Their previous best finish was 6th back in 1967, before some of the current players PARENTS were born.
Eurobasket 2025
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Oh, I know. But when you get to the semi-finals and end up being the 4th there is always that weird sad feeling. So I was curious about the vibes in Finland.
Sad but true.
Lauri has lots to prove before he's tradeable.
None sensible NBA GM will not pay Ainge's asking price for seriously overpaid role player that contract what Jazz gave for Lauri is basically untradeable.
I think it was passable but that's it.
Susijengi as a team was mediocre and neutral overall depth outside of Lauri and Mikael Jantunen was thinner than toilet paper.
Point-guards and whole backcourt was meh defence was melt cheese too often, rebounding, rim protection and shot blocking was iffy especially vs Georgia, Germany and Greece.
Being totally honest Serbia should have won us easily in round 16 but they didn't get job done because of the injuries etc problems.
Only who should be blamed is coaching staff.
Changes before next Eurobasket ( 2029 ) are a must.
And that requires coaching, roster, game plan etc changes.
But the biggest question is that does Finnish basketball federation have enough money, resources etc to do all those things.
Well, at least Finland has a very doable path to qualifying for the 2027 World Cup. The future looks pretty promising, especially considering that almost all their neighbors (Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland) are going through slumps.
Step-Back Lauri
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LOL, no, team Finland doesn't have to start changing tons of things. Aside the group stage game against Germany, they at least had some punchers chance in some point of every game. Our success against bigger teams will be a lot about making their threes, but the quality just isn't there like it was with Prime Sasu Salin, Shawn Huff (now retired) and Petteri Koponen (retired and coaching in Japan).
Team Finland also needs a rim guard, maybe Federico Federico will become such. He's college senior now so we'll see how much he'll develop, but in D he at least could offer some rim protection in future.
The final between Germany and Turkey was very lit..It has to be said though, if Schröder played better the whole game, it could have been easier. Props to Turkey offering them such a good contest.
Team Finland also needs a rim guard, maybe Federico Federico will become such. He's college senior now so we'll see how much he'll develop, but in D he at least could offer some rim protection in future.
The final between Germany and Turkey was very lit..It has to be said though, if Schröder played better the whole game, it could have been easier. Props to Turkey offering them such a good contest.
Jiipee is a well-known Lauri-hating troll from Finnish sites occasionally changing his moniker but always recognisable by his "style". He has also continued in his slightly moderated style on all the forums of Lauri's respective teams - moderated after he was moderated (at least for a while) out of Bulls' forum.
Anyway, Koponen is coaching in New Zealand for NZ Breakers and his team has had exhibition games against Jazz.
Anyway, Koponen is coaching in New Zealand for NZ Breakers and his team has had exhibition games against Jazz.
In 4 years Finland will be a beast when Mikka is in his early 20s and Lauri is still in his prime. Maybe Little will be an established Euroleague player as well