EuroBasket 2015: The Return Of Old Man Dirk

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Doctor Malaver: May 23, 2007; Ce qui s'est pass� t'a rendu plus fort

I wonder how many ~~years~~ decades will it take until Croatian press and fans finally accept that we are just a mediocre team that should be happy with advancing to 1/8 finals.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 19:42

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# ? May 9, 2024 16:59

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Illinois Smith posted:

Not Useless Bargnani is so weird to watch

Ersan Ilyasova/Bargnani as rim protectors and strong rebounders

What a phantasy we view in our euro baskets

# ? Sep 13, 2015 20:08

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Great finish to the Lithuania / Georgia game.

Quarterfinals
Tuesday
Spain vs Greece
France vs Latvia

Wednesday
Serbia vs Czech Republic
Italy vs Lithuania

# ? Sep 13, 2015 21:59

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Doctor Malaver posted:

I wonder how many ~~years~~ decades will it take until Croatian press and fans finally accept that we are just a mediocre team that should be happy with advancing to 1/8 finals.

When Saric and Hezonja up, they should be strong. Maybe Spain will keep taking Croat players and Serbia will reign. Hard to say

# ? Sep 13, 2015 22:11

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Anyone watched Italy and have any thoughts on Gentile? Apparently he roasted Israel.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 22:24

Doctor Malaver: May 23, 2007; Ce qui s'est pass� t'a rendu plus fort

Dejan Bimble posted:

When Saric and Hezonja up, they should be strong. Maybe Spain will keep taking Croat players and Serbia will reign. Hard to say

If you mean Mirotić, he's Montenegrin, not Croat.

�arić was good but Hezonja didn't show anything in this tournament. The rest of the team is around 30 years old so this is their peak.

# ? Sep 13, 2015 23:55

Dejan Bimble: Mar 24, 2008; we're all black friends; Plaster Town Cop

Doctor Malaver posted:

If you mean Mirotić, he's Montenegrin, not Croat.

�arić was good but Hezonja didn't show anything in this tournament. The rest of the team is around 30 years old so this is their peak.

Oh my mistake. I was thinking of him as "ustase farmer criminal who defected to spain" Not "cigarette smuggler who defected to spain"

Hezonja still needs to learn almost everything. Especially how to get to the rim and finish with a high %, if his shot isn't falling. Saric seems like he could be the best of all the 6'10 small forwards in europe.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 00:25

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Gentile's highlights from Italy-Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cacnBVPGSl0

He's actually pretty nuts here, dropping in a lot of fadeaways and reverse layups. I'll have to watch Italy Lithuania and see how he plays all the time.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 06:13

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Gallo, Gentile and Belinelli are all in the top 6 in scoring during the tournament. Belinelli is rocking 41% from deep and Gallo's shooting almost 70% inside the arc.

Serbia's still gonna eat them alive in the paint, especially with a Gallo / Bargnani frontline. They're right behind Spain as the two best teams from downtown left in the tournament though, if they hit a night where their role players get hot they'll have a chance.

That's all premature though, completely possible that Lithuania slaps them down on Wednesday.

It feels really weird to actually like an Italian national team after a lifetime of being subjected to their rear end in a top hat football squad.

Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Sep 14, 2015

# ? Sep 14, 2015 09:25

Geriatric Pirate: Apr 25, 2008; by Nyc_Tattoo

Illinois Smith posted:

Gallo, Gentile and Belinelli are all in the top 6 in scoring during the tournament. Belinelli is rocking 41% from deep and Gallo's shooting almost 70% inside the arc.

Serbia's still gonna eat them alive in the paint, especially with a Gallo / Bargnani frontline. They're right behind Spain as the two best teams from downtown left in the tournament though, if they hit a night where their role players get hot they'll have a chance.

That's all premature though, completely possible that Lithuania slaps them down on Wednesday.

It feels really weird to actually like an Italian national team after a lifetime of being subjected to their rear end in a top hat football squad.

Spain is coasting on reputation (though they can turn it on I guess), their best squad is not playing and they've played surprisingly poorly. France is the best team in the tournament.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:29

pylb: Sep 22, 2010; ^{"The superfluous, a very necessary thing"}

Geriatric Pirate posted:

Spain is coasting on reputation (though they can turn it on I guess), their best squad is not playing and they've played surprisingly poorly. France is the best team in the tournament.

France is pretty sorely lacking outside shooting imo and the wing depth is pretty bad. Also it feels like we have a tendency to play just adequately for the first half, and just turn it on later in the game, but against good opponents that's not a good strategy. II like our chances to win it all, but I wouldn't be surprised by a defeat either.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 12:56

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Illinois Smith posted:

Gallo, Gentile and Belinelli are all in the top 6 in scoring during the tournament. Belinelli is rocking 41% from deep and Gallo's shooting almost 70% inside the arc.

Serbia's still gonna eat them alive in the paint, especially with a Gallo / Bargnani frontline. They're right behind Spain as the two best teams from downtown left in the tournament though, if they hit a night where their role players get hot they'll have a chance.

That's all premature though, completely possible that Lithuania slaps them down on Wednesday.

Wow, for some reason I totally blanked out on them having Gallo/Bargnani. Are they starting them at PF/C?

# ? Sep 14, 2015 17:46

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Geriatric Pirate posted:

Spain is coasting on reputation (though they can turn it on I guess), their best squad is not playing and they've played surprisingly poorly. France is the best team in the tournament.

I was just talking about 3-point shooting.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 17:47

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

chunkles posted:

Wow, for some reason I totally blanked out on them having Gallo/Bargnani. Are they starting them at PF/C?

I didn't catch the start of the game yesterday and didn't watch anything of theirs in the group games but yeah, pretty sure. They have lots of shooters but are pretty thin at the 4/5, their only real backup center only plays 10 minutes per game.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 19:08

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

France playing real poopy this first half.

Fournier just airballed consecutive threes.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 20:31

pylb: Sep 22, 2010; ^{"The superfluous, a very necessary thing"}

Illinois Smith posted:

France playing real poopy this first half.

Fournier just airballed consecutive threes.

It's turned into the Tony Parker show though.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 20:42

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

Tony Parker has had enough of this poo poo and the French announcers are going bugfuck

# ? Sep 15, 2015 20:43

pylb: Sep 22, 2010; ^{"The superfluous, a very necessary thing"}

Gobert is going to miss the FIBA goaltending rules.

Also I dislike Pietrus.

And here's Gobert dunking on a Latvian dude:
https://vine.co/v/eUWFupwYbdA

pylb fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Sep 15, 2015

# ? Sep 15, 2015 21:09

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Italy vs Lithuania is on yall :toot:

e: Haha they really do start Bargnani :italy:

e2: And he got a rebound!

chunkles fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Sep 16, 2015

# ? Sep 16, 2015 19:49

chunkles: Aug 14, 2005; i am completely immersed in darkness
as i turn my body away from the sun

Bargnani just threw it down on that tiny Lithuanian guy

# ? Sep 16, 2015 20:32

Illinois Smith: Nov 15, 2003; Ninety-one? There are ninety other "Tiger Drivers"? Do any involve actual tigers, or driving?

yup

# ? Sep 16, 2015 20:37

Jack's Flow: Jun 6, 2003; Life, friends, is boring

Illinois Smith posted:

yup

He should just sign with Real Madrid or whatever, earn millions there, and live the life of a basketball god clowning dudes. Instead he's a punchline in the NBA.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 20:58