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    Because Croatia has more stars and had been playing better.
     
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    An amazing game just finished. Slovenia v Latvia 103-97. Absolutely amazing game.

    26 pts/6 rebs and 8 asts for Dragic
    27 points and 9 rebounds for Doncic who will be a huge huge player in a few years.

    Porzingis score 34 with 6 rebs.
    Bertans scored 23 with 6 threes.
     
    GDiama, Sep 12, 2017
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    Writeup here.

    Reminder: Doncic is still 18. He's also around 6'7" and out-rebounded Porzingis.

    (Slovenia has a ringer: apparently ex-Warrior Anthony Randolph is Slovenian.)
     
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    Here's the full game:

     
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    I have never seen such a mature basketball player at the age of 18 as Doncic. He understands the game like a 30 year old guy and it has been like that for a year now. He could even do it at the age of 17.
     
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    Oh boy. Slovenia destroyed Spain and they are in the final for the first time. Doncic has 11 pts/12 rebs/8 asts and not turnovers! The guy is a cheat!
     
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    I said that Spain were the Warriors of Eurobasket - I guess this is 2016, though.
    Kudos to Slovenia - it wasn't close.
    Spain were without Rudy and Sergio Llull, but Slovenia were without Beno Udrih, Zoran Dragic and Bostjan Nachbar. The legend of Luka Doncic is born!

     
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    Batum waits until he's no longer a Blazer to dedicate himself fully to 1 team and NOT play Eurobasket...

    :smiley-195517897341
     
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    You mean the team that COMMITTED TO HIM and paid him a fucking fortune? Imagine that.

    Actually, I think it has more to do with getting old and having various aches and pains.
     
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    We paid Batum. :devilwink:
     
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    Talking of Nic, for some reason I was watching a highlight reel of Cody Zeller dunks (internet rabbit hole) and couldn't help noticing how many were on pick and rolls run by Batum:

     
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    And then traded him for spare parts.
     
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    It's going to be an all-ex-Yugoslavia final, because Serbia beat Russia (AKA: the -ics beat the -ovs).

    Shved went down gunning and will be the leading scorer for Eurobasket, but Boban and Bogdan were too much. However, Serbia lost a key player as their PG Stefan Jovic (who was leading Eurobasket in steals, and intrigues me, because he's a 6'6" PG) "limped off". So Slovenia, a country of 2 Million people, should be favorite.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Sep 15, 2017
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    Dont get intrigued because the guy cannot shoot and has chronic back issues :D
     
    GDiama, Sep 15, 2017
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    Watch him go back to the Warriors for peanuts.
     
    Rastapopoulos, Sep 17, 2017
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    TOO LATE!
     
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