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13th Scholarship Player - Apostolos Roumoglou - 6'7 G - Greece

FfldCntyFan said:
I'm guessing that you're referring to Nikola, Giannis and Luka.

Ljubljana (where Luka was born) and Athens (where Giannis was born) are about 1,600 miles apart, and the nations in question run from the Slovenian alps to the Greek Islands. This isn't exactly a tiny section of the world.
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I think that's KMs, but yeah, 1,000 miles is a long distance. Still not a lot of people on that peninsula. As the crow flies, it's shorter. You're going through mountains the entire way
 
upstater said:
I think that's KMs, but yeah, 1,000 miles is a long distance. Still not a lot of people on that peninsula. As the crow flies, it's shorter. You're going through mountains the entire way
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It's miles and for perspective, considering the west to east distance, it's a greater distance than any starting to ending point in Italy. Additionally, if you were to consider the former Yugoslav nations as one country, there is still Albania between those nations and Greece.
 
gampelcrazies said:
I think most understand that. This isn't like last year where we thought guys like Rahsool were going to be somewhat ready.
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Pretty quick lesson-learning by Hurley here.

In the Portal Era, if you're going to use all your scholarships, make sure the end of the bench guys are low-floor/high-ceiling types where they don't expect to play, won't immediately leave if they show promise but don't play (or would just leave if they look buried on the bench), might stick around to develop over a few years, and can give you a big lift if they turn out better than expected.

What you don't want is guys who expect to play, but don't, and either poison the locker room or leave before their potential can translate to games.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
It's miles and for perspective, considering the west to east distance, it's a greater distance than any starting to ending point in Italy. Additionally, if you were to consider the former Yugoslav nations as one country, there is still Albania between those nations and Greece.
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I checked and it was KM, not Miles. So this is a weird discrepancy.

I once trained through Greece and the ex-Yugo in the 80s. Ended up in Trieste before heading north to Udine.
 
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CardiacAndre7 said:
I think Durant, Curry, Embiid are still a bit better. He’s definitely on that level though.
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I would no longer put Durant there. Once upon a time yes. I easily accept that Curry and Embiid are above.
 
upstater said:
I'm going to say something that isn't controversial at all but nonetheless burns people's butts:

Currently, the 3 best basketball players in the world were born and raised in the Balkans, a small little peninsula of about 30 million people.
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What's with you Greek guys and butts anyway?
 
upstater said:
I would no longer put Durant there. Once upon a time yes. I easily accept that Curry and Embiid are above.
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I won't necessarily disagree. To be fair, I am in the opinion that Durant and LeBron are still top-5 players, especially when it matters. I think i'm probably in the vast minority with the opinion on LeBron, but AD and Westbrook have not helped him out at all the last 2 seasons.
 
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superjohn said:
Talent wise Durant is still there but he's not in my top 3 anymore and probably not in my top 5 anymore, he's a cancer to any team at this point.
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I agree he is. But he has the winning pedigree. If I'm going for a Championship, I'm taking Durant over Luka right now.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
I agree he is. But he has the winning pedigree. If I'm going for a Championship, I'm taking Durant over Luka right now.
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I'll take Doncic, he just took a team of Jalen Brunson and a bunch of scrubs to the Western Conference finals. Durant won it all by joining a team of Hall of Famers who already won it all and had the best regular season record in basketball history.

Give Luka just one Hall of Famer to play with and he would win it all, same with Jokic.
 
superjohn said:
I'll take Doncic, he just took a team of Jalen Brunson and a bunch of scrubs to the Western Conference finals. Durant won it all by joining a team of Hall of Famers who already won it all and had the best regular season record in basketball history.

Give Luka just one Hall of Famer to play with and he would win it all, same with Jokic.
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Agree to disagree
 
FfldCntyFan said:
It's miles and for perspective, considering the west to east distance, it's a greater distance than any starting to ending point in Italy. Additionally, if you were to consider the former Yugoslav nations as one country, there is still Albania between those nations and Greece.
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When I was based in Belgrade, I was regional and covered the "Balkans". For me it was Greece to the northern border of Serbia, and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea, and it included Slovenia. That said, nobody who lives in Slovenia considers themselves part of the Balkans; they think they're central Europeans.
 
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Psolo12 said:
This response is always funny when you get absolutely obliterated in a discussion and have no facts to back your point up.
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Lol, interesting perspective. I say it to not argue anymore when both sides obviously disagree. If you want to open the wound, tell me how Luka is so much of a better player than KD. I'm not talking about any off the court stuff either. KD's rings may have somewhat of an asterisk on them, but he still has rings while at this point, Luka does not. KD is a better shooter and scorer overall, Luka is obviously a better distributor, and KD is in a different universe based on defensive ability. I'm very much looking forward to a response.
 
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D$ said:
Straight from Hurley and Kimani today, this kid from Greek is good and it seems ahead of what they expected. Not saying he is going to play this year, but could be a valuable piece in the future.
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There would be more shocking things than a 6’7 shooter working his way into a rotation with established half court ball dominators. Still have doubts it’ll be during his freshman year though.
 
Huskyforlife said:
There would be more shocking things than a 6’7 shooter working his way into a rotation with established half court ball dominators. Still have doubts it’ll be during his freshman year though.
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Feel like it'll be Calcaterra working his way into the rotation before he does. And I think Calcaterra will play but I could see him forcing his way into a 15-20 minute role instead of 5-10
 
navery12 said:
Feel like it'll be Calcaterra working his way into the rotation before he does. And I think Calcaterra will play but I could see him forcing his way into a 15-20 minute role instead of 5-10
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Agreed. Think Calcaterra will be on the fringes of the rotation and will play more depending on matchups. I’m hoping dans optimism is more about his ability to contribute in future seasons, as he’s all but stated the rotation battle was tight before their commitments.
 
Huskyforlife said:
Agreed. Think Calcaterra will be on the fringes of the rotation and will play more depending on matchups. I’m hoping dans optimism is more about his ability to contribute in future seasons, as he’s all but stated the rotation battle was tight before their commitments.
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Isn't this season the only season that Calcaterra has eligibility for?

Please correct me if I am wrong.
 
Improviser said:
Isn't this season the only season that Calcaterra has eligibility for?

Please correct me if I am wrong.
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You are correct.

Calcaterra averaged 8.5 points, 2.8 rebounds and 1.2 assists in the 2021-22 season and will have one year of eligibility left. He shot 34.7% from 3-point range last season.

www.courant.com

UConn men’s basketball team lands another guard as Joey Calcaterra transfers from University of San Diego

Former University of San Diego guard Joey Calcaterra announced via social media on Monday that he is transferring to the UConn men’s basketball team. The graduate transfer will join Andre Jac…
www.courant.com www.courant.com
 
Improviser said:
Isn't this season the only season that Calcaterra has eligibility for?

Please correct me if I am wrong.
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He does. I think he’s bought in on doing whatever is asked of him to be on a great team. I doubt Dan would promise him anything.
 
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