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Latvia is not a weak team, they may look weak on paper but they played a great tournament, had some big wins without 2 very very important players and they were one shot away from the semifinals. So, that's not a fluke, they're fantasticaly coached and played great basketball. For starters they are in a far better position to be ahead of France and Turkey in OQT next year, because France is already qualified and Turkey didn't qualify for OQT. And beside that all those other teams except maybe Spain don't have roster better than Latvia. Greece, Italy, Lithuania haven't showed nothing at this tournament to show that they're better than Latvia. Also, Slovenia could still qualify at this WC.

Nije da nisam pisao da ljudi koji to pišu realno ne poznaju dovoljno košarku. Što naravno ne znači da je sad posle jedne ovakve pobede bezgrešan. Mi kao nacija mada nije generalno do nas nego je to stanje svuda rekao bih smo ili crni ili beli, ništa nema sivo ili neku nijansu da ima.. Gledao sam komentar na nekom od podcasta gde je lik napisao u komentaru da Bogdan nije za kapitena, Kari za selektora itd. Sve mi je jasno ali da Bogdan nije za kapitena, takvu glupost ne pročitah odavno, a to je bio jedan od onih najlajkovanijih komentara. Ovo danas je bila defanzivna klinika Pešića, sve ono što on želi od svoje šeme odbrane od pika je danas uspeo iako je Litvanija otvorila trojkama 5 od 5 i gde je Valančiunas pogodio ono što smo ga izazivali da pogodi, a to je ona prva trojka (što je koncepcijski rizik takvog načina odbrane od pika). Iskreno, mislio sam da ova grupa igrača ne može to da iznese na ovaj način, ali svaka im čast, jako je bilo malo propusta u odbrani a i u napadu kad smo počelik da igramo zrelije, sve je došlo na svoje mesto. Što se tiče polufinala, nama bi realno Slovenija bila mnogo lakši rival. Pogotovo što bi pobeda Slovenije nad Kanadom bila pobeda slabijeg tima nad dosta boljim, odnosno što bi za tu pobedu bio potreban neki scenario poput Litvanije protiv SAD, što nije održivo za ekipu takvog kvaliteta 2 utakmice zaredom protiv odličnih protivnika, što se pokazalo i danas na primeru Litvanije. Međutim, pošto pobeda znači kvotu, biram Kanadu svaki put, pa nek se pobijemo pošteno u petak. Iako bih rekao da su na toj utakmici šanse 65-35 za Kanadu. Kvota sa ovim sastavom tima bez obzira na žreb bi bila ogroman uspeh.

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Više sreće nego pameti. Da vidimo sad jesmo li ekipa ili smo go kurac. Ako na SP izgubiš i od Italije i od Litvanije ni ne treba da uradiš nešto. Iskreno, mislim da dobijamo.

Who is clear favorite for SRB vs LTU?

A legend.

Nešto razmišljam, uopšte nije nerealna opcija da imamo samo jednu ekipu u timskim sportovima na OI: žensku odbojku. Ok, tu je 3x3, ali mi je to nešto kao kajak četvorosed.

Congrats to South Sudan, always nice to see that kind of a story. Luol Deng has did wonders for them. I have massive respect for people like him and Dončić who go back to its roots even though they don't get nothing in return financially.

Treba reći da mi nemamo luksuz da nam otkaže ceo jedan tim ili se povredi misteriozno. Mada i kao takvi se može nešto uraditi. Evo primer Brazila recimo i Letonije. To je kad je postavljen sistem igre u napadu koji ne zavisi baš uvek od raspoloženja jednog igrača. Luka je danas dosta presedeo, Slovenija jeste izgubila nešto za to vreme, ali ne mnogo. Letonci igraju bez Porzingisa i starijeg Bertansa.. Brazilcima se povredio Neto.. Svi mogu da izvuku nešto preko kvaliteta, mi ne možemo ni u okviru kvaliteta. Našim igračima je više potreban psiholog nego trener. Kako drugačije objasniti neke stvari danas od Bogdana.

Soooo now Slovenia vs Germany could play to lose so they avoid Canada..

Well done Brazil. I still can't get my head out of that out of bounds call. Clear shot clock violation and the ref AFTER seeing the video says, shot clock was reset because he had a rebound, he clearly didn't. I can't beleive it.

What a call I can't beleive it. If I'm Brazil coach i would've been thrown out of this game. These officials are incredible idiots.

Pogledaj kako igraju Slovenci a kako mi u napadu. Svemirska razlika. Moderna košarka nasuprot ničemu.

They don't mean much in terms of seeding and in terms of the tournament it will all come down to: 1. luck in the draw 2. who shows up for natl teams only couple of weeks after nba season and european leagues have ended and 3. who pays for organization of the tournament. It was much bigger chance for teams like Serbia and Lithuania and Italy to qualify in this bracket for OQ spot directly rather than through OQT.

To be honest, better for us to lose to DR and not bother with 3 more meaningless games in the WC.

That's it for us. Italy vs Lithuania will play for an Olympic quota. Second quota probably goes to winner of Slovenia vs Germany.

Neverovatno kako nas je usrao žreb i kako smo opet usrali motku. Svaka nam čast.

Japan is a win vs Cape Verde away from winning the quota.

New Zealand very poorly reacted to Greek defensive pressure in the 2nd half. Maybe this will give them boost to play their best game vs Lithuania on friday but LTU has to be favorite to place 2nd in the new group and reach QF. We looked good in the opening round, but the group was bad. Still given Italy's woes so far we have to be favorites to win the 1st place in new group. Serbia vs Lithuania so far looks like it could be QF for very probably Olympic quota place. But anything can happen really.

Or maybe they won't

Latvia played great 15 minutes and still losing at the half. Canada is just that good.

Or with the American.

I think people just focus more on the start and end of the game when in fact every possesion is of same value. But it's important to set the tone and how you finish of course, don't get me wrong. Anyway, not a single quality match today. Was hoping maybe Brazil can offer some sort of resistence, but start of the 4th for them was brutal. I'm already looking at matches for the last day of group stage and I can't find a single interesting AND quality game on Wednesday, it's a joke really.

It's not that uncommon in FIBA to start with your not best 5. I've seen plenty of examples.