Slovenian National Team (part V.)

[Pero]

Boki is invisible today.

[Pero]

a chance to tie...

[Pero]

no tie, greece up by 1, over 3min to go.

[ata]

My God - out of baby Shaq all players suck

[Pero]

didn't see offensive foul there, but good for us. :lol

[Slomo]

didn't see offensive foul there, but good for us. :lol
That's because there wasn't one!

The refs are just horrible...

[Pero]

Jaka!!!!!!!!

[Pero]

Come on guys !!!!!!!!!! A minute and a half left, greece up by 2

[Pero]

fuck... lorbek not himself today.

[Slomo]

Game over

[Pero]

Fotsis three pointer. Greece up by 5, 30 seconds to go. Unless for a miracle it's over. And I'm afraid we used our stock of miracles yesterday.

[Texas_Ranger]

Just like yesterday, we left a three point shooter open. Just fuck!! They can't even get a rebound. Damn!!

[Texas_Ranger]

Fucking refs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:madrun :madrun

[ata]

Fuck

[velik_m]

Good tournament.

[Pero]

Fuck, why didn't boki pass? Damn it. V-Spam chokes and we can't use it.

[ata]

We couldn't buy basket today.
Not that Greece was better, we were just worse. Greece should thanks Baby Shaq for this medal.

[Pero]

We couldn't buy basket today.
Not that Greece was better, we were just worse. Greece should thanks Baby Shaq for this medal.

Yup, he's the reason they won.

[Slo spurs fan]

Fuck, there goes 5 years of my life. Fuck it.

[tso & lo Cavfanatic]

One of the worst games i have ever seen! Spanoulis was realy realy realy bad today!! He was the best player of Slovenia. Thank god Schortsianitis was incredible!! A bronze medal is not bad...
Congratulations to Slovenia. They have a great tournament.

[Texas_Ranger]

we didn't reach our goal. :(

[Darthkiller]

why did the guy jus dribble at the end. could have been a ginobili moment (when he got hte full court pass after the miss ft from Serbia to hit game winner )

[ata]

Schortsianitis saved Greece today - out of him all on the floor (including refs and both coaches) plain sucked.
Kazauskas actually gave Slovenia chance at the end, when he pulled Schortsabitis out.

Our team wasn't in the Grrek paint for whole 2nd half - what was Zdovc thinking.

[10-tka]

it's ok.
i don't mind losing this game.
boys are heros

[Slo spurs fan]

VIDEO: Šešok: “Fiba nam ne pusti do medalje, veliki dirigirajo vse!”

FIBA don´t let us win.

link (http://www.kosarka.si/2009/09/20/sesok-fiba-nam-ne-pusti-do-medalje-veliki-dirigirajo-vse/)

[Pero]

VIDEO: Šešok: “Fiba nam ne pusti do medalje, veliki dirigirajo vse!”

FIBA don´t let us win.

link (http://www.kosarka.si/2009/09/20/sesok-fiba-nam-ne-pusti-do-medalje-veliki-dirigirajo-vse/)

Meh I don't know. It's true we got jobbed against Spain, but after that, it's hard to say that refs were making bad calls just against us.

The funny thing is, if the refs hadn't helped Spain beat us, I think they would've been out after the second round. Now they're going to win gold. :rolleyes

[Slo spurs fan]

Meh I don't know. It's true we got jobbed against Spain, but after that, it's hard to say that refs were making bad calls just against us.

The funny thing is, if the refs hadn't helped Spain beat us, I think they would've been out after the second round. Now they're going to win gold. :rolleyes


Wrong, they would have been 4th again. They would be equal in wins with Poland and they beat them.

[Pero]

Wrong, they would have been 4th again. They would be equal in wins with Poland and they beat them.

Ah.

[Pero]

Wow Zdovc said that he might not be the NT coach ever again. Said that it's all too exhausting, but he that he'll sleep on it.

[Kobayagi]

Wow Zdovc said that he might not be the NT coach ever again. .


I saw that one coming if we didn't win a medal. Not a surprise.

[Slomo]

I think the refs were really very bad, but I don't think they were making calls against us exclusively. The only two things about the refs that I'm willing to say is that they do seem to protect Spain (and not just against SLO) and that they are ruining the game by being too whistle happy.

I'm sad about the fact the NT didn't get the medal they wanted so much, but they did us proud.

I wasn't convinced about Zdovc, but I'll freely admit I was wrong. He's a good game time coach, and that was probably the biggest deficit of his predecessor.

[Texas_Ranger]

Fuck, if Zdovc goes I just hope Memi Becirovic will not get his job.

[Pero]

Fuck, if Zdovc goes I just hope Memi Becirovic will not get his job.

My bet is Mahoric.

[VasP]

Slovenia is a small country, you should be proud of your team.

[Kobayagi]

We are.

[Slo spurs fan]

We are.

:tu

[Kamnik]

If Zdovc doesn't want to be the NT coach again I can understand him... But if this really happens I sure hope they choose Mahorič!

[Texas_Ranger]

And I hope they choose some Serb.

[Kobayagi]

Noone is going to be chosen, Zdovc will think it over and Sesok & Jankovic will convince him to stay.

[angel_luv]

Well done to the Slovenija NT. I am very proud of them! :)

[10-tka]

Beno was in Poland with his GF. Nice :)

[10-tka]

http://www.ekipa.org/catalog/novice/kosrepr-s-20090921183733.jpg

http://www.ekipa.org/catalog/novice/kosrepr-s-20090921183802.jpg
http://www.ekipa.org/catalog/novice/kosrepr-s-20090921183840.jpg

[Pero]

"Iskreno povedano, ne zmorem več. Bolečine v mišicah so bile že velike. V prvi četrtini sem si zvil še drugi gleženj, tako da imam sedaj oba zatečena. Zdržal sem, ker me je gnala želja po uspehu. Škoda, ker nismo osvojili medalje. A preko določenih stvari ne moremo. Srce ni vedno dovolj." - Jaka Lakovic

http://www.siol.net/sportal/kosarka/ep2009/novice/2009/09/robot_lakovic_se_ni_ustavil_ob_udarcih.aspx

[angel_luv]

Wonderful pictures! Hvala!

What did Jaka say?

[Pero]

"Honestly, I can't do it anymore. The pain in my muscles was already big. In the first quarter I sprained my other ankle too, so now they are both swollen. I managed through it because I was driven by desire for success. Too bad that we didn't win a medal. But we can't overcome certain things. Heart isn't always enough."

[angel_luv]

hvala for the translation.

Jaka sounds like he could really use some rest. I hope he takes a nice vacation or something.

[ata]

"Honestly, I can't do it anymore. The pain in my muscles was already big. In the first quarter I sprained my other ankle too, so now they are both swollen. I managed through it because I was driven by desire for success. Too bad that we didn't win a medal. But we can't overcome certain things. Heart isn't always enough."

That why he limped so bad.

[Pero]

That why he limped so bad.

When?

[ata]

I saw on RTV-SLO 1, during sport news how he limped on the airport tarmac. Nothing tragic, however I've asked myself, how was he able to play if he can't walk?

[ploto]

So proud of the Slovenian National Team.

I hope it does not offend anyone, but some days I can not help but ponder a combined team with the best players from Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia.

[Pero]

So proud of the Slovenian National Team.

I hope it does not offend anyone, but some days I can not help but ponder a combined team with the best players from Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia.

Me too. And it's really a wonder that this was one country once, and now out of that there are 4 or 5 teams that could come to Eurobasket, 3 of which could contend for a medal. Must be something in the water. :lol

[Kobayagi]

I hope it does not offend anyone, but some days I can not help but ponder a combined team with the best players from Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia.

I don't know. Who would you take from this year's Croatian squad for instance? Vujčič looked like he's past his prime. Planinič is garbage. Roko Leni looked fine, but we're stacked in guard positions (Lakovic, Dragic, Beno).

Serbia has a couple of interesting players that may be better than our bench players, but I still think our main guys, our starting 5 is the best and I wouldn't replace anyone. Yeah, I know I'm a homer, can't help it.

[Kobayagi]

Me too. And it's really a wonder that this was one country once, and now out of that there are 4 or 5 teams that could come to Eurobasket, 3 of which could contend for a medal. Must be something in the water. :lol


Former Soviet Union had three teams in this year's eurobasket too. :hat

[ata]

So proud of the Slovenian National Team.

I hope it does not offend anyone, but some days I can not help but ponder a combined team with the best players from Slovenia, Serbia, and Croatia.

He, he - dead of Yugoslavia has (for me) only one negative side - basketball

And my only regret regarding Yugoslavia is, that it is fallen apart before olymics in Barcelona 1992. Original Dream team, against the best national team ever*, that would be basketball battle od century

*current Spain team is very close to what Yugoslavia had 20 years ago

[Pero]

Former Soviet Union had three teams in this year's eurobasket too. :hat

Yeah well, former Soviet union is like half the planet, Yugoslavia was smaller than Italy. And there were four teams, you forget Macedonia. And also sometimes Bosnia gets there.

[MacGyver]

BUMP!

Here we go with new coach Mehmed Bečirović!

What ya'll think?

We'll take step backwards, IMO.