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jlprk said:
Later in the article, it says that in a duel of centers, Kostas Koufos of Russia vs. Timofey Mozgov of Greece (both on the Denver Nuggets)...
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Koufos is greek, Mozgov is russian.
 
HCP said:
Although I did make a highlight video for Przybilla once and he had me use the doors........ Even worse, James Jones had me use Maroon GOD DAMN 5!
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You need to trawl YouTube more. There's a whole bunch of Serbian Folk Music-themed highlight reels...

But as for Batum's game: it drives me crazy seeing him cruise or be tentative. There are tons of players in Eurobasket who have 1/10th his talent and athleticism but make more of an impact just because they are fearless. There's a guy called Dusko Savovic (or something) for Serbia who makes Adam Morrison look like Lebron James in physical talent, but he just gets it done. Spain's San Emeterio is another one with very average athleticism who can just score by tricks and hustle. If Batum could get a nasty streak (like he gets occasionally, but only against certain players) we'd be set. (An NBA example: Corey Magette. All he does is put his head down and head for the hoop, and as a result he's a perennial leader in FTs. Batum has a lot more talent than him but defers too much.)
 
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Batum knows his place. He came to us when he was what, 18? Stepped onto a team with older players. I hope he realizes that he has put his time in the league and it is now his time to step up. He could be a legit second option on this squad behind LA.
 
France will now play Greece in the knockout round. Spain gets Slovenia. Although Greece is not as intimidating as they were before, they're still formidable. They're very balanced.
 
Sergei Monia with a buzzer beater bank 3 FTW for Russia over Macedonia.

Wow.

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yuyuza1 said:
Sergei Monia with a buzzer beater bank 3 FTW for Russia over Macedonia.
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That's the second game-winning buzzer beater Monya has hit this Eurobasket. Mr. Clutch!

(He and Khryapa are looking good for Russia, the only unbeaten team in the tournament. Khryapa more so - he's one of the top assist guys, even though he's not officially the PG. The most intriguing Russkie, though, is probably Shved. He looks like the no-good son in the second season of The Wire, but he's an exciting young talent.
 
Rastapopoulos said:
That's the second game-winning buzzer beater Monya has hit this Eurobasket. Mr. Clutch!

(He and Khryapa are looking good for Russia, the only unbeaten team in the tournament. Khryapa more so - he's one of the top assist guys, even though he's not officially the PG. The most intriguing Russkie, though, is probably Shved. He looks like the no-good son in the second season of The Wire, but he's an exciting young talent.
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Did he go undrafted?
 
Kinda hard not to remember them!

Khryapa is the only Blazer in history to disappear when he put on his home Blazer uni.

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I actually thought he was going to end up being a decent player! Bought me a steak dinner in Cleveland..... nice kid!
 
Pau and Navarro destroy Slovenia.

Gasol with 19/16 in 29 mins.
JCN with 26pts in 26 mins.
 
HCP said:
I knew that fams...... I was just messing with you...... HAHA! I actually thought you didn't know who Viktor or Monia were!
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Oh, get to pull out some oldies:
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Shit, if I remember correctly, Monia started @ NY his rookie year! Man we had a bad team that season!


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk..... Cause I'm a balla'!
 
No one's watching France vs. Greece?

This is a huge game. Greece up 4 at the half. Nic has disappeared, with only 2 pts in 15 mins.
 
yuyuza1 said:
No one's watching France vs. Greece?

This is a huge game. Greece up 4 at the half. Nic has disappeared, with only 2 pts in 15 mins.
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I'm not watching it. It's not the NBA and it's not the Blazers, so... I don't really care.

Ed O.
 
Nic came up huge in the last few mins.



Anyway, Russia wins against Serbia setting up an incredible semifinal with France.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Nic came up huge in the last few mins.



Anyway, Russia wins against Serbia setting up an incredible semifinal with France.
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Thanks for posting that link. Really enjoyed seeing Batum at the end coming up with a key stop and a couple clutch shots.
 
Yeah: Parker was great at the beginning of the fourth and then Batum basically took over. Particularly encouraging to see him hit that jumper off a curl at a vital juncture. If he could hit that consistently, we'd be golden.

Russia vs. France next. I'm going to have to go with Russia this time: David Blatt is some kind of coaching genius. Past Blazer forwards defeat present. I wonder where Kirilenko ends up, given that he's a FA...
 
Holy shit. Macedonia is winning at the half against Spain. WTF is going on?

Bo McCaleb might have legit NBA talent.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Bo McCaleb might have legit NBA talent.
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MIGHT!? He's already better than most of the backup PGs in the league. The reason he's not already there is probably because he's a Nate Robinson, pint-sized "combo" guard. But he's bigger than Robinson and more of a defender. And he's clearly a winner: not only because of Macedonia (who actually have decent-ish players other than him, even if they all look like bouncers) but both his past two Euro teams have made the final four. But he'll probably be a Marcus Brown/J.R. Holden type: a legend in Europe but forgotten over here. Except in New Orleans.

The third quarter is the one that Spain has been destroying teams in. Past couple of games they've outscored their opponent by about 20 in the third. So we shall see. If you let Macedonia hang around, they'll bite you in the ass (just ask Lithuania - the last team to beat a full Spanish team).
 
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