France vs Turkey 2010 WC game thread

[ace3g]

another chance to see Nando De Colo play

http://espn.go.com/extra/fiba/boxscore?gameId=300907940

Nando just picked up a foul on the offensive end

[ace3g]

De Colo hits a 3 to put France up 1

[ace3g]

nice cut to the basket by De Colo and pass from Mahinmi to him for the layup

[jimo2305]

http://atdhe.net/23423/watch-turkey-vs-france

live footage :toast

[ace3g]

you can also watch the match on ESPN3.com and NBATV

[jimo2305]

the commentator sounds like he's been drinking lol

[velik_m]

Go France go!

[Slomo]

Go France! :D

[jimo2305]

im interested in seeing de colo and seraphin's game.. did anyone draft seraphin?

[ace3g]

this guy can't say Turkoglu's name right, lol

[jimo2305]

gelebale needs to call dat hair lol..

[Mel_13]

im interested in seeing de colo and seraphin's game.. did anyone draft seraphin?

Seraphin isn't on the FNT. He was drafted 17th by the Wizards.

[jimo2305]

alain koffie plays for under 20 then now plays for french nat'l team.. go fig. lol

[jimo2305]

Seraphin isn't on the FNT. He was drafted 17th by the Wizards.

ahh.. i wonder why not tho..

[ace3g]

too many TO for France

[jimo2305]

damn.. dat turkish danceteam..

lol oh right the game.. yea to many TO's..

[TimmehC]

Nice job by Nando picking up the charge on the perimeter.

[ForeignFan]

damn, -10, they have to stay close until Q4 to have a slight chance

[Mel_13]

Diaw makes 9M a year as a professional athlete. Even in the offseason, is it too much to ask that he not exhibit a noticeable belly and moobs?

[DPG21920]

Hedo is balling right now.

[eric365]

Good scoring game by De Colo but his ball handling is so bad that the France has already 10 TOs...

[jimo2305]

diaw. turnin' dat ball over like a n00b.. 'sup diaw?

[DPG21920]

Wow great defense by Batum and Ersan drains a 3.

[TimmehC]

FNT are in deep shit with Hedo playing well for the first time this WC.

[Pero]

Well I suppose it was a pipe dream to hope for France to win. Damn, we probably can't beat Turkey.

[DPG21920]

Batum has been very lackluster this tourney and especially this game.

[Bruno]

Turkey is much better than FNT. They are the team that has been the most impressive in this tournament. I hope they will win this WC just for Tanjevic.

[jimo2305]

rofl who's singin' during halftime :lol

[velik_m]

De Colo is no playmaker. Come on France pull out a miracle... :D

[ace3g]

Turkoglu is on fire from 3

[benefactor]

Turkey comes out and scores six straight. Game is over.

[Chachachango]

mahinmi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!
lol

[Dex]

Mahinmi fouls out. Stop the presses.

[Dex]

Parker wouldn't have saved this team. I'm so relieved he's at home getting rest instead of trying to.

[boutons_deux]

embarrassing.

France needs to stick the single-handed ocean yachting, judo, etc. They are famously bad at team sports.

[ace3g]

Turkey player has an injured ankle/foot, don't know who it is... nevermind finally said it was Kerem Tunceri, G

[Chachachango]

those Turkish girls are hot.

[Libri]

34 points? Are you kidding me? :lol

[endrity]

I expected Turkey to be good at this WC, playing in front of your crowd does that to you. But they have been really good, and their young players have blossomed a lot earlier than people expected. Ilyasova, Eden, Asik will be fun to watch next year in the NBA.

[timaios]

embarrassing.

France needs to stick the single-handed ocean yachting, judo, etc. They are famously bad at team sports.

It's easy to say that when your best players are at home.

[bbarry]

France would've won in a blowout if they had T.......P.....9!!!!!!!!!
Would've been final score 120-32

FUCK ScrubInMi!

:flag:

[Libri]

The arena announcer called it a circus shot. hehe

[Texas_Ranger]

So... We have to defeat Turkey? No problem!

[Brazil]

embarrassing.

France needs to stick the single-handed ocean yachting, judo, etc. They are famously bad at team sports.

what a funny statement to make

[Johnny RIngo]

They are famously bad at team sports.

1984 EURO trophy
1998 World Cup trophy
2000 EURO trophy

[Johnny RIngo]

De Colo is no playmaker.

Yup. I honestly can't see this guy being an NBA calibre player. No complaints though seeing as he's a 53rd pick.

[Brazil]

Yup. I honestly can't see this guy being an NBA calibre player. No complaints though seeing as he's a 53rd pick.

De Colo has been a big disappointment during this WC

[timaios]

De Colo has been a big disappointment during this WC

He's not a point guard at all.

Our 3 best point guards are Parker, Diot and Beaubois.

De Colo was awful, French team was lost in the execution of the systems.
And we needed to play Boris "the whale" Diaw at the point.
It was really painful to watch.

Just one time, one time... I want to see Parker, Noah, Diaw (in shape), the Pietrus brothers, Turiaf, Batum, Diot, Beaubois, Gelabale etc... play together.

Please.

[velik_m]

Just one time, one time... I want to see Parker, Noah, Diaw (in shape), the Pietrus brothers, Turiaf, Batum, Diot, Beaubois, Gelabale etc... play together.

Please.

That sounds awfully familiar... :lol

[Lady M]

1984 EURO trophy
1998 World Cup trophy
2000 EURO trophy

and the hand team olympic (2008), world (2009) and european(2010) champion
France is the only country who can put a real team in the 5 bigest team sports : soccer, basketball, volley, handball and rugby

[Kobayagi]

rugby is among 5 biggest sports teams?


Ice Hockey has got to be more popular than volleyball and rugby.

[Alain]

rugby is among 5 biggest sports teams?


Ice Hockey has got to be more popular than volleyball and rugby.

Volley is one of the most popular sport with more than 500 millions people practising in the world. Please remove your "US pro sports" glasses and search for correct infos before posting...

[Kobayagi]

Volley is one of the most popular sport with more than 500 millions people practising in the world. Please remove your "US pro sports" glasses and search for correct infos before posting...


Canada and Russia alone should be enough to top volleyball when it comes to number of players. :lol

[Alain]

Canada and Russia alone should be enough to top volleyball when it comes to number of players. :lol

If popular means money invested and TV coverage, then hockey is way above volleyball indeed. But it lacks african, asian and south american teams (and this is at least one olympic team sport where spain is not good at all).

On a more BB/Spurs related side, I'm happy TP did not participate but I want Les Bleus to be at full force next two years cause it's a golden opportunity to mix the generations and finaly win something. They have the players to do it.

[Bruno]

People not living in France don't realize how marginal basketball is in this country. One can think with Parker and all the french players in NBA, basketball is a very popular sport but it isn't. FNT has some good players but when they are out, it's logical that they suck because France hasn't a great basketball tradition.

Just to give you an idea on how small basketball is in France, some TV rights per year:
French BB league: 4 M€
Euroleague: 0.8 M€
NBA: 1.5 M€
French soccer league: 668 M€

[DAF86]

rugby is among 5 biggest sports teams?


Ice Hockey has got to be more popular than volleyball and rugby.

The Rugby World Cup is the third most popular sporting event in the World behind the FIFA WC and the Olympics.

[endrity]

Yeah Rugby is pretty popular, and also global. Not only played in Europe, but powerhouse teams exist in the southern hemisphere as well with New Zeeland, Australia, South Africa, and recently Argentina.

[Josepatches_]

Yup. I honestly can't see this guy being an NBA calibre player. No complaints though seeing as he's a 53rd pick.

Right now he isn't a big star in the spanish league.