TURKEY-SPAIN : Revival of the Phoenix

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I hope that ESPN3 carries the next games because I dont know about you guys but I think the announcer Liam Canny is the best basketball play by play man I have ever heard.He is AWSOME!! ESPN needs to put him on their NBA telecasts.

He does a really job too considering he is by himself. Pretty hard to talk to yourself for 40+ minutes and not get boring.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I really enjoy Liam Canny. Please make him the Jazz's play-by-play announcer.

 

[BYE]

I second the notion. I like his quip, "it's velvet!". All good commentators should have their own little sayings/style that identify them; that's what makes them recognizable above the rest. For example, it's not difficult to know who said this, "with a gentle push and a mild ark the cowhide globe hits home" or "hippity-hoppin' down the lane" and the patented "you gotta love it..."

 

[MVP]

. Finland, Georgia, Macedonia, Greece, Russia, Slovenia. I cant believe 4 of these 6 will make the quarter. Probably none will make the semis.

I think Greece, Russia and Slovenia are no weaker then any team from other group but Spain. Those three are legit contenders and any of them can win whole thing. Macedonia so far is very surprising, they beat Croatia and Greece so they must know how to play basketball. Finland and Georgia is out for sure, and they are not at the same level as the remaining teams.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

"Here come the dancing girls"

 

[sepanol]

I think Greece, Russia and Slovenia are no weaker then any team from other group but Spain. Those three are legit contenders and any of them can win whole thing. Macedonia so far is very surprising, they beat Croatia and Greece so they must know how to play basketball. Finland and Georgia is out for sure, and they are not at the same level as the remaining teams.

Yes they are weaker. Russia plays as a team but their only star is AK. Slovenia as well isnt as good as any of the teams in seed A. Maybe germany. I am not even talking about Greece because they suck, they just have a name thats all, i guess you never saw them playing since they beat usa in olympics.

I am pretty sure, the 4 teams from seed A will proceed to semis. Maybe Russia and 4th team will be a tough match but the rest is pretty easy.

 

[squareinthecircle]

not 10 ppg but he may score close if he gets playing time. He does best what he does, his job is defending, shoot altering, blocking and being a nightmare to the opponent team. If he was in miami, miami wouldnt be so unbeatable

I agree about steals, some international players, not at Pau gasol, nowitzki or kanter level like the most popular ones but some of them are slightly less famous may be grabbed every year in second round. Rarely comes good american players in second round but it is a higher possiblity for international second round players to end up being better than expected. Thats why we should try our chance with internationals in second round picks. (Though i dont think Ante Tomic is a good player for nba level)

I like this- good thinking there sepanol. I agree.

 

[MVP]

Yes they are weaker. Russia plays as a team but their only star is AK. Slovenia as well isnt as good as any of the teams in seed A. Maybe germany. I am not even talking about Greece because they suck, they just have a name thats all, i guess you never saw them playing since they beat usa in olympics.

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Why do you hate Greece so much? Last time I saw them play vs Turkey in friendly Greece won easily and it was not even close. In my book Greece is better coached and plays better as a team then Turkey who has few big names but plays kind of ugly one on one style basketball. Slovenia may be not at the level of Spain but they certainly not worse then Serbia ( who have no big names either ), Lithuania or Germany. Euro basket is about team work, coaching and not always about stars.

 

[aybars]

Why do you hate Greece so much? Last time I saw them play vs Turkey in friendly Greece won easily and it was not even close. In my book Greece is better coached and plays better as a team then Turkey who has few big names but plays kind of ugly one on one style basketball. Slovenia may be not at the level of Spain but they certainly not worse then Serbia ( who have no big names either ), Lithuania or Germany. Euro basket is about team work, coaching and not always about stars.

camon dude,how many times have we told you that we allways suck at friendly games,,if i make a list the countries we lost against in this friendly games,you would be surprised and said we shouldnt be at the championship.we allmost lost against Qatar once.about the greece,i dont think spenol has anything against greece,its the comman sence in europa this year,greece is not playing good,and they are missing intire starting five at this championship,otherwise they are allways one of the favorites,right now greece is nowhere close to spain,serbia or france

 

[MVP]

I know they missing some key players but they are still very good team. Guess we will see what happens.

 

[NCJazz]

Why do you hate Greece so much? Last time I saw them play vs Turkey in friendly Greece won easily and it was not even close. In my book Greece is better coached and plays better as a team then Turkey who has few big names but plays kind of ugly one on one style basketball. Slovenia may be not at the level of Spain but they certainly not worse then Serbia ( who have no big names either ), Lithuania or Germany. Euro basket is about team work, coaching and not always about stars.

This is not the same Greece team as normal. A lot of young guys. Clearly groups A and B are much better than C and D. only decent team in C and D is Russia.

 

[write4u]

After reading posts here, I started watching the games. Some observations: Turkey's coach or coaches are absolutely HORRIBLE. Kanter is already better than Omer Asik. Asik is tall and that's about it. Turkey is all about one-on-one play by the guards, led by Hedo who apparently has a swelled head.