hckošice 13,246 Posted July 3, 2021 #201 Share Posted July 3, 2021 wait, what ? You had to pay to organize the Final Qualifying Tournament ? Is this really what you said ? dcro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,236 Posted July 3, 2021 #202 Share Posted July 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, hckošice said: wait, what ? You had to pay to organize the Final Qualifying Tournament ? Is this really what you said ? yes lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,199 Posted July 3, 2021 #203 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I hope Lithuania wins because I REALLY don't want Slovenia in our group. Our team has much better guards than LTU but Doncic would wreck us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted July 3, 2021 #204 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Just now, intoronto said: yes lol but, why ? Was this sort of known in advance, like, guys we will offer 4 spots in 4 final tournaments, you can host one of them, just pay 2-3 mil. ? I thought nothing can surprise me anymore during this cycle, I see I was totally wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NearPup 2,156 Posted July 3, 2021 #205 Share Posted July 3, 2021 4 minutes ago, hckošice said: but, why ? Was this sort of known in advance, like, guys we will offer 4 spots in 4 final tournaments, you can host one of them, just pay 2-3 mil. ? I thought nothing can surprise me anymore during this cycle, I see I was totally wrong FIBA wants the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,246 Posted July 3, 2021 #206 Share Posted July 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, NearPup said: FIBA wants the money. Well, I believe we all want too. But that's no reason to sell Olympic qualifying tournaments orgaizations like somewhere in the market. Damn, now I feel even more sorry for Croatia (and others eventually losing hosts), so much money thrown in vain for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vektor 3,195 Posted July 3, 2021 #207 Share Posted July 3, 2021 We don't have free streams for this event, right? I might watch the finals tomorrow if I can for free, but I don't care enough to pay for a couple of matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,236 Posted July 3, 2021 #208 Share Posted July 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, hckošice said: but, why ? Was this sort of known in advance, like, guys we will offer 4 spots in 4 final tournaments, you can host one of them, just pay 2-3 mil. ? I thought nothing can surprise me anymore during this cycle, I see I was totally wrong FIBA is known for this. They used to have 4 wildcards picked for the World Championships, and Im sure many countries paid bribes to get one of those slots. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,860 Posted July 3, 2021 #209 Share Posted July 3, 2021 2 hours ago, nenad said: Serbia and Italy tomorrow for the Olympics. I'd say it's a 50-50 match given how are we playing and in what roster. We really really don't have any plus players on defensive side don't overestimate Italy... we're the perfect team to make Marjanovic look Wilt Chamberlain... we only rely on 3-pt shooting...and given the pressure of the event itself (not to mention the fact that we go mad when we face teams from the former Jugoslavija), there's no chance we can keep a high percentage... really, I don't see how we could give any sort of trouble to your team...especially with this roster... Gianlu33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nenad 359 Posted July 3, 2021 #210 Share Posted July 3, 2021 18 minutes ago, phelps said: don't overestimate Italy... we're the perfect team to make Marjanovic look Wilt Chamberlain... we only rely on 3-pt shooting...and given the pressure of the event itself (not to mention the fact that we go mad when we face teams from the former Jugoslavija), there's no chance we can keep a high percentage... really, I don't see how we could give any sort of trouble to your team...especially with this roster... Well, as I said, we have many injuries and are playing poorly. All our main defensive guys are out Jović, Kalinić, Lučić, Lazić.. So we don't have good defenders on the roster, and it's a problem that shows. Bjelica is totaly out of form, Marjanović looks pretty much unplayable on defense, our guards have never been good defenders and we have some black hole type minutes in matches where we dissapear completely. Italy has the tools to make it a game for sure, spreading out our defense playing Melli at the 5, Fontechio is playing great, Polonara can shoot and Mannion looked good so far in the tournament. So, before tournament I said it's around 75% for Serbia to qualify, I would say it's 50-50 now. 58 minutes ago, hckošice said: but, why ? Was this sort of known in advance, like, guys we will offer 4 spots in 4 final tournaments, you can host one of them, just pay 2-3 mil. ? I thought nothing can surprise me anymore during this cycle, I see I was totally wrong Yes, it was well known, it was the case in 2016 as well. You apply for hosting the tournament with your offer, how much money, what is your plan for hosting, which city, which arena, which hotels etc. It should be anonymous and then FIBA decides who wins it. So Serbia won it both for women's basketball and men's basketball and won it also in 2016 for the men. hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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