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Apparently it was too much for him to handle both a club and the NT. Good to see Duda made the right choice and I hope he sticks with us for a long time. roud:

Hopefully, although I really wish he'd consider someone like Milicic.

 

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Velickovic, Perovic, and I think Markovic won't be playing in the qualifiers as they are all injured. I believe Rakovic and Raduljica are also out.

 

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What can you guys tell me about Andjusic, Erceg, Musli, and Stimac?

Also, what's up with Raduljica and Rakovic once again not being a part of the team?

 

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Sounds like our team continues to have lot's of injury problems.

 

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Not to mention that while we were undefeated in our prep matches, our captain and probably best play - Krstic - didn't even play. He's expected to be back and ready to go come the qualifiers.

 

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Lucky shot, but it should have never come down to that.

 

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Slovačka - Srbija 71:93 (24:26, 15:30, 13:23, 19:14)

 

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Quite the poor performance. First 5 games have been quite poor, hopefully we can turn it around in the next 5. I'd say, anything less than 5 wins would be a disappointment.

 

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I get the feeling they don't really care, and know that even without playing their best, they will still qualify with little problems.

That would mean we'd have to beat Montenegro in Podgorica, with perhaps some of their starters back in the lineup.

Yep. We should still win though, especially after that embarrassing loss in Belgrade.

 

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Yeah, but Sac - didn't Tanjevic say that more or less all NBA coaches (minus a couple) are idiots and have no idea about basketball?

 

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Wow, what a shame. Would never of thought we'd lose twice in a row to CG. alm:

 

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What a disgrace. Wouldn't be surprised if Duda resigns after this...

 

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We probably won't even make it to Eurobasket, I can't believe it. I think Boris said it well in that 'hopefully this is a wake up call'.

 

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Is it 24 or 13 that we need to beat them by? Either way, I don't see it happening.

 

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Yeah, who would have thought. I can't help but think that Duda made a huge mistake in not going with guys like Milicic and Rakocevic.

 

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There's definitely something wrong. It almost seems as though the players have given up on Duda and aren't giving their all for him anymore. I mean, just comparing rosters, you can't say another team in this group has more talent than we do...

 

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I'm not sure what's so funny about those comments, Sac. I don't think anyone expected us to play this poorly. Yes, we've had made injury problems, but that's still no excuse.

 

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51-31 HT.

 

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Bjelica has been playing quite well too as of late, hasn't he?

 

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I always felt as though Keselj was a player who elevated his game while playing for the NT. Also, I know many don't like Tepic, but Duda has said in the past that he is one of our most intelligent players, has he not?