Comments on: Letdown in Spain

By: Ararat

Ararat — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:38:16 +0000

Just As I Predicted, team Fat Turkey has another dissapointing performance. Maybe its time to retire basketball in the country, just stop embarrasing yourselves and an entire nation

By: Hoopcity

Hoopcity — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:07:51 +0000

I heard that Hedo and Memo where travelling with two benzes behind the team’s bus instead of being in the bus….that sounds like great team chemistry.
Spain vs. Slovenia in the finals whil Greece and Lithuania playing for the third.France is on and off depending on Tony’s outing in each game.
Germany fails in the quarters to Spain and should be happy if they can get to the Olympic qualifiying tournament.
Croatia….coddamn Marko Popovic, cant stand this guy….Kasun never learned to stay out of foul trouble and Ukic has some good and too many bad moments in Spain,
my boys cant get it done this time, Vujcic is clearly missing under the boards, Prkacin is just average.I like Barac, a talented kid.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:45:10 +0000

Yes,I forgot about Laurynas,thanks for reminding me….
Dude,go home,you don’t have a clue about basketball superiority…
There are five players on the field,not one or two…Your knowledge about basketball doesn’t seem to be in place…Just because Slovenia is a small country,that doesn’t mean it is automatically worse than Turkey…The results speak for themselves…

Lithuania,Spain,Slovenia…That is my choice (ceprav mislim,da lahko sezejo se visje,oziroma so za mene ze sedaj carji…:)))
Greetings

By: can

can — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:42:48 +0000

türkiye sizinle geçen seneki gibi gurur duymaya devam ediyor. merak etmeyin. 2 gün sonra tüm bu malubiyetler unutulacak geriye herkes japonya’daki devleri hatırlayacak.geçen seneki mükemmel performansınızı sürdürseniz iyi olurdu, ama biz hep sizin arkanızda olacağız. şu anda ibrahim’in son saniye üçlüğü girse herkes farklı konuşuyor olurdu. önemli olan kalıcı başarıdır. ve türk bir genç oyuncu olarak bunu sağlayacak sen ve senin gibilerdir. bu nedenle moralinizi bozmayın, oyuna devam edin. bu arada italya maçındaki performansını da çok beğendim. defansta ve hücumda takıma ruh kattın. her şey için teşekkürler.
saygılar,
can

By: Brian Boytono

Brian Boytono — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:33:45 +0000

why do my honest comments get deleted. Hoopshype cant handle the truth. When you disagree with something. The word of hoopshype is the word of god?? I think not. Back when I was a world class figure skater Hoopshype writers were still suckling off there moms teets and I demand Some respect!

By: GDragon

GDragon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:19:33 +0000

a wonderful performance by the slovenian team to beat the germans. Laurynas you can’t be serious with the claim that slovenia or germany are worse teams than turkey. Perhaps with regards to individual stars, okur and turkoglu are probably better than any other slovenian player, but seeing those two in action or seing slovenian “nobody’s” leaving their heart out on the field is what counts. Turkey did well in pre-tournament and probably got cocky, felt they could do anything. And when the stars didn’t step-up, their game fell apart. Until they find a team spirit and a more balanced ratio of shots,they won’t achieve a big success.

Slovenija gre naprej!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:06:11 +0000

I agree with Mr.European.Honestly said,Turkey didn’t show anything,we haven’t seen before.Germany won 30 points over Turkey,Slovenia won against Germany for 30 points.

So Cenk,with respect,do not under-estimate other countries.Turkey is going home,because it is the only right thing to do.Maybe next year….

Be well

By: Mr.European

Mr.European — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:57:32 +0000

it’s a right time to say: “didn’t I tell that?” it was obvious for me before beginning of the eurobasket, that Turkey is not the team to watch out for… and Cenk’s way of writing is just not worth being blogged in an international website…

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:00:15 +0000

You guys aren’t serious. Here in Spain there are currently five teams,who really play with great team spirit. Those are : Spain,Lithuania,Russia,
France and Slovenia.In this championship they have demonstrated the best basketball!!
I’m not saying for the past few years,but in 2007 here in Spain,Turkey plays very,very bad!!!!!!
That’s the truth!Too many individuals,who don’t know how to fit in the team.
Best regards from Croatia

By: maslo

maslo — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:59:24 +0000

“Lithuania is the better, but Germany and Slovenia are much worse teams than Turkey.”
I just have to laugh on that… You say, that team who beat you for 30 points is worse than other team… ccccc.
I saw few pre-tournamet games of Turkey. You have played very well, like last year in China… but this now, this game, that you are playing right now, this is bullshit. Everybody depends on Hidayet and Mehmet… and both of them like this. Hidayet becomes very selfish player, he does not guard in defense… Okurs defense has never been strong enough to guard good “underbasket” players. And other players in team… they are hiding, they are playing like kids - pass it to Meho or Hedo.
What is missing in Turkey team - is teamspirit. Look other teams, Slovenia like. We do not have some star players in team (Udrih, Nachbar, Tušek…), but young ones are ready to bite the court and prove them selves.
Sometimes is team without real star much better, than team with star… and what I heard about Hedo, he is a STAR. They all should be like one, in Turkey team, there are 2 groups. Stars and nostars… But even nostars should be able to play, shoot and to guard… and leave heart on the court. Sometimes it happens, that better team doesnt win - but in many cases, the team with great teamspirit and team “one for all, all for one” will win.
I hope you saw game versus Slovenia… when we got the lead for 5 points, your game fall apart. Everyone were playing for stats, extremly Hedo. One guy can win the game, but tournamet can only win a team.