FIBA WORLD CUP 2019 | SPAIN are new WORLD CHAMPIONS

Crives · Post #3681 » by **Crives** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:08 pm

I remember when espn called Rubio the worst FA signing this summer... idiots.

Sugarless · Post #3682 » by **Sugarless** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:10 pm

Seeing Spain win another WC and Ricky win MVP and FMVP is f***ing amazing. F***ing. Amazing.

ensiferum · Post #3683 » by **ensiferum** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:10 pm

Rubio MVP!!

TheDiesel36 · Post #3684 » by **TheDiesel36** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:11 pm

Ok, now the most important thing, someone has to capture Gasol celebrating :lol:

Martensitic · Post #3685 » by **Martensitic** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:13 pm

Really sad for Argentina, you can't hate a team that plays with this level of passion.

TheNG · Post #3686 » by **TheNG** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:13 pm

TheUroborosWorm wrote:
jinxed wrote:
Johnny Firpo wrote:Will Ricky win MVP? Scola probably lost it with today's dud performance. Bogdan was probably the best player in the WC, but will they select someone for MVP from the 5th place team? Probably not.

Agreed, Bogdan was the best..at least offensively.

I guess it will go to either Ricky or Marc.

MVP: Ricky (Well deserved, the most consistent player on the tourney on both sides of the court)

1st TEAM: Ricky, Mills, Bogdanovic, Scola, Marc (although only for the last 2 games where he was inmense)

The French should be very angry about this

Gooner · Post #3687 » by **Gooner** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:14 pm

ensiferum wrote:Rubio MVP!!

Well deserved.

valrond1 · Post #3688 » by **valrond1** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:18 pm

TheNG wrote:
TheUroborosWorm wrote:
jinxed wrote:

Agreed, Bogdan was the best..at least offensively.

I guess it will go to either Ricky or Marc.

MVP: Ricky (Well deserved, the most consistent player on the tourney on both sides of the court)

1st TEAM: Ricky, Mills, Bogdanovic, Scola, Marc (although only for the last 2 games where he was inmense)

The French should be very angry about this

It was Fournier, not Mills. So 2 from the champ, 1 from each of the medalists and Bogdanovic.

TheNG · Post #3689 » by **TheNG** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:19 pm

valrond1 wrote:
TheNG wrote:
TheUroborosWorm wrote:
MVP: Ricky (Well deserved, the most consistent player on the tourney on both sides of the court)

1st TEAM: Ricky, Mills, Bogdanovic, Scola, Marc (although only for the last 2 games where he was inmense)

The French should be very angry about this

It was Fournier, not Mills. So 2 from the champ, 1 from each of the medalists and Bogdanovic.

So the Aussies must be very angry about it

juli_rc · Post #3690 » by **juli_rc** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:28 pm

Argentina never match up well, against Spain.

Spain was certainly the best team. Argentina is the second one.

valrond1 · Post #3691 » by **valrond1** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:29 pm

TheNG wrote:
valrond1 wrote:
TheNG wrote:The French should be very angry about this

It was Fournier, not Mills. So 2 from the champ, 1 from each of the medalists and Bogdanovic.

So the Aussies must be very angry about it

Well, Mills shouldn't have missed that 2nd free throw. Maybe he would be celebrating now a title and an MVP. But he missed, then today France passed over them. Everything counts.

valrond1 · Post #3692 » by **valrond1** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:31 pm

juli_rc wrote:Argentina never match up well, against Spain.

Spain was certainly the best team. Argentina is the second one.

The semi finals 13 years ago was the hardest game for Spain. Argentina nearly won that game. It's just that Spain had a perfect game plan, Scariolo is a master, the players executed it to perfection, and only the Argentinians passion kept them into the game when they were down 21 in the 3rd quarter. They only gave up at the very end.

TheNG · Post #3693 » by **TheNG** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:32 pm

valrond1 wrote:
TheNG wrote:
valrond1 wrote:
It was Fournier, not Mills. So 2 from the champ, 1 from each of the medalists and Bogdanovic.

So the Aussies must be very angry about it

Well, Mills shouldn't have missed that 2nd free throw. Maybe he would be celebrating now a title and an MVP. But he missed, then today France passed over them. Everything counts.

One can argue he should have been there instead of Bodanovic (I'm not saying it's true, but it doesn't sound unreasonable)

Von Bismarck · Post #3694 » by **Von Bismarck** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:32 pm

I like spanish players, they've had many great players, I like spanish basketball system, I like spanish clubs. However, I don't like their national team, never had. Constant flopping (especially Rudy, though others are not far from him), gesticulations to ref's for every contact, biased ref's cause Spain is big in European basketball and many other reasons are stopping me from liking Spanish NT.

txusto · Post #3695 » by **txusto** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:34 pm

Well deserved Champions, best team in the Tournament. So proud of them.

Ballerhogger · Post #3696 » by **Ballerhogger** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:36 pm

Marc Gasol had goat like summer finals champ and fiba champ. Very nice nice

spanishninja · Post #3697 » by **spanishninja** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:36 pm

jinxed wrote:Kobe ruins Ricky's early career ..

Now gives him an MVP award.

i just realized Kobe was there on FIBA business. i thought it was just from personal interest.

minami · Post #3698 » by **minami** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:39 pm

Sugarless wrote:Seeing Spain win another WC and Ricky win MVP and FMVP is f***ing amazing. F***ing. Amazing.

There is something surreal about all this and I have to pinch myself. Must confess I didn´t trust this group enough before the tournament, but I am enjoying every bit of crow eating!

So happy for Ricky also, which is a thing on itself, but it must be said everyone played his part beautifully.

Wonderful.

Gooner · Post #3699 » by **Gooner** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:40 pm

Next year I think we'll see everybody playing for Spain if they are healthy. Pau and Sergio Rodriguez will join in for one last run, and they can all retire together after Olympics.

Bomba Navarro · Post #3700 » by **Bomba Navarro** » Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:58 pm

Von Bismarck wrote:I like spanish players, they've had many great players, I like spanish basketball system, I like spanish clubs. However, I don't like their national team, never had. Constant flopping (especially Rudy, though others are not far from him), gesticulations to ref's for every contact, biased ref's cause Spain is big in European basketball and many other reasons are stopping me from liking Spanish NT.

And the point of saying this on a day the refs allow Argentina to throw everything to Spanish players pretty much all along? Without a hint of a serious complaint from Spanish players? There was one play where Campazzo practically slammed Rubio to the floor on a rebound lol

I mean, come on. You can dislike whomever you want, but come on now. Everybody flops, everybody sells fouls. Insinuating the refs favored Spain today calls for some sight check.