Boban at the FIBA Euros

cace · Post #1 » by **cace** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 3:24 pm

Anyone keeping an eye on Boban in action in Europe?

He has been coming off the bench for Serbia and is second top scorer for the 3rd seeded Serbian team at 13ppg. He had some big performances against Russia and Belgium.

Serbia is through to the QFs agst Italy on 13 Sep.

Hope to see more of this guy play.

cace · Post #2 » by **cace** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 4:51 pm

http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/Serbia#tab=schedules_and_results

tradez401 · Post #3 » by **tradez401** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 7:46 pm

theres a video with boban shooting 3s wonder if stan can get him to use it in-game then he can be like a brook lopez/marc gasol style player

hoophabit · Post #4 » by **hoophabit** » Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:02 pm

If you have ESPN as part of your TV package you can use the 'WatchESPN' app to stream these games including replays. They're on ESPN3. I've been streaming them through ROKU. A lot of available games. Boban has looked pretty good. He's hit some nice sky hooks.

mercury · Post #5 » by **mercury** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:37 am

He's getting more minutes than he will here... no signs of endurance issues.

Dutch Michigan · Post #6 » by **Dutch Michigan** » Wed Sep 13, 2017 11:13 am

cace wrote:http://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2017/Serbia#tab=schedules_and_results

Nice stats.

GreekAlex · Post #7 » by **GreekAlex** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:05 pm

mercury wrote:He's getting more minutes than he will here... no signs of endurance issues.

That's good to know. I think too much has been made about the endurance issues. He's such a mismatch on offense, hopefully the can find a way to put him in a good position on defense.

Popovich · Post #8 » by **Popovich** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:32 pm

Boban is dominating against Russia and over Mozgov at the half time. He made great dime in Jokic style and one huge block on Mozgov.

https://youtu.be/_skmoZRPpdc

Watch on YouTube

Popovich · Post #9 » by **Popovich** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 7:34 pm

Watch Boban here. http://live.robinwidget.org/streamvideo8/russia-vs-serbia-live-stream-4456784.html

Richard Miller · Post #10 » by **Richard Miller** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:46 pm

Popovich wrote:Boban is dominating against Russia and over Mozgov at the half time. He made great dime in Jokic style and one huge block on mozgov.

They let Mozgov get away with murder, at least once Boban got elbow in the face and refs just looked the other way. Nonetheless, massive performance, well done.

Popovich · Post #11 » by **Popovich** » Fri Sep 15, 2017 9:02 pm

Richard Miller wrote:
Popovich wrote:Boban is dominating against Russia and over Mozgov at the half time. He made great dime in Jokic style and one huge block on mozgov.

They let Mozgov get away with murder, at least once Boban got elbow in the face and refs just looked the other way. Nonetheless, massive performance, well done.

Actually that time they called a foul on Bobi

Popovich · Post #12 » by **Popovich** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 12:49 am

Boban brought Serbia to the final game. Can Boban be stopped in the final game on Sunday?

Highlights are on Slovenian language and Bogdanovic is included also.

Watch on YouTube

MotownMadness · Post #13 » by **MotownMadness** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 5:08 am

Popovich wrote:Boban brought Serbia to the final game. Can Boban be stopped in the final game on Sunday?

Highlights are on Slovenian language and Bogdanovic is included also.

Watch on YouTube

He's just too big and actually skilled

whitehops · Post #14 » by **whitehops** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 7:14 pm

only watched a bit of the serbia-russia game but i was surprised/impressed with how boban was actually defending closer to the perimeter on pick and rolls, i assumed they'd just have him sit under the basket in zone.

it'll obviously be a lot tougher to do in the nba but hopefully he is able to step out a little farther on defense this year, it'd go a long way in him being able to stay on the floor.

Popovich · Post #15 » by **Popovich** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 12:39 am

Boban tests his soft touch while Bogdan is trying to pull of some stunt shots.

Watch on YouTube

cace · Post #16 » by **cace** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 10:59 am

Coach pulled him from the final moments of the Russia game when it became tight. I think it was because his defense was abit deficient as the Russians came to within 4 points. He otherwise had a very good first half, was top joint scorer for most of the game, and finished with 7/10 shooting. He was also 4 for 6 from the line.

In SVG We Trust · Post #17 » by **In SVG We Trust** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 11:44 am

Do you remember Datome? Take a look at his FIBA's perfomances. I love Boban and I think and hope he can contribute this year, but extracting conclussions from FIBA's basketball isn't a good idea.

Shved has looked like a monster when he couldn't even get a legit spot as a NBA player. Both Bogdanovic looked like stars too. Hopefully Boban can play in certains matchups this season, but this tournament isn't a good reference for how the players game translate to the NBA.

cace · Post #18 » by **cace** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 1:09 pm

Datomi had a forgettable tournament.

perempe20 · Post #19 » by **perempe20** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:54 am

whitehops wrote:only watched a bit of the serbia-russia game but i was surprised/impressed with how boban was actually defending closer to the perimeter on pick and rolls, i assumed they'd just have him sit under the basket in zone.

it'll obviously be a lot tougher to do in the nba but hopefully he is able to step out a little farther on defense this year, it'd go a long way in him being able to stay on the floor.

he passed the ball very well. he had 4 assists and his team made a couple more points based on his passes (mainly FTs). still turnover-prone.

Richard Miller · Post #20 » by **Richard Miller** » Thu Sep 21, 2017 11:04 pm

In SVG We Trust wrote:Do you remember Datome? Take a look at his FIBA's perfomances. I love Boban and I think and hope he can contribute this year, but extracting conclussions from FIBA's basketball isn't a good idea.

Shved has looked like a monster when he couldn't even get a legit spot as a NBA player. Both Bogdanovic looked like stars too. Hopefully Boban can play in certains matchups this season, but this tournament isn't a good reference for how the players game translate to the NBA.

Few conclusions could be made tho. Played 9 games in ~2 weeks, averaging 16+ min. per game/1st option and still looked fine psychically, a bit gassed at the final game, but by that time the whole team was tired as well. Also shooting FTs 87% (40/46) was nice.