be good, opposite, but I just remember in 2005 thinkig, damn... Italy will be it soon, Bargnani, Gallinari, Belinelli, DaTome, Mancinelli... Elite stuff... Man, at a time we had no idea how truly bad Bargnani was, he tanked every team he ever been on, and I meant tanked hard.

[UcanUwill]

Random, but do you have favorite uniform in Eurobasket? I really love our Lithuanian green ones. Super bright and I love that red stripe. That exact bright red is my favorite color, I understand why Lithuania never wanted to incorporate it in their uniforms much, since that color was synonymous with soviets, but its been a long time now. Our Football team now wear dark red as secondary. It is still strange seeing Lithuanian NT wear red, but its fine.
But I always hated that our secondary uniform is white. I mean most Basketball teams have white uniform, but I wish we did same thing Australia or Sweded does and have yellow uniform instead, one green, one yellow.

I also like Portugal reds with green stripe, Estonian blues are pretty clean. Most non NIKE ones I am not a huge fan. I also do not like that Greece baby blue, it is just not a good color to me.

[a-French-Fan]

Imagine France with Wemby, Lessort / Gobert, Sarr or Raynaud, and Fournier.

And Risacher and Coulibaly challenged by Penda, Nolan Traoré becoming our starting point guard ...

I really like this A' team, and I think I owe a lot to Fred Fauthoux. We're getting and identity!

France with their A team will be the team to beat for the next decade in Europe. So much talent.

Not saying France wont be good, opposite, but I just remember in 2005 thinkig, damn... Italy will be it soon, Bargnani, Gallinari, Belinelli, DaTome, Mancinelli... Elite stuff... Man, at a time we had no idea how truly bad Bargnani was, he tanked every team he ever been on, and I meant tanked hard.

NO COMPARISON AVAILABLE
Bargnani, Gallinari, Bellinelli, were good NBA players and I really loved them. The same for Gigi Datome as an elite euroleague player. But think about who will be the 12th, 13th or even 16th player for France next year!