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aapatsos 
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 Topic: World cup Basketball
Posted: September 01 2006 at 08:47 |
I know most of UK buddies here don't care about basketball (it's not a national sport), but I could not constrain myself from shouting out!
Greece - USA : 101 - 95 in the world cup semifinals!!!
an amazing result that drives as mad 
we will meet Spain in the final (Spain - Argentina : 75 - 74), let the best team win!
sorry guys, but I could not hide my happiness!
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Sean Trane
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 10:12 |
third world cup in a row that the "dream team" does not win!!!
SDpain had already eliminated previous world champion Serbia
Edited by Sean Trane - September 01 2006 at 10:31
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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memowakeman
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 10:27 |
haha, a late new thread...
i was expecting a USA defeat, but not with Greece 
but what i more surprinsing for me, is the loss of Argentina...
Spain vs Greece could be a nice final... good luck aapatsos
hahaha... the stupid name of Dream Team should be buried.... never....
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Dr. Evil
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 18:36 |
We lost...  , one point difference, thats just sad... Anyway, surprisedto see the Dream (Theater) Team defeated again....weird final
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Atkingani
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:01 |
For me the real DREAM TEAM was that one I saw in Barcelona 1992 - those guys made everyone really dream!
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aapatsos
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:20 |
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exactly guys there was only one DREAM TEAM
this team was also good as individuals, not as a team
but it's still USA and we are still GREECE (yes, this country of just 10 million people, currently European champions, and maybe tomorrow World champions, lets see)
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micky
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Posted: September 01 2006 at 21:22 |
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fundamentals ...fundamentals ...fundamentals....
the world has learned to play the game the right way.... today's
NBA crop?... great dunkers.. athletes... and shoe salesmen....
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Norbert
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 08:07 |
4th major event of basketball which the Team USA failed to win in a row.
This time they were a lot more impressive than in 2002 and 2004,
Spain' win was absolutely deserved. Even without Pau Gasol they played very effectively!
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Bob Greece
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 08:28 |
I can't understand why Greece played so poorly in the final but anyway the semi-final win against USA was amazing. They were showing it on a big screen here in the university and people were shouting and very happy. Cars driving by the university were blowing their horns.
I phoned up people in the UK after the game and told them about the basketball and they said "what basketball?"
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aapatsos
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 08:54 |
^ 'basketball' ? what is this ? is it some kind of food?  
anyway. we played so bad in the final but nevermind
still 2nd in thew world
the biggest joy was against USA
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Bob Greece
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 09:06 |
^^ yeah, 2nd was a great achievement.
In what position did the UK come? 102nd?
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aapatsos
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 11:22 |
^ I really can't understand why you don't have a basketball team 
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Bob Greece
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 11:31 |
 aapatsos wrote:
^ I really can't understand why you don't have a basketball team |
Basketball is an American sport and the Brits only play stuff they invented themselves - football, cricket and rugby. Despite being good at inventing sports, unfortunately we Brits are not so good at playing them.
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aapatsos
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 12:45 |
^ I really admire your honesty , many people I've met here don't admit this
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chopper
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Posted: September 05 2006 at 15:35 |
Bob Greece wrote:
aapatsos wrote:
^ I really can't understand why you don't have a basketball team |
Basketball is an American sport and the Brits only play stuff they invented themselves - football, cricket and rugby. Despite being good at inventing sports, unfortunately we Brits are not so good at playing them. |
Come on Bob, you're forgetting our stunning 5-0 victory against the mighty Andorra at the weekend!
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Bob Greece
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Posted: September 06 2006 at 03:05 |
chopper wrote:
Come on Bob, you're forgetting our stunning 5-0 victory against the mighty Andorra at the weekend!
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Angeldust
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Posted: September 06 2006 at 03:08 |
Too bad we played poorly with Spain but this doesn't matter at all.Spain was better and deserver the cup.But 2nd is not bad after all.....A big hoorayyyyyyyy for our players !!!!!!
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xtopher
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Posted: September 06 2006 at 15:11 |
Waaaaaahhhhhhhh.... We have by far the best players in the world, and we still only came up third. Seriously, though, it's nice to see the sport of basketball gaining popularity around the world. I wish baseball were as popular in Europe and South America (besides Venezuela). Most Americans don't really start paying attention to basketball until the NBA and NCAA seasons get heated up in November or so. Still, congratulations to Spain!
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