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  1. Rastapopoulos

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    Scola still got it. Canada is stacked, but Argentina won:
     
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    Rastapopoulos Well-Known Member

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    Top 5 plays of day 1:
     
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    Scola is made for FIBA play. Didn't he win a couple of MVPs Rasta?
     
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    Day 2:
     
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    If he didn't, he should've. He's probably the greatest Argentinian ever, for international play, even more than Ginobili, just for the fact that he's always there for Argentina.

    If I could have any player's game now, in my advanced age, it would have to be Scola's, just because it enables him to kick ass still, being slow as molasses and unable to jump over a book.
     
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    Barea went OFF today:
     
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    Ayon (currently with Real Madrid) went crazy on previously unbeaten Argentina:

     
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    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Is anybody playing defense? I have to wonder about the overall quality of play when over-the-hill and/or marginal NBA players are lighting it up for 35+ points.

    When was the last time Scola scored 35 in an NBA game, 5 or 6 years ago? Barea has been in the league for 9 seasons and doesn't have a single 30-point game. Ayon's career high is 18 points. Sounds like some pretty weak competition when all 3 of these guys are going off for 35+.

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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    International "Basketball," lol...
     
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    Remember, both Argentina and Puerto Rico have beaten Team USA...
     
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    Better than D league basketball
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    The skill level may be better, but the rules are much, much, MUCH sillier. That stupid-looking ball, for starters...
     
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    I love that they don't have a 3sec rule in the paint or ticky tac goal tending calls
     
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    BlazerWookee UNTILT THE DAMN PINWHEEL!

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    They can't have a 3 second rule, it takes almost 4 seconds for even the fastest big men to run from one side of that trapezoidal abomination they call a key to the other, lol...
     
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    You mean guys like Dirk and Sabonis or even Marc Gasol?
     
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    Gobert is a beast..France is fun to watch
     
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    In a big upset, Venezuela beats Canada (who had been blowing out teams by 20-30 points minimum):
     
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    Argentina vs. Mexico. Packed house, Ginobili watching: Scola passes Oscar Schmidt as all-time FIBA Americas scorer:
     
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    GriLtCheeZ "Well, I'm not lookin' for trouble."

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    Whoa! Oscar!!! Congrats to Scola. I used to name drop Oscar whenever I'd meet Brazilians. For Yugoslavs it would be Bodiroga.
     
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