Turkey are a very good team as are most European qualifiers
they were favourites to win that

crackers is spot on, easy to forget turkey came 2nd at the last world cup even though they havent been as good lately

Would have been interesting had Bogut and Mills been fit for this tournament.

wouldnt have made much difference
the tanking backfired in the end and is probably karma. failure to reach quarter finals means a major hit to BA's bottom line in Federal funding
they could've been playing a much weaker team than Turkey.

they thought they were better than they actually were by trying to manipulate the draw to avoid the USA

blessings must be counted

Edited by ricecrackers: 8/9/2014 04:04:50 PM

Who would they have played had they not tanked?

NZ or Dominican Republic depending on what Lithuania decided in their final group game
as it stands NZ

couldn't agree more, we got what we deserved.

If we had an Aussie as a coach , we would not have tanked. If it was Shane Heal he would have gone all out.

:lol: Because Aussie's are immune to tanking.

Cough Kalac cough.

-PB

Tanking to achieve a high place medal compared to filling one's own pockets are like apples and oranges....

oh alright its still tanking though.:lol:

Chauncey Billups retires. =d>

Even with all the awards he received he's one of the most underrated players of the last 20 years =d>

Brisbane confirmed for next season, name unknown but overwhelming majority want them to be called Bullets, it would be a huge failure if they werent.

Also NBL has started.

Edited by iridium1010: 12/10/2014 07:01:45 PM

Josh Childress played the house down with the Kings.

Hate how the Ten game is on at the same time as A-league

Do Ten show NBL ?

yeah a 2-4pm Sunday game.

has anyone noticed that the new season of the NBL has started

It should be renamed the wbl, the "whocares basketball league" so little attention the league gets

The sport still needs to exist though, gamblers need another sport to gamble on to have a bit of variety :roll: [-x :twisted:

I knew...but its like no one cares as you said. Just another sleepy season of basketball.

Can someone in the know explain to me why Melbourne Tigers changed their name to Melbourne United? Seems so counter-productive to change a name like that when there is plenty of history and success associated with the Tigers.

Something to do with Tigers being hated in the juniors.

Also something about the name having a greater appeal for sponsors.

The tigers are hated in the juniors , they weren't run by the tigers organisation . They are a separate entity , I had an ex coworker who was a junior coach of the tigers junior girls team and he left them due to the arrogance of the youth set up higher ups . United is a shit name for a basketball club . I want my tigers back

Caught the end of the Spurs V Dallas match, wow was Parsons trash.

Anthony Davis is a fucking monster. Will be the best player in the league in 2-3 years

Horrible news for Julius Randle with the broken leg and looks like he'll miss the rest of the season.

Also so good to see the Hornets back where they should be.

South dragons are in talks to return to the NBL.

The Bullets 'bid' is dead. :(

good . The united team is just a joke and I know plenty of tigers fans who will jump on board the dragons train even though they were the magic

Basketball in Australia needs a rebuild similar to the one that we had in football