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RavenDog
Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Posts: 6863 Location: Home
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Posted: 02/20/21 12:09 pm ::: |
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Ekaterinburg is insanely loaded with talent. They would easily win the WNBA Championship. To those in knowledge of the Russian league, how did or can they accrue such talent on one team? Are there no monetary limits, restrictions etc.?
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Michelle89
Joined: 17 Nov 2010 Posts: 16464 Location: Holland
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Posted: 02/20/21 5:57 pm ::: |
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RavenDog wrote: |
Ekaterinburg is insanely loaded with talent. They would easily win the WNBA Championship. To those in knowledge of the Russian league, how did or can they accrue such talent on one team? Are there no monetary limits, restrictions etc.? |
They got the best players from all over the world. Sloot and Quigley are "hungarian", Meesseman is belgium, Torrens from Spain, JJ from the bahama's.
Stewie and Griner are the only official USA players
_________________ "Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were and are the dynamic duo. They're the one-two punch. They're all the clich�s possible to describe people that perfectly complement each other, who make each other better and also bring out the best in the team." �Karen Bryant
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mavcarter #NATC
Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 5935 Location: Chicago
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Posted: 02/20/21 7:55 pm ::: |
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RavenDog wrote: |
Ekaterinburg is insanely loaded with talent.? |
Like seriously, have they lost a championship while being this “loaded”?_________________
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Or maybe said poster should quit being a nuisance when people don’t agree? |
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IM in OC
Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 999 Location: Orange County, CA
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Posted: 02/21/21 2:38 pm ::: |
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Just noticed this today RE: Chelsea Gray
https://twitter.com/unigirona/status/1362047050003730434
English Translation
MEDICAL PRESS RELEASE | After performing the corresponding tests today, the Medical Services of the Spar Girona report that the player Chelsea Gray suffers a bone contusion in the ankle region.
The American is expected to be out for about two weeks.
Chelsea was on the bench today, not dressed and was using a crutch on her right side.
There is a Tournament in Spain the weekend of March 4-7, not sure if she makes it back for that.
Euroleague games on March 17 and 19 vs top Spanish team Avenida are also on the schedule.
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IM in OC
Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 999 Location: Orange County, CA
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Posted: 03/06/21 9:22 am ::: |
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Final in OT, in Spain in De La Copa De La Reina
Girona 91
Avenida 78
First loss of the year for Avenida.
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awhom111
Joined: 19 Nov 2014 Posts: 4200
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Posted: 03/06/21 4:37 pm ::: |
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RavenDog wrote: |
Ekaterinburg is insanely loaded with talent. They would easily win the WNBA Championship. To those in knowledge of the Russian league, how did or can they accrue such talent on one team? Are there no monetary limits, restrictions etc.? |
There are no monetary restrictions for them. In the Russian league, they can only field four of their non-Russian players per game, but they can rotate as much as they want between them. Their owner also owns a large copper mining company in the city and he is a little paranoid about losing.
They are bending the rules in the sense that no other team could assemble the same roster right now. FIBA's competition rules changed so that teams could only field three players who were considered non-naturalized Europeans and only two of those could not hold any European citizenship. They did make an exception for naturalized Europeans that were already under contract which allows them to to play under their previous status for the same team. Two or three of Vandersloot, Quigley, and Jones fall under that so they can probably expect contracts there for a few more years. |
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IM in OC
Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 999 Location: Orange County, CA
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Posted: 03/11/21 3:16 pm ::: |
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Dynamo Kursk, the 2nd place team in the Russian League(Arike, Mavunga, Bentley) fired its coach last week. Strange that a 2nd place team would do this. It could be a reason that Zahui B left the team. Mavunga barely played since the start of the year, she did play in todays game.
Here is a translated statement from the team.
The club and the coach terminated the cooperation agreement by mutual agreement.
We thank Helen Rafaelovna for her professionalism and wish you success in your future career.
Vasily Karasev has been appointed head coach of Dynamo until the end of the season. The rest of the coaching staff remains unchanged.
http://www.kurskbasket.ru/#/main?pa=post&oid=10511034
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WfanFrJmp
Joined: 24 May 2016 Posts: 1422
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Posted: 03/17/21 11:44 am ::: |
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Hey! Just letting everyone know that Euroleague just picked back up with games on today, Friday and the final on Sunday! The games are free on the fiba youtube site. Presently, there is a great semi-finals matchup between Gala and Fener (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijtwyKj_ks0&ab_channel=FIBA-TheBasketballChannel) with two more games to close out the day. Enjoy!
http://www.fiba.basketball/euroleaguewomen/20-21/games
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24327 Location: London
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Posted: 03/17/21 12:57 pm ::: |
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There's no final on Sunday. These are the quarters. The semis and final are scheduled for mid-April.
Don't know why they've switched to two-legged ties for these quarter-finals, especially considering both games will be played in the same place. Defeats the whole point of a home-and-away tie. Presumably they're trying to cram them into as short a time-frame as possible, but they could've played Game 3s on Sunday. |
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Michelle89
Joined: 17 Nov 2010 Posts: 16464 Location: Holland
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Posted: 03/17/21 4:15 pm ::: |
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Too bad Clark is injured. Lyon doesnt stand a chance without her. Does anyone know how long she willbe out with her foot? I saw a picture of her in a boot but she wasnt even at the game
_________________ "Sue Bird and Lauren Jackson were and are the dynamic duo. They're the one-two punch. They're all the clich�s possible to describe people that perfectly complement each other, who make each other better and also bring out the best in the team." �Karen Bryant
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WfanFrJmp
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24327 Location: London
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Posted: 04/08/21 10:30 am ::: |
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EuroCup Final Four starts tomorrow, with the final on Sunday, in case anyone's interested. Live and free on FIBA's YouTube channel. Venezia (Fagbenle, NHoward) vs Szekszard (Bonner, McCall) and Carolo (YTurner, Akhator) vs Valencia (RAllen, Gil, Gulich) are the semis.
EuroLeague final four is next week. |
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Richyyy
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Posted: 04/10/21 9:41 pm ::: |
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EuroCup Women final tomorrow at (if I've shifted the time zones correctly) 1.30pm US ET is Venezia-Valencia. Might be of particular interest to Liberty fans, given that Natasha Howard is on one side and Bec Allen on the other (also Temi Fagbenle, Yvonne Anderson, Celeste Trahan-Davis, Marie Gulich and 2021 draft prospect Raquel Carrera).
Live and free at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVKUA2JwPXQ |
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root_thing
Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 7365 Location: Underground
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Lib Fan
Joined: 10 May 2005 Posts: 4593 Location: New York City
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Posted: 04/12/21 12:16 pm ::: |
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A very exciting Euro Cup Final game ...
Must see final 2 minutes
Its on You Tube .... watch it
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WfanFrJmp
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Richyyy
Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 24327 Location: London
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Posted: 04/18/21 12:37 am ::: |
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EuroLeague Final between UMMC Ekaterinburg and Perfumerias Avenida is tomorrow (Sunday) at 7pm local time, which should be noon US ET. UMMC are inevitably the heavy favourites (14.5pts, last I checked), but you never know.
Live and free on FIBAs YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTCi3cqmzkc , or also on their Twitch channel for some reason.
(the third-place playoff is also tomorrow, earlier on, but who cares?) |
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awhom111
Joined: 19 Nov 2014 Posts: 4200
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