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Sep 2, 2010, 9:05 pm
[quote name='skangles' timestamp='1283388733' post='24539']
That reminds me, I've heard some crazy s**t this tournament like referring to Barea and Kleiza as "Superstars." Really, so we're just going to throw this term around now? In my opinion only Kevin Durant and JC Navarro would classify as Superstars and everybody else is a very good player at best.
On an unrelated note, while the home team always gets the advantage in these tournaments we cannot ignore that Turkey has some really nice pieces. They are a team that is very capable of beating any team in the world irrespective of location so if we toss in the legitmate home court advantage and sprinkle on some calls that come with that luxury, coupled with the poor play from the tournament favorites, Turkey has a very good chance to make some noise in this tourney.
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This is all about team effort, especially at an international level. Citing superstars is dumb in my opinion.
On the unrelated note however, Turkey has some very good players as units, but as a whole team they're not that capable, especially for reaching the level that they want to achieve. I watched the whole game yesterday vs. Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico was ROBBED of the game 10000000%. The favouritism from the refs wasn't just home court advantage, but blatant giving away of the game to Turkey who didn't deserve the win in the slightest, especially with bright boy Ilyasova missing the 3 in the last seconds and Puerto Rico slinged the ball from the rebound for a drained 3p shot to bring PR two points below Turkey.
That reminds me, I've heard some crazy s**t this tournament like referring to Barea and Kleiza as "Superstars." Really, so we're just going to throw this term around now? In my opinion only Kevin Durant and JC Navarro would classify as Superstars and everybody else is a very good player at best.
On an unrelated note, while the home team always gets the advantage in these tournaments we cannot ignore that Turkey has some really nice pieces. They are a team that is very capable of beating any team in the world irrespective of location so if we toss in the legitmate home court advantage and sprinkle on some calls that come with that luxury, coupled with the poor play from the tournament favorites, Turkey has a very good chance to make some noise in this tourney.
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This is all about team effort, especially at an international level. Citing superstars is dumb in my opinion.
On the unrelated note however, Turkey has some very good players as units, but as a whole team they're not that capable, especially for reaching the level that they want to achieve. I watched the whole game yesterday vs. Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico was ROBBED of the game 10000000%. The favouritism from the refs wasn't just home court advantage, but blatant giving away of the game to Turkey who didn't deserve the win in the slightest, especially with bright boy Ilyasova missing the 3 in the last seconds and Puerto Rico slinged the ball from the rebound for a drained 3p shot to bring PR two points below Turkey.
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