V Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Well I think the last years we are ready to conquer every sport we care about... The Americans were tougher than the other teams but by far not worthy of the Greek team.. Not the final with Spain... and the top of the basketball world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gran Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Go Grease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linder Posted September 1, 2006 Report Share Posted September 1, 2006 Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomasng Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Conquerers of what sport? I seem to recall Greece failed to even qualify for the World Cup, let alone win it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 Conquerers of what sport? I seem to recall Greece failed to even qualify for the World Cup, let alone win it......... I still can't understand how they became European Champions... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 You Europeans....sheesh....if they ever played a game w/ NBA rules, the Portland Trailblazers benchwarmers would beat the Greek National team by 50 points. Plus, I love the spin about not having an NBA player on the team...didn't Vassilis Spanoulis just sign a 3 year deal w/ the Rockets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 You Europeans....sheesh....if they ever played a game w/ NBA rules You mean whereby drug testing was banned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratchpot Posted September 2, 2006 Report Share Posted September 2, 2006 You Europeans....sheesh....if they ever played a game w/ NBA rules, the Portland Trailblazers benchwarmers would beat the Greek National team by 50 points. mmmm....sour grapes, so tasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nxuan Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 mmmm....sour grapes, so tasty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waxon Waxoff Posted September 6, 2006 Report Share Posted September 6, 2006 Greece didn't have such a great time in the final though. The fact is, the rest of the world has caught up to the U.S. in basketball. The U.S. needs to take the Olympics and Worlds very seriously if they want to win. They don't have the huge advantage of talent and experience that they did with the Dream Team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le-LibanoMarseillais Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Americans cant simply accept defeat ? u guys think you rule in basket ? well us Greeks showed u a bit of what basketball is all about ! like football, the US is soooo [censored] in it, that it promotes it as a girls sport ! what a laught i get when they say that football (or soccer, how they call it) is a girls game ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANOS Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 first of all excellent OLYMPIC GAMES in 2004, european champions on football 2004, first position in eurovision song test 2005, beat usa in baskeball and got the second position in mundobasket and all these things by a 11million country! please bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 european champions on football 2004 Admit it, even the Greeks were surprised by this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANOS Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Admit it, even the Greeks were surprised by this. u have too admit also that u an expert on rep but a little bit bad with greeks also u never won a euro unless u have the better championship in the world!by the way which team do u support? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 u have too admit also that u an expert on rep but a little bit bad with greeks also u never won a euro unless u have the better championship in the world!by the way which team do u support? I'm English and I support England. However, if France isn't playing against England, I support France as I live here. This way, I get to go to the pub twice. ps. How did Greece do in the World Cup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadog13 Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 (edited) ... Edited September 7, 2006 by dadog13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THANOS Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 I'm English and I support England. However, if France isn't playing against England, I support France as I live here. This way, I get to go to the pub twice. ps. How did Greece do in the World Cup? SORRY I FORGOT THE LAST EUROBASKET!I DONT REMEMBER WHO TOOK IT REALLY! WAS ENGLAND? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archibald Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Do you guys only follow basketball during big tournaments, or do you just not get any NBA games on TV? NBA basketball is practically a different sport from International basketball and requires individual players to have a completely different set of skills and teams to play a completely different strategy. Look, as a greek-american I'm proud of the greek team, but statements like "the US has lost its dominance in basketball" are just flat out dumb--one game played by good-but-not-the-best American players who don't even play together on a regular basis, playing by rules most of them have never played by in their lives isn't exactly a bellweather of who's dominant. A better test is this: the euro players that come over don't exactly have a stellar record--most of them are solid if not remarkable players and given the money NBA teams offer, we can assume these guys are the best europe has to offer. If the europeans ever decide to put to gether a dream team, come over to play a decent NBA team with NBA rules-I'll gladly take bets on the outcome. After all, if the USA has lost it's dominance, that should be easy, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 Do you guys only follow basketball during big tournaments, or do you just not get any NBA games on TV? Do you get British Superbike racing in the US? How about French Volleyball? That's how important NBA is outside the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 7, 2006 Report Share Posted September 7, 2006 A better test is this: the euro players that come over don't exactly have a stellar record--most of them are solid if not remarkable players and given the money NBA teams offer, we can assume these guys are the best europe has to offer. Is Tony Parker that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted September 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2006 Somehow I forgot to check this topic again.. It was not our talent that won the EURO but our SPIRIT and BALLS (and of course our defense) P.S. And we were not surprised we won it.. When we really want something we can achieve even the most amazing stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linder Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 So you admit to using trick balls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tracy Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 Americans cant simply accept defeat ? u guys think you rule in basket ? well us Greeks showed u a bit of what basketball is all about ! like football, the US is soooo [censored] in it, that it promotes it as a girls sport ! what a laught i get when they say that football (or soccer, how they call it) is a girls game ! The NBA IS an International association, no longer an American one... As for Greece,... and any country, players do their best to gain the attention of the NBA hoping to become a part of our American teams... Your Greek Star, Schortsanitis, has already been purchased by the L.A. Clipppers... so I will see him being dunked on, by our Kobe on a daily basis... http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writ....nba/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted September 12, 2006 Report Share Posted September 12, 2006 The NBA IS an International association, no longer an American one... How is that possible? Is that like your World Series being just North America? Your National Basketball Association is International? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Tracy Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 How is that possible? Is that like your World Series being just North America? Your National Basketball Association is International? What I mean is that NBA teams are made from the best that the world has to offer. Many, Many of the players are imported from the international market.... Who would have ever thought, that Our tallest player, would come from China... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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