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Krle

Discussion Starter · Jun 14, 2012

We always seem to have a thread for our b-ball NT heading towards major tournaments and with Duda picking his squad for the qualifiers this summer, I figured it was time for the next one.

First off the squad..

bekovi: Miloš Teodosić (CSKA Moskva), Stefan Marković (Valensija), Milenko Tepić (Kahasol), Aleksandar Rašić (Lijetuvos Ritas), Nemanja Jaramaz (Partizan mt:s), Nemanja Nedović (Crvena zvezda Diva) Danilo Anđušić (Partizan mt:s);

krila: Ivan Paunić (Virtus Bolonja), Mladen Jeremić (Hemofarm), Marko Kešelj (Olimpijakos), Andreja Milutinović (Crvena zvezda Diva), Nemanja Bjelica (Kaha Laboral), Vladimir Lučić (Partizan mt:s), Novica Veličković (Real Madrid), Duško Savanović (Anadolu Efes), Zoran Erceg (Bešiktaš), Milan Mačvan (Makabi/Partizan mt:s), Dragan Labović (Krasnije Krilja);

centri: Nenad Krstić (CSKA Moskva), Kosta Perović (Barselona), Milovan Raković (Žalgiris), Miroslav Raduljica (Anadolu Efes/Partizan mt:s), Dejan Musli (Kaha Laboral), Mile Ilić (Crvena zvezda Diva).
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Secondly our schedule..

15/8 Iceland - Serbia
18/8 Serbia - Montenegro
21/8 Slovakia - Serbia
24/8 Serbia - Estonia
27/8 Israel - Serbia
30/8 Serbia - Iceland
2/9 Montenegro - Serbia
5/9 Serbia - Slovakia
8/9 Estonia - Serbia
11/9 Serbia - Israel
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Nice schedule, good chance to see some b-ball during the summer for those of us who will be there. :thumbsup:

Top 2 qualify as well as the 4 best third placed teams.

Now give us your full analysis DZ and other experts.

I see a fair number of younger players there like Nedovic, Musli, Andjusic, Jaramaz, Milutinovic, Lucic. Also slightly older newcomers in Dabovic and Jeremic.

Who's missing from the list except for guys like Milicic?

Novica btw very important for Real towards the end of the season. Good news for our NT as last year we missed him a lot.

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milos

· #21 · Jul 12, 2012 (Edited)

Yeah, Krle and Micov are most likely out too with injuries but I think they'll play the CG and Israel games because we will need them.

Without them it will probably be:

PG-Teodosic, Nedovic
SG-Rasic,Andjusic,Tepic
SF-Bjelica,Keselj
PF-Erceg,Macvan, Savanovic
C-Musli,Stimac

Mare

· #22 · Jul 12, 2012

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?

milos

· #23 · Jul 12, 2012

Andjusic is really good shooter and one of our most promising shooting guards. Erceg is a solid big man, smart player that knows how to score and can rebound. Musli was supposed to be the next Pau Gasol but after he left Serbia he sat on a bench for 2 years and suffered through injuries, this year he returned to Serbia and played well, he's still young and inexperienced so i'm not sure what we can expect from him in the qualifiers. Stimac like Musli is young and inexperienced at this level but hes coming off a great season in Turkey and is an absolute beast on the boards, rebounding is something that we lacked last time around.

Rakovic and Raduljica would rather go on vacation than play

DelijaZauvjek

· #24 · Jul 12, 2012

Our best big young man is Ristic
Then Musli was supposed to be the next big thing people were talking about him since he was 13

The rest of the players you mentioned are pretty average

Radujlica is a good offensive player but he's horrendous on defense especially against athletic players. Same with most of our current big men except milcic and Musli is a good shot blocker

Erceg was a really talented player big hype but never lived up to it

Besides Teo and Krle we don't really have any star quality in our team and most of these guys are not very motivated hence why so many failed to live up to their full potential

milos

· #25 · Jul 13, 2012

Ristic is 17 that's way to early to judge anything, do you know how dominant Musli was at 17? a lot more so than Ristic currently is.

Erceg is playing for CSKA which is the top team in Europe so I really don't know how he never lived up to hype

he was never even hyped to begin with.

DelijaZauvjek

· #26 · Jul 14, 2012

Ristic is ranked #2 athlete in his generation
He's def one of the most talented and Musli was more dominant because his physical nature was far more advanced than any other player in his he group at that time.
Ristic has all the mechanisms to be a great player. If you see how he moves with and without the ball and his inside scoring is just beautiful
Definitely a kid I am looking forward to seeing play in the future

Mare

· #27 · Jul 14, 2012

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

milos

· #28 · Jul 30, 2012

The NT made a visit to Republika Srpska today and smashed Ukraine in a friendly infront of a nice crowd.

Full game here:

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SacHercegovac

· #29 · Aug 11, 2012

What;s your guys chances of finishing first? Obviously pretty high, right?

Marko235

· #30 · Aug 11, 2012

SacHercegovac said:
What;s your guys chances of finishing first? Obviously pretty high, right?

Probably around 90%, especially if you look at our preparation matches results, everything going fine, so i think it will stay that way. And we dont have hard group.

Mare

· #31 · Aug 11, 2012

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.

milos

· #32 · Aug 11, 2012

SacHercegovac said:
What;s your guys chances of finishing first? Obviously pretty high, right?

Yeah, shouldn't be much of a problem with Krstic back now.

You guys should qualify comfortably, Kuzmic leaving the team is a big loss but with Teletovic and the really solid American you have a good team.

milos

· #33 · Aug 11, 2012

The Turkey game:

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Tune in for the 4th quarter to watch the Teodosic show and Lucic throw down a few sick dunks.

DelijaZauvjek

· #34 · Aug 12, 2012 (Edited)

110% we qualify first even if our players played with one hand behind back

Edit: I swear I'm high as **** today I don't even smoke the ganja

SacHercegovac

· #35 · Aug 12, 2012

milos said:
Yeah, shouldn't be much of a problem with Krstic back now.

You guys should qualify comfortably, Kuzmic leaving the team is a big loss but with Teletovic and the really solid American you have a good team.

Don't forget Nihad Dedovic, he's been excellent in preparations.

Btw, thanks for the responses guys. I'm surprised you didn't qualify automatically into EC 2013.

DelijaZauvjek

· #36 · Aug 13, 2012

Dedovic is good lacks a couple characteristics to take him to next level

We should get wild card every time we don't automatically qualify
I mean look at us we're just that good

SacHercegovac

· #37 · Aug 15, 2012

Yeah, he lacks a stand-out ability to me.

Btw congrats on your guys' first victory today against Iceland.

boris4c

· #38 · Aug 15, 2012

Ivkovic at 0:22. :howler:

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milos

· #39 · Aug 15, 2012

:howler: poor Macvan.

boris4c

· #40 · Aug 16, 2012

Montenegro 75-69 Israel
Estonia 94-74 Slovakia

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