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m1chal wrote:Poland beat Russia 79-74. Now that's a surprise. We are in the quarters
TheNG wrote:Bob8 wrote:TheNG wrote:Nice! Did you win the main competition?
Yes. Back2back. I was with players in Berlin and Istanbul.
I won the "points" competition one year... I just received an official basketball, a watch and a shirt
Can you promise you are never going to take De Colo in your Fanatsy teams from now on?
UcanUwill wrote:TheNG wrote:Bob8 wrote:
Yes. Back2back. I was with players in Berlin and Istanbul.
I won the "points" competition one year... I just received an official basketball, a watch and a shirt
Can you promise you are never going to take De Colo in your Fanatsy teams from now on?
\You guys are great, thats a massive accomplishment. I played that fantasy few times, I was average, but man top dogs in that are good, its like they (you guys I guess) are from the future or are just lucky and knowledgeable beyond belief with the selections.
m1chal wrote:Poland beat Russia 79-74. Now that's a surprise. We are in the quarters
rale93lfc wrote:+43 against Puerto Rico with every player playing under 20min (only Lucic 22). Bogdan 20min, Bjelica 18min, Jokic 17min. Not bad, not bad.stoo wrote:oh well... Serbia beat Puerto Rico 90-47 But that is because Puerto Rico, Angola and Philipines are 3 worst teams in this cup
Spain beat them only +10. Puerto Rico beat Tunisia and Iran. So actually Puerto Rico is better than: Ivory Coast, South Korea, Tunisia, Iran, Angola, Philippines, Japan, Jordan, Senegal in this world cup for sure and maybe some other teams too.
Why lot of you still underestimate Serbia...
Johnny Firpo wrote:Could Ponitka play in the NBA? I know he just signed with Zenit. I'm guessing he doesn't have an NBA out in his contract?
DWadeno3 wrote:mixerball wrote:bb22 wrote:
Spain in '08 and '12 were much better than this current Serbian team. As was Argentina in '04, Yugoslavia in '02. Could make an argument for Lithuania too. Serbia looks like the best team in this tournament, Jokic is great, but I think they are not the most talented team and their performance thus far is a little overrated. Will see how things go when the competition intensifies.
as much as i love manu and a lot of those other teams i dont think they are better. i see something special in this team. time will tell.
The 2008 and 2012 Spain teams were absolutely better than the current Serbia, both in depth but also top level talent. On top of that, they played so well together.
THE J0KER wrote:Comparing the Spanish golden generation at their peak, and current Serbian is still clearly in Spanish favor, but only individually. If we look at 6 best Spanish players back in time, Gasol Brothers, Ibaka, Navarro, Calderon, and Rubio, there is 3 centers and 3 point guards. Current 6 best Serbian players are PG Teodosic, SG Bogdanovic, SF Kalinic, PF Bjelica, and centers Jokic and Marjanovic.
Also, individual qualities are not enough for comparing two teams. In that 2011 EURO Joakim Noah the only time played for France, and he comes there as double-double starting center of the team with the best record in NBA (Bulls'11), and Parker was big NBA star, while Batum and Diaw are established and respected NBA starters. But Spain not once, but twice, routinely beat that France superteam, better balanced per positions than Spaniards. So they obviously have some chemistry issues.
Simmons25 wrote:Sphynx wrote:Mirotic12 wrote:
Do you actually think players at that level would even make a EuroLeague roster? You can't seriously be counting players of that level as prospects / talents? Because no such players would be considered that anywhere in Europe.
Wut?
NBA > Euroleague.
Plenty Australians have played euro league over the years.
Landale who I mentioned there at the back end of that list is with Zalgiris this year in the Euroleague.
If anything, the big improver is actually the Australian domestic league, the NBL is catching up very quickly to the European domestic leagues with their partnership with the NBA and strength of the Australian young players.
LOL this Mirotic12 dude is on another planet. That entire list have played in the NBA at some point or are still in the NBA now and have more NBA rings than just about every player in the Euroleague combined.
Not to mention there are another 17 Australians playing in Europe that didn't even get a look in... in camp.
rale93lfc wrote:Have feeling Italy gonna beat the Spain.
nikster wrote:It’s amazing how much faster officials are at reviewing a play in FIBA
rale93lfc wrote:Serbia is beating opponents on average diff of +40.7 points.
Highest diff ever on world cups. Insane.
