Blazers against Maccabi Haifa

[Sinobas]

They killed Jesus, now we're going to kick. their. ass.

 

[jlprk]

Re: Blazers against the Jews game thread

Wilt Chamberlain said, "Nobody pulls for Goliath." Let's go, David!

 

[Sinobas]

Re: Blazers against the Jews game thread

But seriously, we better not lose to some Israelli team....

 

[jlprk]

Re: Blazers against the Jews game thread

Is this even the top team in Israel? Don't they have 3 or 4 Maccabi teams?

 

[Blazer4ever]

Israel is the greatest country in the world! Don't forget Jesus was one of us...
Wouldn't want the Blazers to lose this one, though. It would make me and the Blazers a joke to my friends.

 

[ehizzy3]

Greatest country in the world lol

 

[andalusian]

Re: Blazers against the Jews game thread

Is this even the top team in Israel? Don't they have 3 or 4 Maccabi teams?

Maccabi is some sort of an ancient super organization from the past - so many teams will have it, like "united" in British soccer (football) - they have Manchester united, Newcastle united etc...

As for a top team, if memory serves, they won the championship 2 years ago (I was at a game during a business trip and the details are rather sketchy in my mind).

 

[Sinobas]

They played the Wizards last night, and only lost by 6. I don't understand why NBA teams sometimes barely beat these foreign teams who don't even have a player good enough to be an nba 3rd stringer.

 

[Wizard Mentor]

I think it has something to do with basketball being a team game.

They played the Wizards last night, and only lost by 6. I don't understand why NBA teams sometimes barely beat these foreign teams who don't even have a player good enough to be an nba 3rd stringer.

 

[riverman]

Israel is the greatest country in the world! Don't forget Jesus was one of us...
Wouldn't want the Blazers to lose this one, though. It would make me and the Blazers a joke to my friends.

Actually he was Palestinian

 

[Sinobas]

I think it has something to do with basketball being a team game.

But when the talent is that lopsided....you see NBA teams whip other NBA teams by 20. I wonder if they are even trying.

 

[Sinobas]

So this game isn't even on the radio??

 

[jlprk]

Re: Blazers against the Jews game thread

Maccabi is some sort of an ancient super organization from the past - so many teams will have it, like "united" in British soccer (football) - they have Manchester united, Newcastle united etc...

As for a top team, if memory serves, they won the championship 2 years ago (I was at a game during a business trip and the details are rather sketchy in my mind).

There are 4 big league Maccabi teams. A week ago, Maccabi Tel Aviv lost to 2 NBA teams, Cleveland and New Jersey.

http://www.eurobasket.com/Israel/games-schedule.asp?League=1&LName=Israel

 

[Sinobas]

They are probably about the talent level of a D-League team. This game is not even on nba.com's scoreboard, but last nights game against the Wizards is. This is like a semi-existent game.

 

[magnifier661]

They are probably about the talent level of a D-League team. This game is not even on nba.com's scoreboard, but last nights game against the Wizards is. This is like a semi-existent game.

Bro you threw me for a loop today. I thought the game was on and I was scrambling to find it. It's on tomorrow!

 

[Sinobas]

Aahh fuck me! I swear I thought it was on today! I even checked like 3 times. I was confused as to why I couldn't find anything about it.

 

[kjironman1]

Not much out there to tell you about how they will match up against the Blazers. Fact is this is pre-season and a game against an international opponent so there is very little scouting that I could find. I do know these guys can shoot the ball. That includes Alex Chubrevich who is a 7 footer that has good mobility and a pretty good presence around the basket. This team plays small and very quick. they quite usually play the three guard system and stretch the floor which is consistent for IPL. They will not back down and will be playing for the win. Some of you might remember Brody Angley out of Santa Clara. Blazers did take a look at him but he eventually went undrafted. He is a pretty good distributor of the ball and can shoot the three.

Jeff Allen was a Virginia Tech guy that was just too small to play the power forward position in the NBA. He also has had weight problems but you might see a different player after shedding some pounds and the fact that he is trying to get back to the states. He needed ball handling skills and footwork so he went for playing time in Israel.

Demontez Stitt might also make you look. He is out of Clemson and quick but he is just not strong enough for the NBA at this point. Another guy who is working on his game.

The Blazers should run the second unit quite a bit and still get a win but who knows of course. It is pre-season after all.

Have fun with it Blazer fans,

Go Blazers!

 

[Wizard Mentor]

ESPN lists the game as 7:00 today (10 ET).

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Portland is "'Little Beirut" so I fully expect protesters outside the Moda Center.

 

[Reep]

Actually he was Palestinian

not funny.

 

[HomerLovesKoolAid]

First Row Sports has the game listed at 7PM.

 

[MickZagger]

Its the preseason and players are going through the motions. The defending champs just got beat by a scrubby German team.

 

[<-=*PdX*=->]

I've been to Israel and the city where this club is from, Haifa. It's in northern Israel near the border of Lebanon. Actually pretty beautiful place overlooking the Mediterranean. As to the team, don't know shit about them.

 

[Blazer4ever]

Actually he was Palestinian

You are partly right. Beit-Lehem for example is in the Palestinian territories (although the name is in Hebrew - "House of Bread") but Jesus was Jewish so he wasn't Palestinian by nationality.

 

[riverman]

not funny.

Not meant to be. He was ethnically a Jew but born in what is now Palestine although it was actually named Palestine 100 years after his birth. Difference between cultural ethnicity and Nationality or region of birth. It is believed his original language was closer to Aramaic than Hebrew

 

[riverman]

Didn't former Oregon Duck Luke Jackson play for this club?