Sep 16, 2011, 11:05 pm
[quote name='vakasimo2' timestamp='1316146007' post='34193']
I think you're a bit rough against them, they defeated you and the hosts besides they played hell of a game against russia. I think they will play with their best. The thing is if Antic can play with a self esteem and decides to challenge the Gasols (I'm trying to say if he can believe this in his mind), they can play big time.
I used to like spain now I don't like them very much , not because they are so arrogant but because they did much and I feel like it is enough. However I hate Pau from the first momemnt I saw him.
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Yes they defeated us. They defeated a 'B' team not an 'A' team. We had no less than 8 absentees during this tournament for whatever the reasons were!! They defeated a team with NO experience in big time tournamnets apart from 3 players, and you know who they are. That's NO excuse for us to lose either. 'We should've but we didn't,' doesn't really cut it. FYROM had a good, but lucky run. They were lucky enough to naturalize McCalebb, who in fact carried them through to the semis.
Zouros never really had a plan to begin with. Why do you think Hellas looked so unstable during the entire tournament for? They were slapped together within 2 months and 9-10 friendlies to create some type of system and chemistry within the team. It didn't pan out. They did have enough talent to make it in the top six though.
Today against Serbia was the best game of the tournament for Hellas in my opinion. That's the type of basketball I look for. A high scoring running game, with minimum zone defense and clogging up of lanes. If a game is tight, you switch to zone and balance your offence. At the end of the day though, if you don't score you don't win, no matter how good your defense is.
FYROM was lucky, just like Leon Spinks, when he knocked out Muhammad Ali a very long time ago. They should savour this tournament because it will never be repeated again. They will go to the pre-olympic tournament. I don't think they'll qualify and make it through to the olympics, because they don't have the depth, the players, or the culture to do so.
You'll see a different Hellas in the pre-olympic tournament. Some players will return and I'm sure Spanoulis will be amongst those players. You'll also see at least 4 or 5 of the youngsters or new guys that played in this tournament. That being Bramos, Papanikolaou, Vaseiliadis, Calathes, Koufos and probably Kaimacoglou, in my mind. I like these players, despite what many greeks back home think. They need as many opportunities as possible to develop their game, psychology, and more importantly, 'team chemistry.'
Cheers!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
I think you're a bit rough against them, they defeated you and the hosts besides they played hell of a game against russia. I think they will play with their best. The thing is if Antic can play with a self esteem and decides to challenge the Gasols (I'm trying to say if he can believe this in his mind), they can play big time.
I used to like spain now I don't like them very much , not because they are so arrogant but because they did much and I feel like it is enough. However I hate Pau from the first momemnt I saw him.
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Yes they defeated us. They defeated a 'B' team not an 'A' team. We had no less than 8 absentees during this tournament for whatever the reasons were!! They defeated a team with NO experience in big time tournamnets apart from 3 players, and you know who they are. That's NO excuse for us to lose either. 'We should've but we didn't,' doesn't really cut it. FYROM had a good, but lucky run. They were lucky enough to naturalize McCalebb, who in fact carried them through to the semis.
Zouros never really had a plan to begin with. Why do you think Hellas looked so unstable during the entire tournament for? They were slapped together within 2 months and 9-10 friendlies to create some type of system and chemistry within the team. It didn't pan out. They did have enough talent to make it in the top six though.
Today against Serbia was the best game of the tournament for Hellas in my opinion. That's the type of basketball I look for. A high scoring running game, with minimum zone defense and clogging up of lanes. If a game is tight, you switch to zone and balance your offence. At the end of the day though, if you don't score you don't win, no matter how good your defense is.
FYROM was lucky, just like Leon Spinks, when he knocked out Muhammad Ali a very long time ago. They should savour this tournament because it will never be repeated again. They will go to the pre-olympic tournament. I don't think they'll qualify and make it through to the olympics, because they don't have the depth, the players, or the culture to do so.
You'll see a different Hellas in the pre-olympic tournament. Some players will return and I'm sure Spanoulis will be amongst those players. You'll also see at least 4 or 5 of the youngsters or new guys that played in this tournament. That being Bramos, Papanikolaou, Vaseiliadis, Calathes, Koufos and probably Kaimacoglou, in my mind. I like these players, despite what many greeks back home think. They need as many opportunities as possible to develop their game, psychology, and more importantly, 'team chemistry.'
Cheers!! <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />