2011 Summer NT Thread

[yavozerb]

With nothing else to watch I thought I would get this thread going since so many Spurs prospects will be in this tourney. Site also follows games leading up to the tourney..Also added site for the fiba tourney in Arg. later this month.

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/default.asp

http://www.mardelplata2011.com/en/default.asp

[Bruno]

I've changed the title for people who also want to talk about Americas tournament.

2011 Eurobasket will feature up to 8 players (Parker, De Colo, Richards, Bertans, Hanga, Lorbek, Javtokas and Sanikdize) who play for Spurs or whose NBA draft rights are owned by Spurs. If you add the olympic qulaifying tournament in Argentina with Ginobili, Splitter and Joseph, there will have up to 11 players related to Spurs playing this summer FIBA competions.

[8FOR!3]

Does the site stream any of those games?

[Bruno]

Tomorrow at 9:30pm (2:30pm in SA), there will have a friendly game between Spain and France. It should be fun. I will try to post a ling to a stream just before it.

[tdunk21]

Tomorrow at 9:30pm (2:30pm in SA), there will have a friendly game between Spain and France. It should be fun. I will try to post a ling to a stream just before it.

:toast

[yavozerb]

Thanks bruno, good idea with the addition of other tourney..Spain vs France should be pretty good basketball.

[DesignatedT]

Thanks! Would love to try to catch some of these games and keep up with this stuff. Great idea.

[Bruno]

Slovenia is currently playing against Croatia.

Lorbek is #15 white.

[yavozerb]

I've changed the title for people who also want to talk about Americas tournament.

2011 Eurobasket will feature up to 8 players (Parker, De Colo, Richards, Bertans, Hanga, Lorbek, Javtokas and Sanikdize) who play for Spurs or whose NBA draft rights are owned by Spurs. If you add the olympic qulaifying tournament in Argentina with Ginobili, Splitter and Joseph, there will have up to 11 players related to Spurs playing this summer FIBA competions.

Here's a run down for the Euro tourney:

Parker & De colo- France
Richards- Britain
Bertan- Latvia
Hanga- Hungary
Lorbek- Slovenia
Javotkas-Lithuania
Sanikidze-Georgia

[DesignatedT]

Slovenia is currently playing against Croatia.

Lorbek is #15 white.

Is this just a friendly game or does it mean something?

[Bruno]

Is this just a friendly game or does it mean something?

It's a friendly game part of a tournament between ex Yugoslavian countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia).

All games played before August 31 will be friendly games. The only exception are for Hungary (with Hanga), Finland and Portugal who will play a qualifying tournament for the Eurobasket.

Lorbek doing typical Lorbek in this game even if he isn't playing great.

[yavozerb]

Slovenia is currently playing against Croatia.

Lorbek is #15 white.

pretty entertaining game thanks..

[GB20]

i heard that tiago is injured and has not played the last two games. does anybody kwon what happened to him?

[ElNono]

FIBA Americas will have quite a few NBA players and people involved this summer, although not all Spurs related.

NBA Players (or former NBA players) playing the olympic qualifiers:

Argentina: Ginobili, Oberto, Scola, Nocioni, Delfino, Pepe Sanchez
Brazil: Tiago Splitter
Puerto Rico: Peter John Ramos, JJ Barea, Carlos Arroyo, Renaldo Balkman, Daniel Santiago
Venezuela: Gervais Vazquez, Eric Musselman (coach)

Gregg Popovich will also be hosting a basketball camp in the city.

[ElNono]

i heard that tiago is injured and has not played the last two games. does anybody kwon what happened to him?

mild muscle soreness

[GB20]

mild muscle soreness
man this guy is soft like a toilet paper.

[ElNono]

man this guy is soft like a toilet paper.

I just think Mangnano didn't want to risk him against a weak opponent on a meaningless game. It's the right thing to do.

[GB20]

I just think Mangnano didn't want to risk him against a weak opponent on a meaningless game. It's the right thing to do.
i hope you are right nono. we need tiago healthy for next year if he want to be our starting center.

[5in10]

How is Ibaka playing for spain? That seems unfair. Isn't he from the Congo?

[Dex]

France bigs playing super sloppy.

[Bruno]

45-21 at the half for Spain. :rollin

Spain is playing great with an awesome Pau Gasol. France sucks with a poor effort defensively and an inability to hit outside shots. De Colo and Parker are bad.

[Bruno]

How is Ibaka playing for spain? That seems unfair. Isn't he from the Congo?

He has been naturalized and FIBA allows national teams to have 1 naturalized player.

For some naturalized players, it's legit but they are a lot of abuse. It's mostly with small countries but Spain is now doing it and they should be ashamed of that. They stole players of other countries like Ibaka and Mirotic.

[Bruno]

Final score: 77-53 for Spain.

Spain was damn impressive. They are so deep and so talented. I seriously think they can beat the USA at the Olympic games next year. Team USA better bring their A team next year especially in the paint to counter Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol and Ibaka.

Parker wasn't that bad but refs haven't helped him. De Colo was a no show. Gelabale would look great with a Spurs jersey.

Hungary lost 71-66 against Portugal. Hanga scored 11 points.

[Bruno]

FNT beat GB 82-60:
http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/p/gid/3/grid/A/rid/8549/sid/6232/game.html

Parker scored 25 points, De Colo 8 points and Richards had 0 points and 2 rebounds in 8 minutes.

Pop was spotted watching the game and was discussing with Ivkovic.

[Trill Clinton]

Just 8 minutes for Richards? Is he hurt?

[ChumpDumper]

Just 8 minutes for Richards? Is he hurt?Doubtful, he's just playing against men now.

[yavozerb]

Doubtful, he's just playing against men now.

Thats exactly right..RR will be fine but there is going to be an adjustment period for him though since he will now be playing against faster,stronger,bigger, and smarter players now that he is on the national team for GB. Should be fun to watch his development as he gets more used to the competition he will be facing on this level.

[mountainballer]

27 points from Tony in tonights win over Australia (71-67).
(telling from the box score de Colo was pretty bad)

[Bruno]

Some random news about the friendly tournament in London:

- Parker is still balling.
- Highlights of GB/France with some nice plays form Batum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN5jyTfHnSI
- Pop is still here: http://twitpic.com/67lg2s
- GB lost against Croatia 75-70. Richards played 12 minutes and was scoreless.
- Turiaf broke his hand and is likely out for the summer. Rumors are that former Spurs Mahinmi will be call up instead of bringing back Traoré who was cut a week ago.

[lmbebo]

pop looks miserable there.

[Bruno]

Random news of the day:

- Liuthunia beat Spain 88-76. Valanciunas shows again that he is for real. Javtokas injured his elbow. The full game is available on youtube.

- London results of the day: France beat China 76-59, Australia beat Croatia 78-66 and Serbia beat Great Britain 97-95. Boxscores: http://london2012.fiba.com//pages/eng/fe/12/olym/p/asid/8509/eid/8509/rid/8549/sid/8509/schedule.html

- Parker was given a day off, I wouldn't be surprised to see Pop behind this. De Colo scored 14 points but he continues to struggle shooting the ball like he did the whole year in Spain. Richards went scoreless for the third straight time. I wonder if he will be cut soon.

- Hungary won't go to the Eurobasket after another loss against Portugal. It sucks that Hanga won't play at a high level this summer. I haven't seen these games but Hanga stats during the qualifying tournament looks quite bad.

[ElNono]

ARG plays URU tonight in Montevideo, in what promises to be the first difficult challenge for team ARG. This is a friendly game with both teams trying to get ready for the olympic qualifier tournament.

[GB20]

ARG plays URU tonight in Montevideo, in what promises to be the first difficult challenge for team ARG. This is a friendly game with both teams trying to get ready for the olympic qualifier tournament.
what time are they paying?

[ElNono]

They're playing now.

EDIT: Game finished. Argentina wins 77-50

[Bruno]

France beat Croatia 83-60 with Pop still at the game. It was a fun game to watch with a good De Colo.

Boxscore: http://london2012.fiba.com//pages/eng/fe/12/olym/p/eid/6232/gid/10/grid/A/rid/8549/sid/6232/game.html

Some highlights:

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[DesignatedT]

lol greece lost to italy? what a joke

[Bruno]

This summer has confirmed that some players whose NBA rights are owned by Spurs are nowhere near ready to have some kind of impact with Spurs:
- Ryan Richards played 5 games with great Britain in a tournament in London and didn't scored a single point.
- Davis Bertans barely play with Latvia despite the team missing a lot of players. He was also quite bad at the U19 WC.
- Adam Hanga did nothing great with Hungary and they failed to qualify at the Euobasket with a 0-4record.

Cory Joseph could soon join this list of players far away of the NBA level. His debut with Canada surely wasn't promising.

[mountainballer]

I don't have the wisdom to estimate how many years he was away from an Euroleague career, so I rather go with facts.

Richards did not play in Austria.

(why am I not surprised that someone who struggles to figure out the accurate position of a player on a court also isn't able to find the right country on a map.)

[cd98]

Game 10: Greece 83 - BYU 54

9-1

Beat BYU without Jimmer Freddette. Why even bother posting this?

[Mel_13]

Magnano reveals 12-man squad

San Antonio Spurs center Tiago Splitter and Barcelona Regal point guard Marcelo Huertas will be the leaders of a star-less Brazil as their three top players were unavailable for coach Magnano.

Nene Hilario, a 28-year old free agent, who averaged 14.2 points and 7.6 rebounds per game during the last NBA season playing for Denver Nuggets, was the first one to withdraw from the team as he decided to prioritize his professional career.

Leandrinho Barbosa, who represented Toronto Raptors during the 2010/11 NBA season, followed Nene as he resigned the call for personal reasons.

He has just signed a deal with Flamengo, one of the most popular teams in the Brazilian League, where he will play during the NBA lockout.

Anderson Varejao was planning to play in Mar del Plata but an injury in his right ankle ruled him out of the tournament.

Magnano, a gold medallist in Athens 2004 with Argentina, announced the roster with still a week to go from tips off.

"I'm really optimistic," said the Argentina-born coach. "We don't even think about the players that are missing, we have a great team."

Tiago Splitter will have to do his best to replace missing centers Nene and Varejao.

"There are high-level players from great teams from Brazil and Europe," explained Tiago.

"The job has to be shared and we will all have to do a little bit better."

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/langid/1/newsid/48898/arti.html

[ElNono]

ARG - VEN friendly starting now (8PM ET)

EDIT: Game finished, ARG wins 77-73

[GB20]

http://www.fibatv.com/live/id/669053
brazil and dominican right now

[GB20]

brazil is playing well without tiago.

[GB20]

marcelo huertas is really good. the spurs should get him.

[SplitterHook]

marcelo huertas is really good. the spurs should get him.

He's great. Him and Splitter were an amazing duo in Spain.

Just signed by Barcelona, tho.

[SplitterHook]

Hehe splitter dominating Al Horford 1 on 1.

:D

[GB20]

tiago really needs to work in his free throws.

[SplitterHook]

tiago really needs to work in his free throws.

I'll never forgive the stupid spurs coach that thought it was a good idea to convince a 26yo CENTER to change his shooting motion.

He was a 67%+ FT shooter now he barely hits 50%

Fucking idiots.

[SplitterHook]

huertas is a PnR monster.

he would be really good in the NBA game, he would adapt much better than Rubio.

[GB20]

i feel bad for tiago with his free throws.

[GB20]

he was 2/11 from his free throws.

[BRs.Ganso]

marcelo huertas is really good. the spurs should get him.

Brazil 70-64 Dominician Republic

Huertas 16pts 5 reb 3as 28min
Marquinhos 15 pts 3 reb 31min
Giovanonni 14 pts 3 reb 29 min
Rafa Hetts 10 pts 1 reb 12 min

Martinez 19 pts
Horford 12 pts
F.Garcia 11 pts

[BRs.Ganso]

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what about this?

[BRs.Ganso]

Huertas is awesome, but saying he would be better than Rubio is saying nothing. Rubio just absolutely flat out sucks.

Rubio is sucks

most overrated PG in basketball today

but he still young, hope he develop his potential... because the last 2 years I don't see any difference with his basketball.

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=184094

let's participate, forever and other guys! :toast

[mountainballer]

I suggested this before and I was literally attacked by the entire forum and called a liar, a troll, an idiot, etc.

Link?
none attacked you regarding anything about Huertas.
maybe because the moment you suggested this, literally the entire forum already knew about Huertas and his talents.
so you are a liar.

btw. you announced to put me on your ignorer list, so you can't see this post.

[yavozerb]

With nothing else to watch I thought I would get this thread going since so many Spurs prospects will be in this tourney. Site also follows games leading up to the tourney..Also added site for the fiba tourney in Arg. later this month.

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/default.asp

http://www.mardelplata2011.com/en/default.asp

Games are underway...Only spur prospect playing right now is Sanikidze who already has 6 pts, 6 rbs, 3 ast, 1 stl early in the 2nd. Can follow with link above

[yavozerb]

Sanikidze finished with 13pts, 11rbs, 4 asts on the game. Georgia won the 81-59 over Belgium

Here are some live feeds..http://www.totalsportsmadness.com/2011/08/26/eurobasket-2011-live-stream-online/

[timmike2]

lol at this homer commentator saying davis bertans was drafted 27 pick by the dallas mavericks..

[yavozerb]

Bertans with 9 pts, 3 rbs, 1bs and looked very good today for Latvia...

TP with 31 pts and 7 asts. Pretty much took over the game in the 4th with scoring and breaking down the defense then finding open players.

Lorbek also lead Slovenia to a win over Bulgaria with 18 pts and 9rbs

[velik_m]

http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/files/%7BCDC20E06-05FC-4D88-8C9D-B783A60C10DA%7Dflexible.jpg

[Bruno]

Sanikidze finished with 13pts, 11rbs, 4 asts on the game. Georgia won the 81-59 over Belgium


Sanikidze is a good athlete who plays with tons of energy. He is a fun player to watch. That's too bad he is so limited offensively.

[yavozerb]

Sanikidze is a good athlete who plays with tons of energy. He is a fun player to watch. That's too bad he is so limited offensively.

Here some highlights from his own personal dunk contest today..
http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/cid_4,w7QjPeH-M,ty138LH2l3.teamID_2187.compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf 9le2.season_2011.roundID_7526.coid_R9Cxckn9JGUO,nT YcRK9P2.articleMode_on.html

Highlights from Latvia vs france:
http://www.eurobasket2011.com/en/default.asp?cid=%7B13FE876A-D668-47E5-BFDF-C043215442BF%7D&compID=%7BD166E39E-2323-4863-B229-76357A926FA2%7D&season=2011&roundID=7526&gameID=7983-B-3-1