Game Day Thread: France vs. Serbia, Spain vs. Egypt Sunday

[tjansley]

FIBA World Cup games of interest on tap for Sunday, Aug. 31

France vs. Serbia, 6:30 am on NBA TV, ESPN3.com

USA vs. Turkey, 12:30 pm on ESPN, ESPN3.com

Spain vs. Egypt, 1:00 pm on ESPN3.com

 

[Denny Crane]

These times are Eastern time zone?

 

[illmatic99]

Nic is ballin today. 7 points for already in the first Q. Handle looks decent. No D by either team though.

 

[illmatic99]

These times are Eastern time zone?

Pacific

 

[illmatic99]

France sucks

 

[illmatic99]

Game has gotten good in the fourth-- Nic hasn't done shit.

France ball 4.8 secs left. Tie game.

Edit: lucky, lucky, win.

Nic played 35 mins yesterday and 34 today. Smh too much, man

 

[Wizard Mentor]

1-5 from 3, maybe the shots are too close?

Game has gotten good in the fourth-- Nic hasn't done shit.

France ball 4.8 secs left. Tie game.

Edit: lucky, lucky, win.

Nic played 35 mins yesterday and 34 today. Smh too much, man

 

[Wizard Mentor]

slightly OT: Revenge of Kopponen, as Finland starts the 3rd with a 17-2 run over Ukraine.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Battle of ex-Blazer vs. never-was with Pooh Jeter and Petteri. Petteri wins! Poor Ukraine. They need some good news right now.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Batum not looking good for France. A player who looks better when surrounded by better players?

Mind you, France had no business winning. Serbia had a better team. Boris Diaw is the real leader of France right now.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Trivia: An ex-Blazer was involved in the France-Serbia game. Who?

 

[jlprk]

I can deduce this with pure logic.

Obviously by France-Serbia game, you mean any past French-related game. It is possible that Cameroon once played in the international tournament. Before that country became independent in 1961, part of it was French Cameroon, a colony on Nigeria's border which in 1961 merged with British Cameroon.

Putting these facts together, it becomes clear that the former Blazer is Boom Boom, since he was born after 1961 in Cameroon, possibly the formerly French part.

 

[RoyToy]

Batum not looking good for France. A player who looks better when surrounded by better players?

I buy it.

 

[BBert]

Batum is an elite role player, a "jack of all trades" and good facilitator/glue guy. That's what he is. He isn't a max franchise player and isn't expected to be one. By most people, that is, thank goodness.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Trivia: An ex-Blazer was involved in the France-Serbia game. Who?

Nobody? Okay, here's his picture:

 

[PDXFonz]

Best all around player y'all, check out that defense!

Oregon police need to add james harden defense to their list of marijuana affects.

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Nobody? Okay, here's his picture:

Okay, okay, stop clamoring! The coach of Serbia is ex-Blazer Sasha Djordjevic.

 

[e_blazer]

Nobody? Okay, here's his picture:

Aleksandar Đorđević

 

[Strenuus]

Real basketball is two months away.

/troll

 

[jlprk]

Okay, okay, stop clamoring! The coach of Serbia is ex-Blazer Sasha Djordjevic.

Yeah, but I worked hard to make a French connection.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/boumtru01.html