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trash talkWhat they got to say now? Nothing they can say now. Mobbin' on the low. Winnin' on the lowThe city embraced me, made me feel at home. The only difference [between Compton and Toronto] for me is the cold. -DeMarNo Where Near the South Side #WeTheNorth
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last years reaction..... more specifically fourth quarters
What they got to say now? Nothing they can say now. Mobbin' on the low. Winnin' on the lowThe city embraced me, made me feel at home. The only difference [between Compton and Toronto] for me is the cold. -DeMarNo Where Near the South Side #WeTheNorth
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What they got to say now? Nothing they can say now. Mobbin' on the low. Winnin' on the lowThe city embraced me, made me feel at home. The only difference [between Compton and Toronto] for me is the cold. -DeMarNo Where Near the South Side #WeTheNorth
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What they got to say now? Nothing they can say now. Mobbin' on the low. Winnin' on the lowThe city embraced me, made me feel at home. The only difference [between Compton and Toronto] for me is the cold. -DeMarNo Where Near the South Side #WeTheNorth
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give me a hug sonWhat they got to say now? Nothing they can say now. Mobbin' on the low. Winnin' on the lowThe city embraced me, made me feel at home. The only difference [between Compton and Toronto] for me is the cold. -DeMarNo Where Near the South Side #WeTheNorth
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Karl Marx. wrote: View PostHe is Serbian actually. Greeks did not have recognizable NBA players other than Seikally.
Rasho Nesterovic
Kurt Rambis
Rony Seikaly
Peja Stojakovic
Kostas Koufos
Jake Tsakalidis
Marko Jaric
All of those Greek players had an impact in the NBA.
We can add Giannis Adetokunbo to the list now.
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joey_hesketh wrote: View PostMamba Mentality
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stretch wrote: View PostWe're opening up a can of worms here. From our friend Basilis (not me):
http://www.raptorsrepublic.com/forum...ghlight=pappas
We can add Giannis Adetokunbo to the list now.
As some of you might know, the number of foreign players on European teams in limited which is the reason players often take dual citizenship in order to be able to play as domestic players. After spending their youth careers in the same club Red Star Belgrade (in Serbia) both Jaric and Stojakovic have taken dual citizenship in order to be able to play as domestic players. It was the same way with Rambis who even had to change his name to Kyriakos Rambidis for a year in order to play as domestic player.
If Stojakovic and Jaric were not good enough to play for Serbian national team, they probably would play for Greek or some other national team as so many American players do. Bo McCalebb from New Orleans has taken Macedonian dual citizenship in order to show his skill on the big stage.
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Karl Marx. wrote: View PostIf Jaric and Stojakovic are Greek, how come they played for Serbian national team?
As some of you might know, the number of foreign players on European teams in limited which is the reason players often take dual citizenship in order to be able to play as domestic players. After spending their youth careers in the same club Red Star Belgrade (in Serbia) both Jaric and Stojakovic have taken dual citizenship in order to be able to play as domestic players. It was the same way with Rambis who even had to change his name to Kyriakos Rambidis for a year in order to play as domestic player.
If Stojakovic and Jaric were not good enough to play for Serbian national team, they probably would play for Greek or some other national team as so many American players do. Bo McCalebb from New Orleans has taken Macedonian dual citizenship in order to show his skill on the big stage.
Also I find your last paragraph pretty questionable. Serbia does produce many good basketball players. So does Greece. The Serbian program is no way definitively better than the Greek. To say if they weren't good enough to play for Serbia, then maybe they'd play for Greece, is pretty messed up.
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white men can't jump wrote: View PostAlso I find your last paragraph pretty questionable. Serbia does produce many good basketball players. So does Greece. The Serbian program is no way definitively better than the Greek. To say if they weren't good enough to play for Serbia, then maybe they'd play for Greece, is pretty messed up.
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Karl Marx. wrote: View PostWhat I meant is that players who can not play for their national team are often given chance to play for a different nation on dual citizenship. Many Americans are doing it in Europe. Having said that, Serbian program is better than Greek. The list of 7 best Greeks players includes two Serbs (Stojakovic and Jaric) Slovenian (Nesterovic) American (Rambis) Georgian (Tsakalidis) Greek American in Saikally and Koufos. How many players did Serbia produce? Vlade Divac, Nenad Krstic, Darko Milicic, Prerag Danilovic...to name the few.
The Greek system has consistently been one of the best in the world for decades. The Serbian one's glory faded slowly after the collapse of Yugoslavia. In the 80s and 90s, maybe that team was better, but it wasn't Serbia. I would argue that now, the Greek program is superior. And that the Serbian one has been stuck in the muck since the early 2000s when the old generation stopped playing. They lost talent pools over the last 2 decades as every country has become independent and they can no longer get all the athletes funneled into one system (that was centralized in Belgrade).Last edited by white men can't jump; Sat Aug 3, 2013, 08:30 AM.
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Karl Marx. wrote: View PostWhat I meant is that players who can not play for their national team are often given chance to play for a different nation on dual citizenship. Many Americans are doing it in Europe. Having said that, Serbian program is better than Greek. The list of 7 best Greeks players includes two Serbs (Stojakovic and Jaric) Slovenian (Nesterovic) American (Rambis) Georgian (Tsakalidis) Greek American in Saikally and Koufos. How many players did Serbia produce? Vlade Divac, Nenad Krstic, Darko Milicic, Prerag Danilovic...to name the few.
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