Nigeria V Lithuania

skillful · Post by **skillful** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:46 pm

Did we really beat this team before??????

K · Post by K » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:46 pm

Ugbowo wrote:Tony Skinn will NOT get even a look in NBA wise on the basis of this performance. Shambolic.

Na the yellow shoes cause am

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:47 pm

skillful wrote:Did we really beat this team before??????

Yes....
I think we just came unprepared after our Tunisia win.
It gets exponentially tougher from here.

Mr. Piffington · Post by **Mr. Piffington** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:47 pm

Tbite wrote:
pajimoh wrote:Yeah we are at the Olympics getting yansched

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:48 pm

I think our 2 best players technically are Al Farouk Aminu and Number 13 Obasomething....

phantomjournalist · Post by **phantomjournalist** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:48 pm

Final score: 72-53.

Bigpokey24 · Post by **Bigpokey24** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:49 pm

who next

phantomjournalist · Post by **phantomjournalist** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:49 pm

juventuss wrote:I think our 2 best players technically are Al Farouk Aminu

Welp, that's why he's in the NBA.

Player · Post by **Player** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:50 pm

Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....

phantomjournalist · Post by **phantomjournalist** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:51 pm

Mr. Piffington wrote:
juventuss wrote:This is all Okocha's fault.
No, it's Amodu's fault.

Player · Post by **Player** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:52 pm

Our shooting guards, Obasohan and Oguchi misfired all night. Diogu was also sub standard, everyone else, Skinn and the Aminu brothers played well.....dont know what happened to Dagunduro

Ugbowo · Post by **Ugbowo** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:55 pm

Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....

Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.

Post by **juventuss** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:58 pm

Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....
Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.

What better players do we have ?

Player · Post by **Player** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:01 pm

Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....
Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.

I disagree, if not for these guy we would not be here, they were only assembled a couple of months before the Olympics, so they needed time to gel as a team. Other players were called, Ezeli, Alabi, Uzoh, Efevberha, Akingbala etc but they declined because of other commitments, what do you want us to do, it will be unfair to drop any of these guys after what they achievwed in Venezuela......Sometimes it's all about principles, right now we have laid the foundation for the next 4 years, its up to us to continue to build the team.

sabb · Post by **sabb** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:02 pm

phantomjournalist wrote:Final score: 72-53.

not good, we might not reach 40points against usa or the argies, not good

Ugbowo · Post by **Ugbowo** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:05 pm

Player wrote:
Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....
Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.
I disagree, if not for these guy we would not be here, they were only assembled a couple of months before the Olympics, so they needed time to gel as a team. Other players were called, Ezeli, Alabi, Uzoh, Efevberha, Akingbala etc but they declined because of other commitments, what do you want us to do, it will be unfair to drop any of these guys after what they achievwed in Venezuela......Sometimes it's all about principles, right now we have laid the foundation for the next 4 years, its up to us to continue to build the team.

I agree about the principles aspect of it. But man....we look like guys who just got picked off the street today! Meanwhile this is their 12th or so full game together. We dont look prepared at all. A lot of that is on coaching. Our coach just seemed clueless...no idea how to stop momentum and out set offense...just atrocious! We can do better with this bunch! But we didn't in this game because we were unprepared.

Player · Post by **Player** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:12 pm

Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:
Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....
Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.
I disagree, if not for these guy we would not be here, they were only assembled a couple of months before the Olympics, so they needed time to gel as a team. Other players were called, Ezeli, Alabi, Uzoh, Efevberha, Akingbala etc but they declined because of other commitments, what do you want us to do, it will be unfair to drop any of these guys after what they achievwed in Venezuela......Sometimes it's all about principles, right now we have laid the foundation for the next 4 years, its up to us to continue to build the team.
I agree about the principles aspect of it. But man....we look like guys who just got picked off the street today! Meanwhile this is their 12th or so full game together. We dont look prepared at all. A lot of that is on coaching. Our coach just seemed clueless...no idea how to stop momentum and out set offense...just atrocious! We can do better with this bunch! But we didn't in this game because we were unprepared.

Lithuania are ranked #5 in the world, they have won two Olympic Bronze in recent Olympic tournaments. Basketball is their main sport and they have one of the best basketball programmes in the world. Now compare that to Nigeria. To me the guys are doing within their limits, with more time and better structure in place we can be top 10 in the world. Basketball is not about being talented, its about planning and organizing for a long period.

fabio · Post by **fabio** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:14 pm

Roman Obamovitch wrote:
fabio wrote:Am at the Olympic park, but can't get in...
Are you at the park proper or near the park? You need a grounds ticket or match ticket to get into the park. Even the grounds ticket are not available.

Chief, I dey inside the park proper.

Player · Post by **Player** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:18 pm

fabio wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:
fabio wrote:Am at the Olympic park, but can't get in...
Are you at the park proper or near the park? You need a grounds ticket or match ticket to get into the park. Even the grounds ticket are not available.
Chief, I dey inside the park proper.

oby wetin happen their were empty sits, did they sell ticket at the box office ?

sabb · Post by **sabb** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 4:20 pm

Player wrote:
fabio wrote:
Roman Obamovitch wrote:
fabio wrote:Am at the Olympic park, but can't get in...
Are you at the park proper or near the park? You need a grounds ticket or match ticket to get into the park. Even the grounds ticket are not available.
Chief, I dey inside the park proper.
oby wetin happen their were empty sits, did they sell ticket at the box office ?

fabio how u take get ground ticket, i need to get those mehn

F360 · Post by **F360** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:19 pm

juventuss wrote:
skillful wrote:Did we really beat this team before??????
Yes....
I think we just came unprepared after our Tunisia win.
It gets exponentially tougher from here.

It wasn't unpreparedness. We were never going to beat Lithuania twice.
They were going to avenge their loss to us.

F360 · Post by **F360** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:24 pm

Glad I didn't bother watching this game. Seems like the same old same old happened.

I figured Tunisia would be our only win and was worth watching.
Unfortunate that Ike didn't bring his 'A' game today (And PhantomJ- Ike is about 6'9 at most. You know NBA players and teams love to fudge height)

I'm pleased with Coach Bakare the motivator, I'm underwhelmed with Coach Bakare in terms of X's and O's.
Perhaps that's something his assistants should take over(one on offense one on defense? Not sure if they already do that or not)

Ugbowo-I was conflicted as to replacing some of the players on the team but one guy I would definitely have replaced with Festus Ezeli would have been Ugboaja. Nonetheless, Bakare wanted to stay with who brought him to the tournament and honestly this tournament should be a learning experience and as long as the core of the team stays on for the next couple of tournaments(African and World) while we add some of our better pieces that aren't on the current team, then good things should happen going forward.

F360 · Post by **F360** » Tue Jul 31, 2012 5:27 pm

Player wrote:
Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:
Ugbowo wrote:
Player wrote:Some of you guys like to complain sha, you all should be happy that we are even in the Olympics....
Really Player???? I disagree with you. We talked about how to improve this team and ppl were saying no need, go with what u have and if u get gbenshed, u get gbenshed. Now those same ppl r here either complainign or laughing at the team.

If we r going to go to a tournament and compete then u go with ur best. If ur best say no then u prepare with what u have....we did not do either. We have a bunch of unprepared not so good players. Bad combo.

Good luck to the guys the rest of the way.
I disagree, if not for these guy we would not be here, they were only assembled a couple of months before the Olympics, so they needed time to gel as a team. Other players were called, Ezeli, Alabi, Uzoh, Efevberha, Akingbala etc but they declined because of other commitments, what do you want us to do, it will be unfair to drop any of these guys after what they achievwed in Venezuela......Sometimes it's all about principles, right now we have laid the foundation for the next 4 years, its up to us to continue to build the team.
I agree about the principles aspect of it. But man....we look like guys who just got picked off the street today! Meanwhile this is their 12th or so full game together. We dont look prepared at all. A lot of that is on coaching. Our coach just seemed clueless...no idea how to stop momentum and out set offense...just atrocious! We can do better with this bunch! But we didn't in this game because we were unprepared.
Lithuania are ranked #5 in the world, they have won two Olympic Bronze in recent Olympic tournaments. Basketball is their main sport and they have one of the best basketball programmes in the world. Now compare that to Nigeria. To me the guys are doing within their limits, with more time and better structure in place we can be top 10 in the world. Basketball is not about being talented, its about planning and organizing for a long period.

Also, re. The Lithuanian Basketball fans, those people SHOW UP EVERYWHERE. I'm talking not just Olympic games but also meaningless preparation friendlies in Houston for the Olympic qualifying tournament. Those Lithuanian fans take it seriously.
Like you said Player-It's about planning and organizing for a long period. Lithuania are no small fries in Basketball.

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