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LOL Spanoulis, the Greek God of Turnovers
Bow down, KBP:
Speaking of Barcelona, I just watched them allowing their opponents 4 (four) point in the first quarter. In a playoffs game, playing a solid team, a team that made the Eurocup quarter-finals. Their defense is NBA quality - not high-level NBA defense, but they play on that side of the court like NBA teams. They have the athleticism + defensive intensity of a NBA teams. Plus a few guys who would actually be quality defenders in the NBA: Rubio, Fran Vazquez, Mickeal, N'Dong...
About the parity and compe iveness: Barcelona had a single loss vs. non-Spanish teams in the Euroleague this season and it was a 1 point loss. In the final 4 they beat their opponents by a 15 point average margin. They ended the season with a ridiculous point differential for the "short in possessions per game European basketball", +14 or something, which was more than the double of the previous record for an Euroleague winner. Obviously, they'll also win the ACB comfortably because they're so much better than anyone else in Europe, but at least they've already been defeated 3 times and I'm expecting that at least someone will put a fight on them during the playoffs, fight them to one or two close games, maybe even steal one. But the point is that the ACB's lower class is more compe ive than the Euroleague's one. No Union Olimpijas, Ententes and Ewe Baskets for good teams to feast on.
LOL Spanoulis, the Greek God of Turnovers
Bow down, KBP:
Rubio
mogrovejo
Maybe you should go to dictionary.com and look up word compe ive.
He was voted 4th best point guard this year and his team won a championship which elevated his number in the vote by several places.I'm just waiting for your comments on Barcelona's domination of European basketball.
Are they the best European team ever? Or an overrated team that only made the playoffs because of some fluky wins due to their streaky shooters?
No, I said Rubio was the best point-guard in Spain but that was months ago. Once again, I'm proven right:
Rubio's swept the election for the PG position for All-ACB first team. Players, coaches, fans and press all voted for him first. You said Prigioni and Llull were better than him, you are proven a liar.
Now, I think he's the best point-guard in Europe. Once again I'm seeing ahead of time, this will be unanimous next season. Actually I'm expecting him to become the best European point-guard next season, something people will understand the following year.
He will not be in any all Euroleague team next year either. Barca is not 1/10 good enough of a team to repeat.
He has never seen a Euroleague game. He just makes up everything. If you ever took time to read what he says and compare it to events after you would realize that.Rubio
mogrovejo
I'm not sure how to say this... the vote happened before the final 4. I mean, the teams were announced before the final 4. His team winning pumped his vote even though the voting had already occurred before the win? You're sounding a bit illogical.
That makes it. Barcelona to repeat without being defeated the entire compe ion. KBP's trackrecord is that good.
Barcelona - Gran Canaria
Caja Laboral Baskonia - Asefa
Real Madrid - Cajasol
Power Valencia - Unicaja
Teams in bold advanced. Everybody swept except Real. Unicaja over Valencia as the only upset.
Second round started today, with Barcelona playing Unicaja. If you want to see a clinic of point-guard play (including how to tear apart a zone, the Lakers should take notes from this) watch this game: http://acb360.orange.es/diferidos/LACB/54/319
Real Madrid and Caja Laboral Baskonia play tomorrow, 4 pm eastern time.
Caja Laboral beats Real Madrid in game 1. Bad basketball game. Good displays from the Alaskan Assassin Brad Oleson and Spurs bond Splitter for Baskonia; Tomic's class, Reyes fighting spirit, Vidal's defense and Velickovic's scoring weren't enough for Real who suffered from a lack of outside scoring. Jaric is pitiful, still scoreless in the playoffs. Real is probably the worst Messina team ever and by far. They don't have any kind of cohesiveness.
5 penetration moves from Rubio's game yesterday. That's how you break a pressure zone:
Barcelona sweeps Unicaja and it's the first finalist. Nice game, they won by double digits but started the 4th quarter trailing, always interesting to see a team making it compe ive against BCN, even if only for 3/4 of the game.
Caja Laboral leads Real Madrid 2-0, 3rd game tomorrow.
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