spain vs slova on now 11:10 AM in ot

[Enzo Aix]

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[Enzo Aix]

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[mook]

Thanks for posting. Spain's offense looks bad. Pau and Rudy are launching 22 footers against the shot clock. Looks like they've got the win, though.

 

[DaRizzle]

wtf...Slovenia down by 5 with 17 seconds left and they just walk up the court and shoot a three with time expiring?!? Uh......

 

[illmatic99]

Rudy shot 12fts? Wow.

Here's a box score: http://live.fibaeurope.com/netcasting/default.asp?game_number=6365-C-6&microsite_scope=undefined

 

[DaRizzle]

sorry, down by 6 with 20 seconds left....and they just give up

 

[Mediocre Man]

Another amazing game from our first round pick.

Steal I tell you, steal

 

[SodaPopinski]

Another amazing game from our first round pick.

Steal I tell you, steal

Does somebody pay you to be grumpy? I've never seen a cranky person put so much effort into it.

Read the box score. He didn't even play.

I noticed you were pretty quiet after he had 12 points, 4 boards and 3 dimes in 17 minutes the other night.

BTW, who would you have selected with that pick?

 

[Cake]

Another amazing game from our first round pick.

Steal I tell you, steal

You mean our 1st round pick Rudy Fernandez? I agree.

Always good to see you make a rare positive post.

 

[e_blazer]

Hey, how about that Rubio. Two assists - sweet.

 

[SodaPopinski]

Hey, how about that Rubio. Two assists - sweet.

And five turnovers.

 

[PapaG]

Hey, how about that Rubio. Two assists - sweet.

I still scratch my head at some of the over-the-top hyperbole that was written about him on this board prior to the draft.

 

[LittleAlex]

I still scratch my head at some of the over-the-top hyperbole that was written about him on this board prior to the draft.

I just wanted to see if Rubio could live up to the hype or if the pressure would crush him.

Staying in Spain for the next 2 years is probably the smartest thing that kid ever did.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Does somebody pay you to be grumpy? I've never seen a cranky person put so much effort into it.

Read the box score. He didn't even play.

I noticed you were pretty quiet after he had 12 points, 4 boards and 3 dimes in 17 minutes the other night.

BTW, who would you have selected with that pick?

I honestly didn't know about that game. Good for him.


I was screaming at the tv to draft DeJuan Blair, so we will see. I was also screaming at the tv to draft A_am Morrison as well, so............

 

[Mediocre Man]

I still scratch my head at some of the over-the-top hyperbole that was written about him on this board prior to the draft.

I never got the hype either.

 

[Enzo Aix]

Rudy went to the racvk a lot

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I still scratch my head at some of the over-the-top hyperbole that was written about him on this board prior to the draft.

Not just this board . . . he was drafted 5th overall in the best basketball league in the world. Meaning for that year, with all the thousands of college players (and the handful of euro and other countries) . . . Rubio was determined by experts (Minny experts if nothing else) to be the 5th best basketball prospect for 2009.

Many people, experts and fans, think very highly of him.

 

[BrianFromWA]

BTW, who would you have selected with that pick?

Some idiot wrote about it draft night. Blind squirrels, nuts, etc. (That's from a cliche, not a recipe for a DaRizzle threesome)

I was excited when we got to #22. I could’ve sworn it was to jump the Kings and get their choice in Casspi, and grab some bennies from Petrie. Then, when it started getting close and I realized we were guaranteed either Blair or Casspi at 22, I was giddy. Then we (imho) reached for Claver. Let’s talk about that for a second.

Maybe, just maybe, KP had wind that OKC or MIN were going to take a flyer on Claver (who I really like, btw) and needed to make the move at #22. But this guy just signed a 3-year deal with Pamesa Valencia (that has an “affordable” buyout–whatever that means) and would’ve been best suited for the type of deal a 2nd-rounder can command, since I’m not positive that if this guy blows up like he’s projected to, the 22nd slot (at a cool max starting salary of $1.24M) will be enough to entice his services from teams who are paying out of the nose for the likes of Tiago Splitter and Fran Vasquez and keeping them from joining the greatest league in the world. But I have now digressed. Not only did we not get Casspi and force SAC to give us something for him, we whiffed on a banger backup PF. But that was ok, at the time. Because…

At this point, we’ve been told that Sergio and the 38 are going to Sacramento for the 31. We’ll have two of the first 3 picks of the second round.
...
31’s rolling around, and I’m stunned that Blair made it past Cleveland. I would’ve thought that he would be a great hedge in case Sideshow Andy gets paid big by someone this summer. But as they say, their loss is our gain. We have the potential to choose from Blair, Brockman, Jerebko–I’m stoked.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Not just this board . . . he was drafted 5th overall in the best basketball league in the world. Meaning for that year, with all the thousands of college players (and the handful of euro and other countries) . . . Rubio was determined by experts (Minny experts if nothing else) to be the 5th best basketball prospect for 2009.

Many people, experts and fans, think very highly of him.

I think he was talking about the Magic Johnson/Jason Kidd/Pete Maravich comparisons, not that he'd be a good-to-great player, or the 5th-best in this draft class.

I would've taken him no later than #2, and only there if I had a need at PF.

 

[Luther]

Comparing Rubio to Pistol Pete or Magic Johnson is ridiculous. I think Rubio will be ok in the NBA but it's obvious he's nothing like either of those players.

 

[PapaG]

I never got the hype either.

People were comparing him to LeBron James as a prospect, for Pete's sake.

 

[PapaG]

Not just this board . . . he was drafted 5th overall in the best basketball league in the world. Meaning for that year, with all the thousands of college players (and the handful of euro and other countries) . . . Rubio was determined by experts (Minny experts if nothing else) to be the 5th best basketball prospect for 2009.

Many people, experts and fans, think very highly of him.

I'm talking more about the "best prosect since LeBron James in the past 20 years" sort of posts, or "next Magic Johnson" posts, or the "next Pistol Pete (my favorite, since Rubio isn't even close to being the scorer that Maravich was), etc. etc.

He's a skinny PG with some handle and some flair. The hype around him reminds me of the hype around Reggie Bush when he entered the NFL. There is no way to live up to the expectations.