BigDirty Posted August 29, 2007 Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shug94 Posted September 3, 2007 Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 Spain looks really Freaking strong! That team could maybe even contend for an NBA title! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 3, 2007 Moderators Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 Quote: Spain looks really Freaking strong! That team could maybe even contend for an NBA title! 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 3, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shug94 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 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: ] 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: Quote: 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Darko Milicic got fined 10.000€ for these comments after the game against Greece: ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> Reportedly he said: Quote: "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 **** My best friend is from Serbia, I'll ask him later if that is exactly what he said or maybe MW24 can translate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T21 Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Quote: 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: ] 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: Quote: 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. 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AHF Posted September 6, 2007 Moderators Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 Quote: 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. Wow. The press would go ape@"#* if someone did that here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJlaysitup Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDirty Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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