France vs. Finland

[Blazer4ever]

Ajinca's numbers are certainly impressive, seems to be in good shape.
France are with Israel in the Eurobasket preliminary round so I'll be able to watch them on TV at least once in September.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Papanikolaou with the steal and dunk against France:

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Just to cleanse the palate, Nic's highlights from last year:

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[Rastapopoulos]

Ajinca's numbers are certainly impressive, seems to be in good shape.
France are with Israel in the Eurobasket preliminary round so I'll be able to watch them on TV at least once in September.

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[Rastapopoulos]

Eight minutes of France vs. Greece:

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Condensed highlights (obviously done by a Greek):

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[Rastapopoulos]

Spain-Poland, full game:

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Just like old times:

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[Rastapopoulos]

France vs. Serbia on now.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Batum is a turnover machine for France...

 

[illmatic99]

Just like old times:

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This play has worked for like 10 years now. Ridiculous. or Rudiculous

 

[Rastapopoulos]

France wins in overtime, Nic continues to be a virtual non-factor.

Parker clutch:

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[Rastapopoulos]

France wins in overtime, Nic continues to be a virtual non-factor.

Here's the reason he didn't play more:

Les Bleues managed to prevail in the dramatic finale despite the fact they had to play almost the entire

second half without small forward Nicolas Batum, who sprained his ankle and will be sidelined for only a few days.

 

[magnifier661]

Here's the reason he didn't play more:

Oh we know nic being hurt too well. This was one of the reasons I hoped he wasn't going to play over seas. Instead of building bulk and conditioning, he wears his body down.

I swear if he's injured again this season, I'm gonna be pissed!

 

[BBert]

I love Nico but he needs to wake up and just stop. He's wearing out his body and burning himself out. We need him physically and mentally for a long NBA season that hopefully includes the playoffs.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

France plays Georgia today, but no Batum (or Ajinca).

Meanwhile, Spain plays Germany.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Victor encounters new Atlanta Hawk Pero Antic in today's Spain-Macedonia friendly:

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Petteri looking good. Wonder if Dallas will ever bring him over.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Petteri looking good. Wonder if Dallas will ever bring him over.

Looked even better in the following game:

 

[Blazer4ever]

Tommorrow, Friday, 1 PM Portland time, France (Batum) play Spain (Claver).

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Tommorrow, Friday, 1 PM Portland time, France (Batum) play Spain (Claver).

No doubt they're going to collide, simultaneously exploding, and illustrating once more the folly of allowing foreigners to play for their national teams.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Ex-Blazer and current Ukraine national (!) Pooh Jeter hits unlikely game-winner against Poland:

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[Rastapopoulos]

Oh we know nic being hurt too well. This was one of the reasons I hoped he wasn't going to play over seas. Instead of building bulk and conditioning, he wears his body down.

I swear if he's injured again this season, I'm gonna be pissed!

"The myth of Summer wear and tear"

 

[MickZagger]

Pooh Jeter was a Blazer?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Pooh Jeter was a Blazer?

Sorta:

 

[Blazer4ever]

I wonder if the Blazers will be sending people to scout this. There should be some players in the championship better than Claver or Freeland for sure. Not all of them would rather play in Portland than in Europe, Some are under contract but some could be had even if just in a year or two.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

There should be some players in the championship better than Claver or Freeland for sure.

Like:
Petteri Koponen
Kostas Papanikolaou
Giorgos Printezis

 

[Rastapopoulos]

France vs. Slovenia now on. Nic had some good plays, same with Dragic. Halftime: France 32, Slovenia 30.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

France vs. Slovenia now on. Nic had some good plays, same with Dragic. Halftime: France 32, Slovenia 30.

Final stats.

 

[jlprk]

Final stats.

After all those years of study, I always knew that someday I'd put my Slovenian to use.