Basketball 2023 Discussion Thread

[intoronto 4,244]

Embarrassingly Canada lost to Germany in a warm up match. I get the chemistry isn't there and this is the first game, so hoping they can build on the chemistry!

[Josh 5,725]

On 8/9/2023 at 2:07 PM, intoronto said:

Embarrassingly Canada lost to Germany in a warm up match. I get the chemistry isn't there and this is the first game, so hoping they can build on the chemistry!

Didn't watch the match, but I believe our top players weren't playing in the 4th quarter.  We were also without Jamal Murray, who (probably for resting purposes) chose to sit out of all exhibition games. Germany is a good team (IMO I think you're underestimating them), wouldn't put too much thought into this result. Do agree our chemistry could be an issue though.

[OlympicsFan 783]

On 8/9/2023 at 11:07 PM, intoronto said:

Embarrassingly Canada lost to Germany in a warm up match. I get the chemistry isn't there and this is the first game, so hoping they can build on the chemistry!

Germany won bronze at last year's european championships. When did Canada last do anything internationally?

Edited August 12, 2023 by OlympicsFan

[OlympicsFan 783]

3 hours ago, Josh said:

Didn't watch the match, but I believe our top players weren't playing in the 4th quarter.  We were also without Jamal Murray, who (probably for resting purposes) chose to sit out of all exhibition games. Germany is a good team (IMO I think you're underestimating them), wouldn't put too much thought into this result. Do agree our chemistry could be an issue though.

Your top players didn't play the 4th quarter because they got thrashed. Without them your team was looking much better. Also Germnany was up by 15 points or so at half and then sadly decided to take it easy, otherwise it probably would have been a blow-out.

[hckošice 13,267]

Yesterday, the exactly 100 years of Basketball in Czechia/Slovakia were celebrated.

 

And it was symbolically a vs 3x3 game played, at the border crossing Lazy pod Makytou (SK) / Čertov – Kohútka (CZ)

 

Edited September 15, 2023 by hckošice

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[Josh 5,725]

Joel Embiid commits to playing for Team USA at the upcoming Olympics.

 

 

 

[Henry_Leon 1,235]

EuroLeague & EuroCup: round 2 games suspended for Israel's teams

The BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 2 game between Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv and Wolves Vilnius, which was scheduled to be played on October 11, and the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 2 game between EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv, scheduled for October 12, have been suspended following the terror attacks and onset of armed conflict in Israel.

 

 

EuroLeague & EuroCup: round 3 games for Israel's teams has been switched

 

The order of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague and BKT EuroCup Round 3 games involving Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv have been switched.

The BKT EuroCup Regular Season Round 3 game between Hapoel Shlomo Tel Aviv and Umana Reyer Venice, scheduled for October 17, will be played in Venice instead of Tel Aviv while Round 12 game will be played in Tel Aviv.

 

The Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Regular Season Round 3 game between Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv and Valencia Basket, scheduled for October 18, will be played in Valencia instead of Tel Aviv while Round 32 game will be played in Tel Aviv

 

This decision has been taken following the terror attacks and onset of armed conflict in Israel.

[Henry_Leon 1,235]

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv to play its EuroLeague home games in Belgrade (Serbia)

In a meeting held in Istanbul, Turkiye, on October 24, the Euroleague Commercial Assets' shareholders have agreed that Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv will play all of its upcoming home games at Aleksandar Nikolic Hall in Serbia's capital, Belgrade.

 

Maccabi will play its first home game there against FC Bayern Munich on November 9. Maccabi's Round 6 meeting with Real Madrid, which was originally scheduled for November 2, is suspended and will be played at a later date.

 

This decision has been taken considering the impossible nature of hosting games in Tel Aviv due to security concerns derived from the ongoing armed conflict in the area.

Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv has received the support of the Belgrade Municipality and the Serbian Government and will engage in conversations to plan the necessary security measures that protect the integrity of all individuals, which remains the ultimate priority for Euroleague Basketball and its clubs. Said security measures will be presented to the Euroleague Basketball office and the rest of the teams for review.

 

 

Round 2 game between EA7 Emporio Armani Milan and Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv is rescheduled at October 31st in Milan