Brazil vs. Argentina - Game Blog

[ALVAREZ6]

Today is the rematch of ARG-Brazil

[WalterBenitez]

BRA is favorite
my prediction ARG in overtime

[Spurs Brazil]

Reports here in Brazil are all the players are against the coach staff.

After the Argentina loss they have a players only meeting and decided the would do all by themselfs.

Marcos Vinicis, from the Hornets, is back to Brazil after he got injured in the tounament and in a interview for newspaper Lance, he said the players hate the coach and nobody respects him. He also said there aren't any specifics plays, only give the ball to Barbosa and wait

As I said in the beggining of the tournament, with this coach Brazil has no chance.

[smeagol]

Reports here in Brazil are all the players are against the coach staff.

After the Argentina loss they have a players only meeting and decided the would do all by themselfs.

Marcos Vinicis, from the Hornets, is back to Brazil after he got injured in the tounament and in a interview for newspaper Lance, he said the players hate the coach and nobody respects him. He also said there aren't any specifics plays, only give the ball to Barbosa and wait

As I said in the beggining of the tournament, with this coach Brazil has no chance.

I read the same reports in Argentina.

That guy must be a jerk or he must be clueless.

[ArgSpursFan]

Reports here in Brazil are all the players are against the coach staff.

After the Argentina loss they have a players only meeting and decided the would do all by themselfs.

Marcos Vinicis, from the Hornets, is back to Brazil after he got injured in the tounament and in a interview for newspaper Lance, he said the players hate the coach and nobody respects him. He also said there aren't any specifics plays, only give the ball to Barbosa and wait

As I said in the beggining of the tournament, with this coach Brazil has no chance.

I don´t think the coach is the issue here,but a Barboza issue.Some player like Marcos don´t want to depend only on Barboza,wich I agree,Coze there´s no S.Nash in this team like in Phoenix.
If they share the ball it´s gonna be a great game.No doubt.

[wildchild]

Reports here in Brazil are all the players are against the coach staff.

After the Argentina loss they have a players only meeting and decided the would do all by themselfs.

Marcos Vinicis, from the Hornets, is back to Brazil after he got injured in the tounament and in a interview for newspaper Lance, he said the players hate the coach and nobody respects him. He also said there aren't any specifics plays, only give the ball to Barbosa and wait

As I said in the beggining of the tournament, with this coach Brazil has no chance.

No name? Some of them:Nene. He hates the coach and all brazilian basketball organization. He didn't play WorldChampionship 2006 because of that.

[picnroll]

I didn't know Brazil had a coach.

[Spurs Brazil]

I don´t think the coach is the issue here,but a Barboza issue.Some player like Marcos don´t want to depend only on Barboza,wich I agree,Coze there´s no S.Nash in this team like in Phoenix.
If they share the ball it´s gonna be a great game.No doubt.

I think Barbosa is a problem but because of the coaching staff, who are terrible and let Barbosa be the "owner" of the team

Marcus Vinicius says the coach is afraid to scream at Nene or Leandro.

It's a big mess

[wildchild]

I think Barbosa is a problem but because of the coaching staff, who are terrible and let Barbosa be the "owner" of the team

Marcus Vinicius says the coach is afraid to scream at Nene or Leandro.

It's a big mess

Then the coach hasn't balls or personality. Really, I'm sorry for Brazilian National Team.

[ArgSpursFan]

I think Barbosa is a problem but because of the coaching staff, who are terrible and let Barbosa be the "owner" of the team

Marcus Vinicius says the coach is afraid to scream at Nene or Leandro.

It's a big mess

So it´s an Egos problem though.but not the coach.
they should understand that the NT jerseys is beyond the personal stats and protagonism.
But still,if they share the ball well like in the 1st half vs Argentina the other day,it will be a of a game.
I say the best D will win the game,regardless of the fgs %.

[Switchman]

These bas s at time warner took away my espn classic :

[ArgSpursFan]

These bas s at time warner took away my espn classic :

it would´ve been awsome.+now that Bowen is close to retirement,he would´ve been the perfect fit,for years to come.

[mardigan]

so mardigan, what do you think of Scola now, after last night's performance vs the US team?
Do you still think Bonner is better?

My take yesterday, maybe if you would read you would already know my take

He did look very good on offense, but he also wasnt be guarded by a NBA pf the whole game. He scored a lot of his points of of easy layups, but he moves well without the ball, and with Yaos passing, he could very well get a lot of easy looks next year
Hid d isnt great, but the foul trouble might be attributed to him having to guard sfs all game.
The only problem I saw, was that he did have a little trouble getting deep post position against smaller guys. I just want to see him play against an actual NBA pf

Again, I never said Bonner had more talent, only that RIGHT NOW, hes proven that he can play in the NBA, which Scola hasnt. SO again, what did I say that was wrong?

[Spurs Brazil]

A very nice article about Scola and Prigioni talking about Tiago

Prigioni said Tiago and Leandro are the main Brazil players and he likes to play with Tiago because he's a very fast player and he's always knows where he needs to be

Scola said he helped him a lot, especially on D because Tiago always guarded the best oppossite big man so Scola could save energy to play in the offense

Scola also said Tiago is ready to take a bigger hole this year with Tau and said the sky is the limit to Tiago

http://esporte.uol.com.br/basquete/u...t4356u902.jhtm



Splitter luta contra "inimigos íntimos" da Argentina
Giancarlo Giampietro
Enviado especial do UOL
Em Las Vegas (EUA)
Duas peças fundamentais da seleção argentina têm ligações estreitas com um dos destaques brasileiros no Pré-Olímpico. O armador Pablo Prigioni e o ala-pivô Luis Scola foram companheiros do pivô Tiago Splitter nas últimas quatro temporadas. Neste sábado, às 17 h (horário de Brasília), eles estarão de frente na disputa pela classificação a Pequim-2008.

Os dois argentinos são um dos poucos da equipe principal a se apresentarem para a competição em Las Vegas. E não desapontaram em suas funções. Scola, que assinou com o Houston Rockets para 2007-2008, é o oitavo cestinha do torneio, com 18,1 pontos por partida. Apesar da atenção que recebe a cada partida, isso não impediu que tivesse aproveitamento de 55,5 % nos arremessos. Já Prigioni é o líder disparado nas assistências, com 7,1 por jogo, contra cinco do segundo colocado, Jason Kidd.

Os dois jogadores não escondem a admiração pelo pivô catarinense ao comentar seu rendimento na competição. Depois de ser o destaque da seleção brasileira no Mundial, Splitter mantém a regularidade nos Estados Unidos. São as conseqüências de um progresso constante no basquete espanhol.

"Tiago está sendo um dos principais jogadores de sua equipe com Leandrinho. Acho que eles são a base da seleção", afirmou Prigioni. O pivô tem médias de 11,3 pontos, 7,2 rebotes e 1,3 toco por jogo.

Ambos os argentinos foram figuras importantes para esse crescimento. Como condutor do TAU, o armador foi quem controlou grande parte das jogadas para Splitter nos últimos anos na Espanha. "É muito fácil de jogar com ele, porque se trata de um pivô muito ágil e inteligente, que sabe se posicionar bem e está sempre atento em nossas movimentações", avaliou o armador.

Já Scola traz um efeito ambivalente para o catarinense. Sua presença e talento centralizaram os ataques do time basco no garrafão e relegaram Splitter para uma função de coadjuvante. Esse fator, porém, forçou o brasileiro a procurar desenvolver outros aspectos de seu jogo para ganhar espaço na equipe.

"Ele me ajudou muito. Sua forma de jogar complementou muito meu basquete. No ataque, ele se move constantemente e me liberava a quadra. Também é muito bom na defesa com seu tamanho e envergadura e, por isso, me poupou de marcar os jogadores maiores", afirmou o ala-pivô.

Splitter agora vai usar esses recursos defensivos novamente para tentar barrar o "mentor". Na partida da primeira fase, o jogador se deu bem na missão até se carregar de faltas. O argentino só jogou e foi decisivo quando o ex-companheiro saiu de quadra.

Depois do Pré-Olímpico, Splitter retorna ao TAU, mas dessa vez sem a sombra de Scola. O astro argentino afirma que o jogador está pronto para se tornar uma figura de impacto no basquete europeu e espanhol. "Ele vem jogando em um nível alto há um tempo, mas neste ano creio ele vai se firmar de maneira definitiva. É um jogador que não tem nenhum limite, magnífico, com muitas condições físicas, técnicas e com muita cabeça. Pode chegar aonde quiser."

[Cherry]

Brazil vs. Argentina (Lets do this!)

[Spurs Dynasty 21]

is this game on TV?