Quote:Adriatic league Board decided that the new 2011/2012 season with 14 participants will start on 8th October and the finals will be played in Tel Aviv.
Three teams were given a special invitation, Maccabi as a foreign guest, and Cibona and FMP on a national basis, which is required for confirmation.
Besides them, the participants are Partizan, Hemofarm, Radnicki (Serbia), Union Olimpija, Krka, Helios, Zlatorog (Slovenia), Siroki (B&H), Buducnost (Montenegro), and Zagreb and Cedevita (Croatia).
As in the previous few seasons regular season will contain 26 rounds to be played to 17 March, while the 11th Final Four weekend will be held in the capital of Israel in 7 and 8 or 21 and 22 April 2012.
According to Sportal.rs Adriatic league Board has agreed terms with MZT from Skopje from FYR of Macedonia.But they will play from 2012/13 season.
Later in the day, we will know the calander to 2011/12 season.
Maccabi will start at October 1st against Novo Mesto.
Interesting thing is:27th Maccabi vs Partizan in the Euroleague, 29th Maccabi vs Partizan in the Adriatic league
Its on purpose, so that there'll be no long trips.
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Its on purpose, so that there'll be no long trips.
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Right.
Even the 3 games in the 1st October with the same reason.
Last time Maccabi played against Partizan twice in three days it didn't leave any good memories <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Last time Maccabi played against Partizan twice in three days it didn't leave any good memories <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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It's convenient both this 2 games. Partizan in Tel-Aviv, and they can be here few days. I guess, that the games will be difference in tactick.
It will be interesting <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/cool.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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NLB Bank leaves Adriatic League.
Maccabi Tel Aviv will now be the unofficial official sponsor of the league with their $500K for the wild card and Tel Aviv Final Four.
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In saturday (1.10) it starts! Krka vs. Maccabi.. I can't wait <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I hope u get knocked in this one <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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On Monday (3.10.) Maccabi is comming to Lasko. I can't wait to see all the MTA stars. It will be an amazing event for such a small town and for such a young team (Zlatorog's average age is only 22). <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I hope u get knocked in this one <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I don't think anybody believes that it would be easy, I mean I do think that we're the favorites but it won't be easy at all, especially in a season that we compete in 3 different competition, which means 3 games a week.
Yeah, too much. But, being the official sponsor and having F4 in Tel-Aviv, I think the league has been sold this year due to financial problems. Of curse, I am not saying that Maccabi bought the title, but something tells me that ABA will lick somebody's ass to see him next year <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Yeah, too much. But, being the official sponsor and having F4 in Tel-Aviv, I think the league has been sold this year due to financial problems. Of curse, I am not saying that Maccabi bought the title, but something tells me that ABA will lick somebody's ass to see him next year <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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What do you mean being the official sponsor?
Actually the final-four in Tel Aviv may be to get historical justice, as I'm pretty sure it was supposed to be here in 2003 but because of the situation in the area (2nd Intifada days) they moved it, although there was absolutely no problem before or after to secure teams that came here and never did something go wrong.
There was an article telling how MTA's wild card was so expensive that they covered so much of the League's problems. I don't know where i've read it though. Not the official, unofficial is what I wanted to say, sorry <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Maybe ABA suffers financial but this season will be the best since created 2001. <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thup:' />
That's for sure! They need to make final 8 <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Maccabi 83 Novo Mesto 68
Sofo 18, Farmar 11, Smith 11, Ohayon 8 (5 steals), James 8 (3 blocks according to Adriatic league site but I counted at least 5, and he played only 14 minutes), Burstein 8 (surprised with a good game)
My impressions from the game-a SG is needed, absolutely no doubt about that. most of the game we played either with 2 PGs, Tal as SG (he wasn't bad but he definitely can't play more than 10 minutes in euroleague level) or with Smith as SG, Scheyer didn't get to play a lot and when he did he showed nothing special.
Farmar is not forcing at all, standing aside most of the time but when it's needed from him, he easily takes the ball to the rim.
Yogev is continuing his very good performances just like preparation games and seem to know his place in the team.
James have put some extra weight on him this summer, huge improvement and his blocking and rebounding skills are just as great as they used to be and I won't be surprised if we see him play quite some time in the Euroleague as well.
PS-Papaloukas didn't play.