Mar 24, 2009, 6:10 am
[quote name='straight forward' post='15084' date='Mar 22 2009, 09:50 PM']I understand that. My point was that the 4th place is not the one to be happy about. 1-3 could be a proper goal as rikhardur agreed.[/quote]
Why not? Being in the semis is not a big enough achievement? Do you really think that Lithuania is that good to be winning medals every 2 years in the Eurobasket?
It's not as if you are playing with Sabonis and Marculionis anymore. Not even Stombergas and Siskauskas. And wait for another 1-2 years when you will not have a world class PG after Saras' retirement. Unless you think that Ilgauskas will play for your NT (sorry I just rofled a coupled of times just thinking about this <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> ). Especially since all big European powers start their teams with a world class PG... Calderon, Parker, Diamantidis, Planinic etc
Why not? Being in the semis is not a big enough achievement? Do you really think that Lithuania is that good to be winning medals every 2 years in the Eurobasket?
It's not as if you are playing with Sabonis and Marculionis anymore. Not even Stombergas and Siskauskas. And wait for another 1-2 years when you will not have a world class PG after Saras' retirement. Unless you think that Ilgauskas will play for your NT (sorry I just rofled a coupled of times just thinking about this <img src='http://www.talkbasket.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> ). Especially since all big European powers start their teams with a world class PG... Calderon, Parker, Diamantidis, Planinic etc
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