Casspi while the Eurobasket Qualifation
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Good game indeed for Casspi, although it always feels like he can do so much better if he didn't try too hard. He tried to force things a bit too much in the first half, but it did pay off with an excellent second half from him on both ends.
BTW, great overall performance by the entire team, both individually and in terms of team work. I think this was the first time I was actually impressed by the Israeli national team..
Boogie-havoc
Bench
What a block by Casspi in the 2nd half 
And what the hell was Ashton Kutcher doing in the game?
And what the hell was Ashton Kutcher doing in the game?
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Aren't you guys undefeated to this point? And so have you automatically qualified for next summer yet?
They are undefeated, and therefore currently in first place among the teams in their division, but I'm pretty sure they have to complete the entire round of games [the last one is on the 29th of August] before they can qualify. After the last game, the top two teams [out of Israel, Latvia, Italy, Montenegro, and Finland] will automatically qualify for the Eurobasket in 2011, and the remaining teams have to compete for a spot.
FromIsrael
Bench
We are undefeated. but only the 1st place gonna qulifie for the Next Summer comptetion (which is the EuroBasket2011 in Lithunia).
The 2nd place might qualifie either only if they got the most of the points from all of the 2nd places.
anywayz, Toamrrow Israel gonna play in Finland AWAY. and in Saturday the battle on the 1st place in Israel. Israel Vs Montenegro. This is going to be intresting till the last second.
The 2nd place might qualifie either only if they got the most of the points from all of the 2nd places.
anywayz, Toamrrow Israel gonna play in Finland AWAY. and in Saturday the battle on the 1st place in Israel. Israel Vs Montenegro. This is going to be intresting till the last second.
SuperPowerMultiPly
G-League
If anyone is interested, then Israel Vs Finland(Away) will begin in 30 minutes.
http://www.iba.org.il/media/
Click on the blinking text.
Good day
http://www.iba.org.il/media/
Click on the blinking text.
Good day
FromIsrael
Bench
Israel in AMAZING home win on Montenegro 77-73, Casspi with 30 POINTS!!! in hes best game in hes career.
Israel is back to the first place.
Its the FIRST lose of Montengro EVER since they are playin only from 2006.
Israel is back to the first place.
Its the FIRST lose of Montengro EVER since they are playin only from 2006.
That is awesome. Counting down until someone comments on the 4 rebounds... and he wants to be our starting SF...
its kinda hard to grab a lot of rebounds againts players like pekovic[next year he will play for minnesota]and vranes[7-6\2.29],the best rebounders in that game for israel were eliyahu and bluthenthal with 5 each one.
casspi stat so far:
PPG 19.3
RPG 5.3
APG 1.3
G Min 2P FG 3P FG FT Reb As PF TO St Bs Pts Avg
4 29.8 15/34 10/21 17/22 5.3 1.3 3.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 77 19.3
Armadillo
G-League
Just a quick correction to the above stats --
It's 5/12 2pt shots and 4/7 3pt shots, which combines to 9/19 FG.
You can watch all of Casspi's moves from the game (large file) --
http://www.maccabifans.co.il/forum/index.php?showtopic=19198
It's the first link in the first post (the post is in Hebrew).
It's 5/12 2pt shots and 4/7 3pt shots, which combines to 9/19 FG.
You can watch all of Casspi's moves from the game (large file) --
http://www.maccabifans.co.il/forum/index.php?showtopic=19198
It's the first link in the first post (the post is in Hebrew).
SuperPowerMultiPly
G-League
I don't think that 70MB is considered today a large file, i was expecting 700MB...
Thanks
Thanks4 rebounds?
Far from impressive, but we can probably count on 25 rebounds from our starting bigs, and our backups aren't much worse. I want generally consistent and balanced play from our starting SF; to be a deal killer a single flaw would have to be BIG, like "defends a lot worse than Kevin Martin," or "scores 9 points a game on 27% shooting." Rebounding alone ain't gonna do it.
Omri's problems last year were very typical of NBA rookies. I'm sure that, IF he has the same dedication to the NBA franchise as to the national team, he can give Donte a run for his money, and I think that would be a very good thing. I'm not trying to predict whether he will do that or not, but I'm very sure that he can if he truly wants to.
SuperPowerMultiPly
G-League
Far from impressive? it's 4 rebounds against a team with this roster:
Predrag Drobnjak: 6'11''
Nikola Pekovic: 6'11''
Slavko Vranes: 7'6''
vladimir golubovic: 7'0''
Vladimir Dasic: 6'10''
Milko Bjelica: 6'9''
Vladimir Dragicevic: 6'9''
Predrag Drobnjak: 6'11''
Nikola Pekovic: 6'11''
Slavko Vranes: 7'6''
vladimir golubovic: 7'0''
Vladimir Dasic: 6'10''
Milko Bjelica: 6'9''
Vladimir Dragicevic: 6'9''
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Boogie-havoc
Bench
Btw, JT came to Israel and attended the game yesterday.
Here's a small interview with him during the halftime.
[video]http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?folderid=403&docid=83665&lang=HE[/video]
Here's a small interview with him during the halftime.
[video]http://www.sport5.co.il/articles.aspx?folderid=403&docid=83665&lang=HE[/video]
piksi
Hall of Famer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ste4A1v5W-o
definitely wrong topic but still interesting to see how "brothers" spread love
definitely wrong topic but still interesting to see how "brothers" spread love
Boogie-havoc
Bench
Kristic goijng frenzy on baby-shaq!
Boogie-havoc
Bench
Wouldn't be suprised if the refs were all from Europe.
All those who follows the Euroleague knows these guys are clowns of the highest order.
And yea pounding at baby-shaq was a bad idea he didn't quite feel him only after like 5-6 seconds, but then he just stood up and made poor Kristic run for his life
All those who follows the Euroleague knows these guys are clowns of the highest order.
And yea pounding at baby-shaq was a bad idea
he didn't quite feel him only after like 5-6 seconds, but then he just stood up and made poor Kristic run for his life
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By the way, this "elephant" is Sofoklis Schortsanitis. His nickname is "Baby Shaq" (I think you understand why) and he recently signed in the Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Yeah, he came over here to try his luck in summer league this year after tearing up the greek leagues for a few years, and didn't look very good. Too short/heavy to have any explosiveness and couldn't bully guys even in summer league, so thought he'd be headed back to Europe somewhere.
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