This
#FreeFacu
movement in Euroleague social media is becoming cringe. The guy is not a political prisoner. He's a well paid basketball player who simply has to wait until a particular date to enter a competition.
Hey, dear Pao fans. Unfortunately, I won't be able to see your team winning this game 5 coz I'll be boiling a football at that time. So please post your jokes, memes, insults and other comments here in one place and I'll respond later. Thank you.
@augis04
I'm just concerned about Baldwin's injury. But now I will boil a basketball for 20 minutes and smell it. I think that was the advice from some Pao fans...
@Alexandros94632
I'm happy for you guys. I was actually working with this game. Aston Villa had zero chance in the 2nd half. I'm also really impressed by your young GK Tzolakis.
Just to be clear I don't feel threatened. I genuinely believe that Hassan Martin was just supporting his own teammate without any intention to hurt me or whatever.
BasketNews openly calls EuroLeague and the EuroLeague players association (ELPA) to investigate violent Hassan Martin's tweet to one of the BasketNews journalists 🗣️
There shouldn't be any room for violence and threats on and off the court:
Hello Twitter people. Since
@Urbodo
and
@jmiklovas
convinced me, I decided to give this Twitter thing a try. I'll be tweeting some sports related stuff once in a while.
Šaras talks all the time about how his team has to suffer on the court. Well, I believe that this season Barca players finally understood his message and all they do is suffer.
I think Monaco got the worst possible match up. Milan and Madrid both seem beatable at the moment but Oly in a best of 5 series might be too tough for Monaco.
Just thought of a roster of currently active former Baskonia players. Starting 5: PG M.James SG S.Larkin SF S.Shields PF T.Shengelia C V.Poirier
Bench: PG L.Vildoza SG D.Hilliard SF A.Hanga PF N.Bjelica C T.Pleiss PF/C A.Peters SG/SF F.Causeur.
Looking forward to the UAE-Saudi Arabia rivalry in the Euroleague at some point. Who wouldn't want to see a best of five series between Shabab Al Ahli and Al Nasr?
So apparently Žalgiris front office has full confidence in coach Kazys Maksvytis and media created a story out of nothing. Now they will announce a contract extension to back that up, right?
Had a day off today and spent it with my dad drinking Japanese whiskey and watching FIBA Basketball Champions League. Rating by the quality: 1. Conversations with dad 2. The Japanese whiskey 3. The snacks my dad prepared 4. FIBA Champions League basketball.
See I told you that those media people were spreading rumours about Trinchieri and Kazys Maksvytis has full confidence of the club! Shame on you media!
@dexy122
As someone from the country that was occupied by Russia for a long time I'd say it is a nation that sadly supports a terrorist leader Vladimir Putin. I didn't hear a single Russian athlete saying a word against Putin and his invasion to Ukraine. Embarrassing.
Lithuanians: in Europe we have real basketball, everything is serious, no NBA type of bullshit!
Also Lithuanians: finally we signed a player from Philippines for marketing purposes!
A Triple-Double in the Euroleague feels like a Quadruple-Double in the NBA. You know that it happened a long time ago but you don't really expect it to happen again. Congratulations Codi Miller-McIntyre.
I realise now that my life peaked in 2002 with Korea-Japan World Cup. There is no school you just wake up watch the matches from early morning and later go kick the ball with your friends. Having a childhood memory with a winter World Cup just wouldn't be the same.
So in conclusion: "We have full confidence in coach Kazys. We trust him so much. But yeah we talked with other coaches like Trinchieri it's normal. No, we will not extend the contract with coach Kazys. We will see what the future holds. But yeah we have total confidence in him."
On top of that, if Partizan sweep the series Punter will be suspended for the semi-final. This sort of puts Partizan in a position where they need to lose Game 3 in order to have Punter available in the F4. Ridiculous.
@TheNatural_05
Scariolo did it in the Olympics vs Dončič and was praised for it. He also won the Eurobasket with high usage of box and 1. It's not very common in the Euroleague but ALBA had a decent game so maybe the idea wasn't so bad.
I sincerely ask my colleagues from all over the globe to spread it
I can't say Victor was a star of UKR basketball. But 2-time Eurobasket participant (in era of 16 teams!) - it means something
He was a great glue-guy player, decent coach and great friend.
Would appreciate it
@augis04
Not to worry. As we talked earlier today Tavares, Yabusele, Lorenzo Brown, Kyrie, Valančiūnas and Porzingis are joining Žalgiris this summer. We'll be fine.
I constantly receive comments about how I must have a haircut. But maybe I just love looking like a hedgehog or having a hair helmet on my head. Stop the hate!
After today I have two Lithuanian Journalist Tournament championship titles in football (one as a goalkeeper, one as a back-up striker) and one in basketball. Might be in the GOAT conversations when I retire.
If only we had a Play-In tournament for teams ranked 7th-10th the end of the RS would be so much more exciting in the Euroleague. Now we have some teams playing without real goals and a positive 18-16 record might not be enough. It's just not right IMO.
I never realized it but now people convinced me that I apparently hate Panathinaikos. I don't know why and how that happened but I just can't help it. Sorry...
Coach Zdovc admits that ALBA is too modern and too good team for Žalgiris right now. Just a reminder that there are 26 Euroleague games left for Žalgiris with this roster.
NBA is so exciting because you always have something to talk about. You can do a seperate podcast about every trade. You can follow the league without even watching RS games. In Europe we just have 40 minutes of basketball and that's it.
Updated power rankings of the worst things I've seen in sports this year:
1. Boston Celtics in ECF Game 7
2. Nikola Mirotič in Kaunas EL F4
3. Allegri Ball
Also Yabusele should be suspended for a lot more games. I remember when Luis Suarez got a 10 game suspension for bitting Branislav Ivanovič. IMO this brutal physical act is much more serious than bitting.
@Urbodo
It is nice to see that Željko at the age of 62 has such a good memory. Perhaps he also remembers why Yugoslavia was banned from all sporting competitions in 1992.
I'm hearing that Ben Simmons will return to action in game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals in 2024. Unless he's not in a good mood then things might change.
Kyrie fans are the best. When he does or says some bullshit he is brave and against the system. When he asks for a trade he's right because he wants to be happy. The man was nothing but a problem in Boston and Brooklyn. Yeah he has great handles but that's not worth the hassle.