We can also listen to Slam sing about Milos Teodosic. And celebrate the return of pumpkin spice lattes at your local Starbucks. But still, mainly, we should have a EuroBasket Fantasy Draft.
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Group play is over. Done. Gone forever. But before bowing out, it
delivered a final day full or close finishes and wild surprises. And haven't you always wanted to hear Slam sing?
Yeah, didn't think so. But you get to anyways.
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Why wasn't Ersan Ilyasova in the game during the waning seconds? Can Lithuania pull any positives out of today's Spanish shellacking? Did Paulius Jankunas make it onto ELA's All-EuroBasket-Thus-Far team? And will Slam and Freaknick ever be able to wrap their minds around all these crazy tie break scenarios?
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Don't know. You have to listen.
Who's the best point guard in EuroBasket? Well, we give you our top five, and we don't exactly on a few of them. Plus: should Greece be worried, and has Marko Tomas walked out of Freaknick's life for the last time.
Grab some tissues and a Nicholas Sparks novel. This one's a tear jerker.
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And
a special thanks to Slam, who was forced to spend all day outside on
the beach instead of trapped in a dimly lit bedroom hunched over his
laptop. Way to stick it out, Slammer. Life ain't easy.
Tony Parker absolutely ripped Germany to shreds, but is he the best player in this tournament? We answer that question, dissect Dirk Bauermann's personnel moves down the stretch and play a little Group C fantasy game.
Oh, and I guess Turkey played Lithuania today, too. So we might talk about that. If we have time.
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While you're listening, thumb through ELA's Power Rankings to see how all 24 teams stand after three days of play.
You just missed all nine of your three attempts, crushing any chance your team had of hanging with a disciplined Greek bunch.Without missing a wink of sleep, you pull yourself together and show up the next day. Eight shots later and you're 2-17 for the tournament. Maybe you should swing that next pass around to somebody who's shooting over 12%.
But you're Mirza Teletovic, so screw it. Hit four straight in the final 10 minutes and lead your team to victory.
It's just another day in the life. We talk Bosnia and Herzegovina's huge win over Montenegro, plus memorable moments and disappointments from EuroBasket's second day. Why was Croatia so skiddish down the stretch? Is Serbia built for a medal run? And are we regretting any of our picks early on?
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It started as two losers sitting around in their college dorm room, drinking Keystone Light and blathering on about some obscure basketball league full of funny names and too many teams. Nearly three years after our first efforts, things have changed: We've graduated college and we can't afford beer.
ELA came about very randomly, so we thought our 100th podcast should mirror that. So here it is, 100 things that come to mind when we reminisce on our last 99 episodes. Or maybe it's like, 109. Or 87. I lost count about halfway through.
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The final in a group of four EuroBasket previews. This time Os Davis and I take a look at the wild world of Group D. Then once you're done listening to that one, scroll down and check out the first three. At your leisure, of course.
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Here's what you'll hear:
-Chris Kaman on Germany. Bo McCalebb on Macedonia. Serge Ibaka on Spain. Are naturalized players bad for the game?
-Can Zaza lead Georgia into the next round?
-Find out why one of us thinks Stiven Bertt is the most important player in this group.
-Is Russia the team to beat in Group D, and might they have a shot at the Gold medal?
-Is Goran Dragic ready to lead Slovenia consistently and forcefully?
-Is Mike Fratello in over his head?
-Find out which team(s) we think will leave Group D without a win.
EuroBasket's first two groups have the firepower, but neither seems
poised to produce many surprises. That's where Group C comes in. With a
depleted Greek squad and a load of similarly skilled former Yugoslavian
republics, everything's up for grabs. Os Davis of BallinEurope is back
to help sort things out.
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-Can Bo McCalebb lead Macedonia through to the next stage? One of us thinks so.
-Is Nikola Pekovic the best player in this group? And will that be enough for Montenegro?
-Are people sleeping too heavily on Bosnia and Herzegovina?
-Is the 24-team competition format killing the mystery of the first round?
-Can Greece overcome absences and be the same old Greece that we've come to expect? Strong, disciplined and successful?
-Is this the summer Bojan Bogdanovic asserts himself on the international level?