The 2009 French NT thread

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Eurobasket odds for 1-10 places from all main bookies.

Gold Medal
Spain 1.61

Silver Medal
Greece 10

Bronze Medal
France 13

4th place
Lithuania 15

5th place
Slovenia 21

6th place
Serbia 21

7th place
Croatia 26

8th place
Turkey 29

9th place
Russia 76

10th place
Poland 151

France is expected to win bronze.

[Freeze]

You LIED

You got proven as a LIAR

Now STFU

YOU lied, the link you gave is a game in France, the same I gave, not the Acropolis thing.

[Bruno]

Schedule for the Eurobakset first round (San Antonio time):
Monday 12:15pm against Germany.
Tuesday 12:15pm against Latvia.
Wednesday 9:30am against Russia.

[DPG21920]

Will they have links Bruno?

Also, Ian is very ripped. He has always looked lean, but man he is pretty jacked. I like his at ude when it comes to the Spurs. He knows how it works and that he will have to earn his spot.

That is good on the Spurs part for always being upfront and sometimes brutally honest.

[Bruno]

Will they have links Bruno?

You can watch the Eurobasket on espn 360.

Also, Ian is very ripped. He has always looked lean, but man he is pretty jacked.

Ian has chicken legs but a strong upper body.

[DPG21920]

Ya, he has always had "baby deer" legs. You can see him looking a little "clumsy-athletic" when he runs.

[DPG21920]

I am not seeing the link for the France-Germany game on 360. I see only Serbia-Spain & Turkey-Lithuania

[sonic21]

I am not seeing the link for the France-Germany game on 360. I see only Serbia-Spain & Turkey-Lithuania

some of the game are in the same time, so there won't be all the France games.

But there's other links, I (or someone else) will post them before the game.

[DPG21920]

cool...

[manufan10]

Can someone post updates for those of us that can't get the link?

[timaios]

Can someone post updates for those of us that can't get the link?

http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/default.asp

[manufan10]

http://www.eurobasket2009.org/en/default.asp

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Mahinmi hit his back............

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Germany 37

France 33

halftime

[spursfan09]

Germany 37

France 33

halftime

What would this win/loss mean?

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

What would this win/loss mean?

Nothing. It's just the first game.

[velik_m]

What would this win/loss mean?

Nothing much, but this Germany is a really bad team. There are players from second (!) German league in there.

[DPG21920]

So is Ian hurt?

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Nothing much, but this Germany is a really bad team. There are players from second (!) German league in there.

These idiots here actually believe France is some kind of good team because of all their "NBA stars". They are delusional. It won't matter if France loses every game they won't stop believing how "great" the "NBA stars" are.

Losing to Finland, losing to Belgium. Struggling against Germany..........they play like this against a good team and it will be a slaughter.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

So is Ian hurt?

I don't think so. He fell really bad on his back and it looked like he was. But then he got up so he must be ok.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

France won 70-65. They suck pretty much just as it seemed from the last two qualifying tournaments. Parker had to do everything for them to win against a crap German team.

They have no hope for a medal. None at all the way they have been playing.

[Bruno]

What a crappy game. Anyway, a win is a win but FNT has shown a lot of weaknesses (lack of shooting, lack of depth and size at PF/C...).

TP was damn bad during 3 and a half quarters before being awesome in the clutch.
Ian played few minutes in the first half. He was quite bad before hurting his back. He jumped over a German player and fall on his back a little like he did in D-League two years ago.
Nando was just awful. He was eaten alive defensively by German players, who are far from being great.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

This team only plays hard when it really matters. They beat this team without trying essentially.

lol OK you obviously did not watch the game.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

What a crappy game. Anyway, a win is a win but FNT has shown a lot of weaknesses (lack of shooting, lack of depth and size at PF/C...).

TP was damn bad during 3 and a half quarters before being awesome in the clutch.
Ian played few minutes in the first half. He was quite bad before hurting his back. He jumped over a German player and fall on his back a little like he did in D-League two years ago.
Nando was just awful. He was eaten alive defensively by German players, who are far from being great.

France needs to play much smarter from now on.

[Kill_Bill_Pana]

Yeah, I did. Their effort against Belgium and Italy was much greater. There was literally no hustle exhibited by them during this game. They only decided to give some effort towards the end and it was just enough to get a win.

They won't win if they try that against a good team.