EuroBasket 2007

[BigDirty]

The European Championships start in a few days and I thought that I could already open a thread to start posting the final rosters so you guys know which NBA players are playing in this tournament.

Germany

PG Mithat Demirel (no club)

C Patrick Femerling (ALBA Berlin)

SG Robert Garrett (Bamberg)

SG Demond Greene (Bamberg)

PG Steffen Hamann (Bamberg)

SF Guido Grünheid (Groningen)

SG Johannes Herber (ALBA Berlin)

PF Jan-Hendrik Jagla (Joventut Badalona)

PF Dirk Nowitzki (Dallas Mavericks)

PF Ademola Okulaja (Bamberg)

PG Pascal Roller (Frankfurt)

SF Sven Schultze (Udine)

Not a very strong team, the PGs, SGs ans SFs don't have international quality and the big guys are getting older. So like every tournament everything will completely be on the shoulders of Nowitzki, if he plays average this team will exit early, if he plays MVP like then they might get a medal. By the way I hate Dirk Bauermann, the german coach, he's using the national team more for trying out players for his club Bamberg that building a good team.

Serbia

G Milos Teodosic (Zeleznik) - #12 international '87 on draft express

G Branko Cvetkovic (Girona)

G Vuk Radivojevic (Fuenlabrada)

C/F Dragan Labovic (Zeleznik) - #17 international '87 on draft express

G Marko Jaric (Minnesota Timberwolves)

C Darko Milicic (Memphis Grizzlies)

C/F Nemanja Aleksandrov (Crvena Zvezda) - #2 international '87 on draft express, #27 in 2008 mock

G Milenko Tepic (Partizan) - #4 international '87 on draft express, #42 in 2008 mock

G Stefan Markovic (Hemofarm) - #15 international '88 on draft express

F Novica Velickovic (Partizan)

C/F Zoran Erceg (Zeleznik)

F Milan Gurovic (Prokom)

Serbia have been struggling the last few years and they're in rebuilding mode, but Hemofarm and Zeleznik are starting to produce many good players again, so Serbia could be real good again quite fast. Aleksandrov and Markovic have the biggest NBA potential in my eyes, but I would be lying if I said that I could make an accurate assessment of all the players. In my opinion Serbia is a dark horse candidate for a medal, they don't have the star power anymore, but they do have good, fresh, young talent.

Poland

G Lukasz Koszarek (Anwil)

G Andrzej Pluta (Anwil)

G Robert Skibniewski (Turow)

G Iwo Kitzinger (Turow)

F Filip Dylewicz (Prokom)

F Przemyslaw Frasunkiewicz (Slupsk)

F Radoslaw Hyzy (Slask)

F Bartlomiej Woloszyn (Anwil)

F Robert Witka (Turow)

C Szymon Szewczyk (Rostov)

C Adam Wojcik (no club)

C Kamil Pietras (Olimpija)

The only player I know is Szewczyk cause he played for ALBA Berlin a couple of years ago, I even think that he was drafted, don't remember by whom, maybe Seattle, anyway he was a german league backup in his prime. Considering that most of the other players play and Poland and not for the stronger teams, I guess they won't play a big role in this tournament.

In strange news, polish PF Maciej Lampe, who played in the NBA, is said to be disappeared and he won't answer his phone.

To my knowledge the other teams haven't announced their final rosters yet, but I'll post them as soon as I find them.

[BigDirty]

France

G Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs)

G Yohann Sangare (ASVEL)

G Joseph Gomis (Valladolid)

F Boris Diaw (Phoenix Suns)

F Yakhouba Diawara (Denver Nuggets)

F Tariq Kirksay (Kazan)

F Cedric Ferchaud (Pau Orthez)

F Florent Pietrus (Estudiantes)

C Frederic Weis (Bilbao)

C/F Ronny Turiaf (Los Angeles Lakers)

F/C Pape Badiane (Roanne)

G/F Sacha Giffa (Strasbourg)

France are certainly a medal candidate. Their coach doesn't care about names and left players like Pietrus, Petro and Gelabale at home because he thinks that they don't fit the european style, we'll see if his plan works or if it would've better to nominate them. France's roster is well balanced, but I think they lack that go-to-guy who can take over the game when the rest is struggling.

Slovenia

G Sandi Cebular (no club)

G Jaka Lakovic (FC Barcelona)

G Aleksandar Capin (Varese)

G Goran Dragic (TAU Ceramica) - #5 international '86 on draft express, #53 in 2008 mock

C Rasho Nesterovic (Toronto Raptors)

F Matjaz Smodis (CSKA)

F/C Uros Slokar (Triumph)

G Jaka Klobucar (Slovan)

F Goran Jagodnik (Hemofarm)

G/F Domen Lorbek (Estudiantes)

C/F Gasper Vidmar (Fenerbahce) - #11 international '87 on draft express, #46 in 2009 mock

F/C Erazem Lorbek (Lottomatica)

Yeah, yeah, they have some nice players, but they always do and they always disappoint, so I think they will disappoint again, especially since they're missing some players.

Czech Republic

G Maurice Whitfield (Olimpiada)

G Stepan Vrubl (Brno)

F Jiri Welsch (Unicaja)

G Pavel Benes (Nymburk)

F Michal Kremen (Nymburk)

F/G Lubos Barton (Joventut Badalona)

F Ladislav Sokolovsky (Nymburk)

F Radek Necas (Nymburk)

F/C Petr Benda (Nymburk)

F Lukas Kraus (Liberec)

C Ondrej Starosta (Zaragoza)

C Jakub Houska (Decin)

They should be happy to be in the tournament. Maybe it helps that five players are playing on the same team, but I doubt it. The star is obviously ex-NBA player Jiri Welsch.

[BigDirty]

The European Basketball Championships are only a couple of hours away, so I will post the 10 rosters, that I didn’t post before.

You Americans can watch the games online here but you would have to pay $19.99 for the whole tournament or $3.99 per game, you might also be able to catch the games on SopCast, but that might be illegal.

Croatia

F Marko Banic (Bilbao)

C Stanko Barac (Tau Ceramica)

C Mario Kasun (FC Barcelona)

G Davor Kus (Unicaja Malaga)

F Damir Markota (Milwaukee Bucks)

G Zoran Planinic (Tau Ceramica)

G Marko Popovic (Zalgiris Kaunas)

F Nikola Prkácin (Dynamo Moscow)

F Marin Rozic (Cibona Zagreb)

G Mario Stojic (Vive Menorca)

G Marko Tomas (Fuenlabrada Madrid)

G Roko-Leni Ukic (Lottomatica Roma)

They are definitely able to challenge for a medal. Planinic & Kasun have NBA experience and Ukic, Tomas & Markota were supposed to have NBA level talent. But since they’re a Balkan team, they could totally mail it in and stinkt up the tournament.

Greece

C Ioannis Bourousis (Olympiakos)

G Nikolaos Chatzivrettas (Panathinaikos)

G Dimitrios Diamantidis (Panathinaikos)

F Michail Kakiouzis (Sevilla)

F/C Dimosthenis Ntikoudis (Panathinaikos)

C Lazaros Papadopoulos (Real Madrid)

G Theodoros Papaloukas (CSKA Moscow)

F Michalis Pelekanos (Real Madrid)

G Vasileios Spanoulis (Panathinaikos)

C Konstantinos Tsartsaris (Panathinaikos)

F Panagiotis Vasilopoulos (Olympiakos)

G Nikolaos Zisis (CSKA Moscow)

The current title holder lives and dies by their teamplay and defense. It will be an advantage that five players play on the same team. Since they lack the big time scorer and the suprise factor, I’ll say no medal for Greece this time.

Israel

F Lior Eliyahu (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

F Yaniv Green (CSKA Samara)

G Dror Hagag (Hapoel Jerusalem)

G Yotam Halperin (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

F Ido Kozikaro (Hapoel Nahariya)

C Erez Marckovich (Hapoel Jerusalem)

F Matan Naor (Hapoel Nahariya)

F Guy Pniny (Hapoel Jerusalem)

G/F Jeron Roberts (Amsterdam)

G Moran Roth (Maccabi Ramat Gan)

C Amit Tamir (AEL)

G Meir Tapiro (Bnei Hasharon)

The club teams from Israel have a long, successful tradition, but their national team is never on that same level. The only players I know from that team are Green and Halperin, they’re quite good, but I doubt that they’ll be enough so I think the last team to qualify will be one of the first to go home.

Italy

C Andrea Bargnani (Toronto Raptors)

G Gianluca Basile (FC Barcelona)

G Marco Belinelli (Golden State Warriors)

G Massimo Bulleri (Armani Jeans Milano)

C Andrea Crosariol (VidiVici Bologna)

F Luigi Da Tome (Legea) - #3 international ‘87 on draft express, #38 in 2009 mock

G Fabio Di Bella (VidiVici Bologna)

F Angelo Gigli (Benetton Treviso)

F Stefano Mancinelli (Climamio Bologna)

C Denis Marconato (FC Barcelona)

G Marco Mordente (Benetton Treviso)

G Matteo Soragna (Benetton Treviso)

Italy has some good veterans like Basile & Soragna and they also have talented youngsters like Bargnani, Belinelli and Da Tome, so that’s a good mixture. If they aren’t too soft, they could win a medal, but it’ll depend on the play of their big guys.

Latvia

C Andris Biedrins (Golden State Warriors)

G Janis Blums (Eldo Napoli)

F Kaspars Cipruss (Ventspils)

C Raitis Grafs (ASK Riga)

F Uvis Helmanis (Ventspils)

F Gatis Jahovics (ASK Riga)

F Kristaps Janicenoks (Climamio Bologna)

G Armands Skele (Barons Riga)

G Raimonds Vaikulis (Barons Riga)

G Sandis Valters (ASK Riga)

F Pavelis Veselovs (Ventspils)

G Aigars Vitols (Ventspils)

I despise Uvis Helmanis, he’s a dirty dirty player, so I’ll say this team sucks!!! Ok, I only know Helmanis, Valters and Biedrins anyway, so I simply guess, that they’ll be bad.

Lithuania

G Giedrius Gustas (Barons Riga)

F Paulius Jankunas (Zalgiris Kaunas)

F Simas Jasaitis (Tau Ceramica)

G Sarunas Jasikevicius (Golden State Warriors)

C Robertas Javtokas (Dynamo Moscow)

G Rimantas Kaukenas (Montepaschi Siena)

F Linas Kleiza (Denver Nuggets)

C Darjus Lavrinovic (Unics Kazan)

C Ksistof Lavrinovic (Montepaschi Siena)

F Jonas Maciulis (Zalgiris Kaunas)

G Ramunas Siskauskas (CSKA Moscow)

F Darius Songaila (Washington Wizards)

Lithuania is known for smart players and good shooters, of course you can find these kinds of players in this years roster again. They also have twin centers, can it get any better? So smart players, good shooters, twin centers & 3 NBA players, all that just might result in a medal for team Lithuania.

Portugal

F/C Jorge Coelho (Alimentos Palencia)

F Paulo Cunha (FC Porto)

G Filipe da Silva (Villa Los Barrios)

C Elvis Evora (Ovarense)

G Mário-Gil Fernandes (Plasencia)

F Joao Gomes (Barreirense)

C Francisco Jordao (Pedro Atletico)

G Miguel Minhava (Benfica)

F Miguel Miranda (Ovarense)

F Sergio Ramos (Mallorca)

F Joao Santos (Valladolid)

G/F Paulo Simao (Belenenses)

Honestly, I don’t know any of these players or any portuguese basketball player for that matter, so, umm, next.

Russia

G Sergey Bykov (Dynamo Moscow)

G Jon Robert Holden (CSKA Moscow)

F Victor Khryapa (Chicago Bulls)

F Andrei Kirilenko (Utah Jazz)

F Sergey Monya (Dynamo Moscow)

F Nikita Morgunov (Triumph)

G Nikolai Padius (Unics Kazan)

G Zakhar Pashutin (CSKA Moscow)

F Anton Ponkrashov (Khimki) - #1 international ‘86 on draft express, #48 in 2008 mock

G Petr Samoylenko (Dynamo Moscow)

C Aleksey Savrasenko (CSKA Moscow)

F Nikita Shabalkin (Khimki) - #7 international ‘86 on draft express, #50 in 2008 mock

They have good forwards, but the PG and C position are kinda weak and in my opinion these are the two most important positions. Also a team that has to nationalize JR Holden doesn’t really deserve a medal.

Spain

G Carlos Cabezas (Unicaja Malaga)

G Rudy Fernandez (Joventut Badalona)

F Jorge Garbajosa (Toronto Raptors)

F Pau Gasol (Memphis Grizzlies)

C Marc Gasol (Girona)

F Carlos Jiménez (Unicaja Malaga)

F Alex Mumbru (Real Madrid)

G Juan Carlos Navarro (Memphis Grizzlies)

F Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid)

F Berni Rodriguez (Unicaja Malaga)

G Sergio Rodriguez (Portland Trailblazers)

G Jose Manuel Calderon (Toronto Raptors)

The host and biggest favourite for the gold medal. They have a very strong team, that has played together for years. The Raptors allowed Garbajosa to play in the tournament yesterday. Gasol, Garbajosa, Calderon, Fernandez, Rodriguez, Navarro & Jimenez, how can you beat them in Spain? My guess is you can’t and therefore they’ll win it all.

Turkey

G Cenk Akyol (Efes Pilsen)

G Ender Arslan (Efes Pilsen)

G Engin Atsür (Benetton Treviso)

G Hakan Demirel (Fenerbahce)

C Semih Erden (Fenerbahce)

F Kerem Gönlüm (Efes Pilsen)

F Ersan Ilyasova (FC Barcelona)

F Emal Kuqo Kurtoglu (Efes Pilsen)

G Ibrahim Kutluay (Fenerbahce)

F Mehmet Okur (Utah Jazz)

C Kaya Peker (Tau Ceramica)

F Hidayet Türkoglu (Orlando Magic)

The Erdogan injury just a couple of days before tournament start causes some big problems for Turkey, but it also answers the question whether Demirel or Akyol will be cut. Turkey is rebuilding and I don’t think that the big three, Okur, Kutluay & Türkoglu, can carry them very far.

Apparently Germany’s Sven Schultze got injured and coach Bauermann nominated Stephen Arigbabu as his replacement. What a dumb decision. The guy is 35 years old and hasn’t played in the national team for years. Even 5 years ago he was a backup that way maybe good for 5 minutes per game.

[shug94]

Spain looks really Freaking strong! That team could maybe even contend for an NBA title!

[AHF]

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Spain looks really Freaking strong! That team could maybe even contend for an NBA title!

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I would not go nearly that far. The difference between Spain's roster in talent and the roster of the Memphis Grizzlies is not that large. And the Grizzlies aren't going to make the playoffs, let alone win a championship.

[BigDirty]

Day 1 is over and here are the results and stats of NBA players (plus Cenk):

Serbia 65-73 Russia

Jaric 9 pts, 3 ast 5 reb

Milicic 9 pts, 9 reb, 3 blk, 2-13 FG, 38 (of 40) min, wtf???

Kirilenko 24 pts, 12 reb, 3 blk

Khryapa 11 pts, 9 reb

Israel 66-76 Greece

Latvia 85-77 Croatia

Biedrins 14 pts, 7 reb, 6 to

Markota 6 pts, 7 reb

Portugal 56-82 Spain

Gasol 19 pts, 3 ast, 4 reb, 19 min

Navarro DNP

Calderon 1 pts, 3 ast, 14 min

Rodriguez 2 pts, 3 ast, 4 stl, 14 min

Garbajosa 8 pts, 4 reb, 18 min

Czech Republic 78-83 Germany

Nowitzki 35 pts, 11 reb

Turkey 69-86 Lithuania

Cenk 0-1 FG, 4 min

Okur 11 pts, 10 reb

Türkoglu 18 pts, 5 reb, 3-11 2FG

Songaila 12 pts, 6 reb

Kleiza 12 pts, 2 reb

Jasikevicius 18 pts, 7 ast, 8 reb

Poland 66-74 France

Diawara 10 pts, 4 reb

Parker 16 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb, 5-16 FG

Diaw 10 pts, 4 reb

Turiaf 7 pts, 2 reb

Italy 68-69 Slovenia

Belinelli 7 pts, 3 reb, 2-7 FG

Bargnani 4 pts, 1 reb, 2-10 FG

Nesterovic 6 pts, 6 reb

[BigDirty]

Day 2 results and stats:

Russia 90-56 Israel

Kirilenko 17 pts, 5 ast, 13 reb

Khryapa 6 pts, 5 ast

Greece 68-67 Serbia

Jaric 18 pts, 6 reb

Milicic 17 pts, 6 reb

Croatia 90-68 Portugal

Markota 13 pts

Spain 93-77 Latvia

Gasol 26 pts, 9 reb, 26 min

Navarro DNP

Calderon 14 pts, 5 reb

Rodriguez 0 pts, 2 ast, 9 min

Garbajosa 10 pts

Biedrins 17 pts, 5 reb

Lithuania 95-75 Czech Republic

Songaila 6 pts

Kleiza 14 pts, 4 reb

Jasikevicius 10 pts, 4 ast, 23 min

Germany 79-49 Turkey

I watched that game and Turkey never had a chance. They play like they really don't care, they made 50% of their FTs and especially Okur sucked big time.

Shortly after Akyol came in, he made an offensive foul and then nearly a second one, he looked very nervous, the commentator said that he suffered from burnout and took a one month break before the tournament and now has problems keeping up with the rest of the team.

Türkoglu & Okur don't ride in the teambus, they have their own car and while the others train, they're in the weight room, I never heard something like this, why does the coach allow that? Their team spirit is non-existing.

Nowitzki 24 pts, 6 reb

Akyol 3 pts, 1-3 FG, 10 min

Okur 5 pts, 5 reb, 1-8 FG

Türkoglu 15 pts

France 69-62 Italy

Diawara 0 pts, 3 reb, 3 to, 21 min

Parker 36 pts

Diaw 9 pts, 7 reb

Turiaf 3 pts, 3 reb

Belinelli 15 pts, 3 reb

Bargnani 16 pts, 3 reb, 6 to

Slovenia 70-52 Poland

Nesterovic 11 pts, 12 reb

[BigDirty]

Israel 87-83 Serbia

Jaric 11 pts, 6 ast

Milicic 18 pts, 13 reb

Hmm, seems like Serbia's talents aren't as hungry as I thought, now they're eliminated.

Russia 61-53 Greece

Kirilenko 12 pts, 17 reb, 5 to, 4-16 FG

Khryapa 13 pts, 5 reb

Portugal 77-67 Latvia

Biedrins 14 pts, 18 reb, 3 blk

Yay, Helmanis is eliminated.

Croatia 85-84 Spain

Markota 6 pts, 14 min

Gasol 26 pts, 4 reb

Navarro DNP

Calderon 10 pts, 3 ast

Rodriguez 0-1 FG, 4 min

Garbajosa 8 pts, 1 reb

Lithuania 84-80 Germany

Songaila 11 pts, 3 reb

Kleiza 10 pts, 1 reb

Jasikevicius 15 pts, 10 ast, 4 reb

Nowitzki 28 pts, 9 reb

Czech Republic 72-80 Turkey

Cenk DNP

Okur 16 pts, 10 reb

Türkoglu 22 pts, 3 ast, 5 reb, 5 to

Czech Republic is eliminated.

Slovenia 67-66 France

Nesterovic 12 pts, 4 reb

Diawara 2 pts, 18 min

Parker 25 pts, 0 ast, 34 min

Diaw 6 pts, 4 reb, 2-7 FG

Turiaf 13 pts, 5 reb

Poland 70-79 Italy

Belinelli 20 pts

Bargnani 19 pts, 7 reb, 5 to, 3-9 2FG, 3-5 3FG

Poland is eliminated.

Tournament leaders after the preliminary round.

points

Nowitzki (GER) 29.0

Parker (FRA) 25.7

Gasol (SPA) 23.7

Gurovic (SER) 19.0

Türkoglu (TUR) 18.3

rebounds

Kirilenko (RUS) 14.0

Biedrins (LAT) 10.0

Milicic (SER) 9.3

Green (ISR) 9.0

Okulaja (GER) 9.0

assists

Jasikevicius (LIT) 7.0

Bulleri (ITA) 5.3

Koszarek (POL) 4.3

Lakovic (SLO) 4.0

Skele (LAT) 4.0

[shug94]

Gurovic (SER) 19.0

Who is this guy? Maybe we could add him to the end of our bench. Is he an SG? We could slot him behind JJ,Chillz and Salim.

[BigDirty]

He's a 6'9/6'10 forward and is over 30 years old. He currently plays for Prokom in Poland (together with Travis Best and Ruben Wolkowyski), in the past he played for Joventut in Spain, Unics in Russia, Partizan, Crvena Zvezda (pretty unsual for a player to have played for Partizan and Crvena Zvezda, they're fierce rivals) and Vojvodina in Serbia. He did make this basket yesterday to send Serbia-Greece into overtime:

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Since he was born in 1975/1976 (I've found both as his birthdate) I doubt that he'll ever play in the NBA and most likely he wouldn't be good enough anyway.

Profile from the tournament site:

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Milan Gurovic is the top shooter in Europe, period, end of story. The Red Star’s best player is coming off the best season of his career. At 207 cm, he is a match-up nightmare who is capable of breaking an opponent’s back with a barrage of three-pointers. It’s exactly what the 32-year-old did all year, earning the ULEB Cup regular season MVP. With 270 points in 10 games, Gurovic posted records for the highest scoring total and average. What's more, no player in either the ULEB Cup or the Euroleague has finished a regular season with a higher scoring average this decade. With the uncertain participation of Stojakovic, Gurovic will probably find himself as one of the principal go-to-guys for the National Team.

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[BigDirty]

Darko Milicic got fined 10.000€ for these comments after the game against Greece:

Reportedly he said:

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"I'm going to kill the referees wherever I find them. They can go **** themselves. If they have a daughter, I'll find her and I will **** her...I will **** them...whatever she has or doesn't have. I will **** them...the mother, I'll **** them...in the mouth, I'll ****

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My best friend is from Serbia, I'll ask him later if that is exactly what he said or maybe MW24 can translate.

[BigDirty]

Ok, my friend confirmed that Darko really said these things plus a couple of other things which weren't very nice either. Guess Darko has some growing up to do.

[T21]

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He's a 6'9/6'10 forward and is over 30 years old. He currently plays for Prokom in Poland (together with Travis Best and Ruben Wolkowyski), in the past he played for Joventut in Spain, Unics in Russia, Partizan, Crvena Zvezda (pretty unsual for a player to have played for Partizan and Crvena Zvezda, they're fierce rivals) and Vojvodina in Serbia. He did make this basket yesterday to send Serbia-Greece into overtime:

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Since he was born in 1975/1976 (I've found both as his birthdate) I doubt that he'll ever play in the NBA and most likely he wouldn't be good enough anyway.

Profile from the tournament site:

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Milan Gurovic is the top shooter in Europe, period, end of story. The Red Star’s best player is coming off the best season of his career. At 207 cm, he is a match-up nightmare who is capable of breaking an opponent’s back with a barrage of three-pointers. It’s exactly what the 32-year-old did all year, earning the ULEB Cup regular season MVP. With 270 points in 10 games, Gurovic posted records for the highest scoring total and average. What's more, no player in either the ULEB Cup or the Euroleague has finished a regular season with a higher scoring average this decade. With the uncertain participation of Stojakovic, Gurovic will probably find himself as one of the principal go-to-guys for the National Team.

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Well... I'm Serb and I'll tell you, Gurovic is basket-case who can only play well when he knows his role. Such was the case when he was surrounded by likes of Danilovic, Djordjevic, Divac, Bodiroga... he was defensive stopper, who would occasionally drop an open three! Whenever he was given more important, leading role,he folded... His teams (when he was option No. 1 or 2) never won anything... He would score alot, but his teams would always lose. He is 6'9" but he is very soft on offense and rarely agressive, mostly looking to jack up threes... Well, that sums it up... just a bad apple...

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Ok, my friend confirmed that Darko really said these things plus a couple of other things which weren't very nice either. Guess Darko has some growing up to do.

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Wow. The press would go ape@"#* if someone did that here.

[BigDirty]

Qualifying round day 1 results:

Portugal 65-78 Russia

Kirilenko 16 pts, 3 ast, 4 reb

Khryapa 11 pts, 11 reb, 4 stl

Israel 80-75 Croatia

Markota 5 pts, 7 reb

Spain 76-58 Greece

Gasol 15 pts, 5 ast, 5 reb

Navarro 7 pts

Calderon 4 pts

Rodriguez 1 ast, 5 min

Garbajosa 0 pts, 4 reb, 22 min

France 78-66 Germany

This was a very competitive match at the beginning and Germany could have easily won this game, if they had a good coach. Bauermann is such an idiot, it was 28-28 and then France pulled away to 43-30 and he didn't even think about taking a timeout, Germany never really recovered from that run. Nobody on France can really shoot the lights out, but hey we don't have to zone against them all the time, we'll try to beat them in their own game, cause the win will be much sweeter then, what we didn't win? Well, we tried, nobody can ask for more.

Diawara 5 pts, 3 ast

Parker 23 pts, 3 ast, 5 reb

Diaw 7 pts, 10 reb, 1 MONSTERblock

Turiaf 11 pts

Nowitzki 28 pts, 6 reb

Italy 74-79 Lithuania

Belinelli 9 pts

Bargnani 15 pts, 7 reb

Songaila 8 pts, 4 reb

Kleiza 8 pts, 9 reb

Jasikevicius 13 pts, 4 ast, 3 reb, 7 to

Turkey 51-66 Slovenia

Akyol DNP

Okur 14 pts, 6 reb

Türkoglu 17 pts, 8 reb

Nesterovic 13 pts, 6 reb

[BigDirty]

Portugal 94-85 Israel

Greece 81-78 Croatia

Markota 2 pts, 2 reb, 11 min

Russia 69-81 Spain

Kirilenko 21 pts, 4 reb, 4 to

Khryapa 14 pts, 11 reb, 3 ast, 5 to

Gasol 13 pts, 9 reb

Navarro 15 pts, 19 min

Calderon 17 pts, 4 ast

Rodriguez DNP

Garbajosa 11 pts, 3 reb

Italy 84-75 Turkey

Belinelli 17, pts, 4 ast, 3 reb

Bargnani 12 pts, 6 reb

Akyol 1 pts, 5 reb, 0-0 FG, 14 min

Okur 10 pts, 9 reb

Türkoglu 34 pts, 4 ast, 6 reb

Lithuania 88-73 France

Songaila 17 pts, 7 reb

Kleiza 2 pts, 3 reb, 20 min

Jasikevicius 14 pts, 7 ast

Diawara 8 pts, 3-10 FG

Parker 11 pts, 6 ast

Diaw 6 pts, 7 reb, 3 to, 2-8 FG

Turiaf 2 pts, 3 reb

Germany 47-77 Slovenia

Whew, luckily for me I forgot that the game was on, it would've been painful to watch that. Germany was 17-60 from the field.

Nowitzki 16 pts, 8 reb, 7-18 FG, 23 min

Nesterovic 13 pts, 7 reb

[BigDirty]

Croatia 70-83 Russia

Markota 7 pts, 3 reb

Kirilenko 20 pts, 8 reb, 3 ast

Khryapa 8 pts, 8 reb, 3-10 FG

Greece 85-67 Portugal

Spain 99-73 Israel

Gasol 26 pts, 7 reb, 18 min

Navarro DNP

Calderon 15 pts, 18 min

Rodriguez 2 ast, 0-4 FG, 10 min

Garbajosa 12 pts, 2 reb

Germany 67-58 Italy

Man this game was ugly. Both teams shot below 40% no one except Belinelli was hitting shots. Dirk sucked this game, but Herber and Jagla stepped up, otherwise this would've been Dirk's last national team game. The future doesn't look pretty for team Germany, but it thankfully seems like a new coach will direct the team then. If Belinelli wouldn't have been injured during the game, then Italy would've had a very good chance to win this.

Nowitzki 15 pts, 10 reb, 3 ast, 5-19 FG

Belinelli 25 pts, 29 min

Bargnani 10 pts, 6 reb, 3-12 FG

France 85-64 Turkey

Diawara 10 pts

Parker 6 pts, 3 reb, 2-8 FG

Diaw 18 pts, 5 reb, 4 to

Turiaf 4 pts, 4 reb, 8 min

Akyol 4 pts, 2 reb, 16 min

Okur 5 pts, 6 reb

Türkoglu 9 pts, 4 reb

Slovenia 61-80 Lithuania

Nesterovic 4 pts, 5 reb

Songaila 17 pts, 4 reb

Kleiza 6 pts, 7 reb

Jasikevicius 2 pts, 3 reb, 15 min

The quarter-finals are:

Russia - France

Spain - Germany

Lithuania - Croatia

Slovenia - Greece

The stat leaders after the qualifying round:

Points

Nowitzki (GER) 24.3

Gasol (SPA) 20.8

Parker (FRA) 19.5

Türkoglu (TUR) 19.2

Gurovic (SER) 19.0

Rebounds

Biedrins (LAT) 10.0

Kirilenko (RUS) 9.7

Green (ISR) 9.3

Milicic (SER) 9.3

Nowitzki (GER) 8.3

Assists

Jasikevicius (LIT) 5.7

Tapiro (ISR) 5.0

Koszarek (POL) 4.3

Bulleri (ITA) 4.0

Skele (LAT) 4.0

[BigDirty]

quarter-finals

Russia 75-71 France

Kirilenko 6 pts, 6 reb, 4 blk, 7 stl, 2-11 fg

Khryapa 16 pts, 6 ast, 7 reb, 4 to

Diawara 5 pts, 4 reb

Parker 15 pts, 3 ast

Diaw 17 pts, 6 reb, 5 to

Turiaf 8 pts, 7 reb

Spain 83-55 Germany

Hey the first quarter was close.

Gasol 7 pts, 5 reb

Navarro 12 pts, 14 min

Calderon 17 pts, 22 min

Rodriguez 1 pts, 8 min

Garbajosa 7 pts, 1 reb, 17 min

Nowitzki 11 pts, 6 reb, 4-10 fg

Lithuania 74-72 Croatia

Songaila 20 pts, 7 reb, 24 min

Kleiza 19 pts, 9 reb

Jasikevicius 6 pts, 8 ast, 3 reb, 5 to

Markota 5 pts

Slovenia 62-63 Greece

Nesterovic 16 pts, 11 reb, 5 blk

semi-finals

Spain 82-77 Greece

Gasol 23 pts, 6 reb, 3 blk, 4 to

Navarro 23 pts, 4 reb

Calderon 18 pts, 3 ast, 4 to

Rodriguez DNP

Garbajosa 6 pts, 4 ast, 5 reb, 0-5 fg

Russia 86-74 Lithuania

Kirilenko 29 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk, 3 stl, 4 to

Khryapa 15 pts, 4 ast, 5 reb

Songaila 8 pts, 6 reb

Kleiza 5 pts, 5 reb

Jasikevicius 5 pts, 3 ast, 4 reb, 5 to, 2-10 fg

5th to 8th place

France 69-86 Croatia

Diawara 5 pts

Parker 18 pts, 5 reb, 3 stl

Diaw 11 pts, 5 ast, 5 reb

Turiaf 6 pts, 2 reb, 8 min

Markota 6 pts

Germany 69-65 Slovenia

Didn't watch it, soccer was on.

Nowitzki 28 pts, 10 reb, 9-25 fg

Nesterovic 13 pts, 9 reb

[DJlaysitup]

Very nice games by Gasol and AK. Also odd to see France go down.

Congrats on Dirk finally having a good game (even though it wasn't for the championship).

Appreciate the updates

[BigDirty]

7th place game

France 74-88 Slovenia

Diawara 7 pts

Parker 31 pts, 4 ast, 4 reb

Diaw 0 pts, 4 reb, 0-3 fg, 25 min

Turiaf 13 pts, 8 reb, 3 blk

Nesterovic 19 pts, 8 reb

5th place game

Croatia 71-80 Germany

Markota DNP

Nowitzki 31 pts, 4 ast, 12 reb

3rd place game

Greece 69-78 Lithuania

Songaila 2 pts, 4 reb, 1-7 fg, 18 min

Kleiza 13 pts, 8 reb

Jasikevicius 11 pts, 5 ast

final

Spain 59-60 Russia

JR Holden made the deciding jumper with 2 seconds left.

Gasol 14 pts, 3 ast, 14 reb, 5 to, 4-13 fg

Navarro 0 pts, 0-5 fg, 17 min

Calderon 15 pts, 4 reb

Rodriguez 0 pts, 0-1 fg, 2 min

Garbajosa 8 pts, 6 reb, 18 min

Kirilenko 17 pts, 5 reb

Khryapa 7 pts, 4 ast, 12 reb, 4 to

MVP

Andrei Kirilenko (RUS)

All Tournament Team

Jose Calderon (SPA)

Ramunas Siskauskas (LIT)

Andrei Kirilenko (RUS)

Dirk Nowitzki (GER)

Pau Gasol (SPA)

points

Nowitzki (GER) 24.0

Parker (FRA) 20.1

Türkoglu (TUR) 19.2

Gasol (SPA) 18.8

Kirilenko (RUS) 18.0

rebounds

Green (ISR) 9.3

Nowitzki (GER) 8.7

Kirilenko (RUS) 8.6

Khryapa (RUS) 7.8

Okur (TUR) 7.7

assists

Jasikevicius (LIT) 5.6

Tapiro (ISR) 5.0

Lakovic (SLO) 4.3

Bulleri (ITA) 4.0

Khryapa (RUS) 3.2