Nowitzki and Bradley starting for Germany at European Championships

I am Dirk. Quiver in fear, peasant.

 

Well it would appear Peja did not agree

Stojakovic, Yugoslavia top Nowitzki's Germany

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Associated Press


ANTALYA, Turkey -- Peja Stojakovic of the Sacramento Kings scored a game-high 22 points, including five 3-pointers, as Yugoslavia beat Germany 86-73 Sunday to reach the European Basketball Championship quarterfinals.


Germany could not keep pace with the deep Yugoslavian squad, which went 3-0 in group play.


Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki had just four points for Germany by halftime and finished with 15 when he fouled out midway through the fourth quarter.


Germany's other Mavericks player, center Shawn Bradley, was ineffective in limited action. Germany, which was led by Ademola Okulaja's 18 points, will have to win a one-game playoff Monday to stay in the tournament.


Yugoslavia got 17 points from Seattle Supersonics draft pick Predrag Drobnjak and held Germany to 7-for-28 shooting in the first half en route to a 41-26 lead.


"We played very professionally in the first half, but we let the game slip out of our control in the second," German coach Sveteslav Pesic said. "We won't let that happen again."


Yugoslavia has won four of the last six European titles and entered the 16-team tournament as the favorite.


Turkey, meanwhile, upset Spain 84-79. Pau Gasol, the third pick in the NBA draft, had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Spain.


In other games, Olympic silver medalist France beat bronze medalist Lithuania 76-65, and Greece beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 101-77. Also, defending champion Italy defeated Russia 64-58, Croatia beat Estonia 81-69, Israel topped Ukraine 88-65, and Latvia beat Slovenia 99-93 in overtime. Radoslav Nesterovic of the Minnesota Timberwolves was one of three Slovenians with 19 points.

 

I can not believe you just said that. Jugoslavija is WAY I MEAN WAY NETTER then Germany. The talent levels on each team are not even close and that is withouth 4 NBa players(Divac,Radmanovic,Rebraca(ROTY canidate) and Varda) that will play next year in the World Champions in the US. Germany has what one player who is Dirk is good the rest(maybe except Okulaja) are talentless bench warmers compared to Jugoslavija's team. I mean just look at what Bradley has done today what 3 pionts. The Germans where very fortunate that Jugoslavija did ply there usaul game in the third and Germasny come back otherwise we would have beat you by 25+ instead of only 13.

 

here one lonely estonian in Clutch BBS. i following eb2001, but since i have seen Estonia, Germany, Yugoslavia, Croatia, France, Lithuania, Creece & Russia playing. i was impressed how russians played against creece. Yugoslavia is also very strong. i don't seen Italy so far, but for now i bet for Russia & Yugo..

 

'grats, Det! that was interesting game.

 

Come on now you are telling me that Stojakovic is the only good player on that team. That just shows that you know little about European basketball Stojakovic is not even the best player on the Jugoslavija.

 

Did you see the fight between Greece and Bosnia (don´t remember is correctly)? That was fun. They would have suspended almost all of the players in the NBA, but the complete Greece team was allowed to play in the great loss to Germany.

Germany really have a nice team. I hope they can edge France...

I wonder if they really speak German in the locker room

 

You see if you have watched Jugoslavija play you would know that Bodiroga is the best all round player on the team.

BTW how can you even say that Bradley and Okulaja are better then Obardovic,Tomasevic, Jaric,Drobnjak and even Tarlac, because those players are way better then Bradley and Okulaja.

Then you look at the rest of the Jugoslavijan team they are still better the German left overs


You think you know European basketball but if you did you know that Germany does not come close to Jugoslavia. Jugoslavija is the best team Europe for the last ten it is not even close.

 

Because for starters his making alot of money(highest payed player in Europe) to be a star and a starter for his team if he came to the NBA will teams offer the same amount of money and be a starter? Another reason is that he is playing close to home and also plays half as many games as NBA players. Other then that I do not know why. Divac was quoted by the Kings(Bodiroga was drafted by the Kings in 95 and stills holds his rights)as saying that it is unlikely that he will go to the NBa but who know. I hope he makes up his mind fast because he is getting older and I do not want him to come to the NBA to late

 

If only Dirk can give Pedja the pictures because then maybe he can scare him because Dirk's play has definitly not had any effect.