JV at EuroBasket 2013 is Done, Lithuania Gets Silver

[Mototaupa]

Seriously though, how many games did Lithuania win against superior opponents. This tournament was pretty weak, and Lithuania had a great draw. Imagine drawing Belgium of all teams in the second round. Lithuania got to the finals partly on the strength of a great draw. I think that embellished the final outcome.

agree it was a weak draw but Italy and Croatia (last 2 teams they beat) were both top teams in this tournament and Lithuania crushed Croatia

I wonder what opponents did we miss ? From top 10 only Spain, Slovenia, Finland we didnt play againts. Belgium was in group , because they came on top GB and GER in previuos group. You cant say from teams names that those were weak. There is tournament standings (now its final) and as far i know, place 6 was better team this turney then place 7/8 and so on. Group B (1st group) was hardest from all 4. QF opponent was other grp leader, team that beat spain (ITA) and uor semi's was team that lost only first game of turney, and now was on 8-0 run (CRO). I was pleasantly surprised how far they made, and not many people here was hoping for spot in finals before turney began.

[JV4MVP]

Seriously though, how many games did Lithuania win against superior opponents. This tournament was pretty weak, and Lithuania had a great draw. Imagine drawing Belgium of all teams in the second round. Lithuania got to the finals partly on the strength of a great draw. I think that embellished the final outcome.

agree it was a weak draw but Italy and Croatia (last 2 teams they beat) were both top teams in this tournament and Lithuania crushed Croatia

I wonder what opponents did we miss ? From top 10 only Spain, Slovenia, Finland we didnt play againts. Belgium was in group , because they came on top GB and GER in previuos group. You cant say from teams names that those were weak. There is tournament standings (now its final) and as far i know, place 6 was better team this turney then place 7/8 and so on. Group B (1st group) was hardest from all 4. QF opponent was other grp leader, team that beat spain (ITA) and uor semi's was team that lost only first game of turney, and now was on 8-0 run (CRO). I was pleasantly surprised how far they made, and not many people here was hoping for spot in finals before turney began.

Spain & Greece were the big ones. Greece's catastrophe was losing to Finland... they were a top 4 team nonetheless.

You can add Slovenia as another one. Still they're equivalent to France, Macedonia, Italy and Croatia imo, and Ukraine and Latvia could've beat them on a good day.

[Mototaupa]

Spain & Greece were the big ones. Greece's catastrophe was losing to Finland... they were a top 4 team nonetheless.

You can add Slovenia as another one. Still they're equivalent to France, Macedonia, Italy and Croatia imo, and Ukraine and Latvia could've beat them on a good day.

I dont know how can you call team that had 1 important victory in this champ BIG ONE. They lost to Italy, Fins, Croatia, Slovenia - thats 4 teams that youv ranked bellow them. And LTU have beated alot of teams of Slovenia level. There were 2 great teams in this turney (France and Spain) LTU was tier bellow, with few other.

In current format if you go too finals, you will meet 8+3 diferent teams of 24 maximum. And every other team aswell. And draw has nothing much to do with it, because its based on some actual stastistics, and participants before draw are seperated into brackets, depending on theyr previuos standings.

[Duke3D]

I approve the low-minutes he has gotten last couple of years.

Don't need him to take a bruising all 12 months every year.

[niQ]

Looks like he lost minutes as the tournament went deeper. Whatev, as long as he's healthy for the Raps season! lol

[JV4MVP]

Looks like JV is getting a nice welcome in Toronto

[DG88]

Alright guys left it open for a bit but now I'm locking this thing.