[eliteballer]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeqe_Lh_bBU&list=UUWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ

[Sakkreth]

I like this highlight clip bit better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ixG5BA5jAk

His defense never gets mentioned enough.

[chocolatethunder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yeqe_Lh_bBU&list=UUWJ2lWNubArHWmf3FIHbfcQ
Ok you've redeemed yourself for that Scottie Pippen's height thread. This is good.

[Sakkreth]

An interesting story about KGB and Sarunas's getaway from USSR.

http://www.nba.com/2014/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/08/05/sarunas-marciulionis-feature-shc-080514/index.html?cid=nba_12_facebook_L

[Psileas]

Had a look again at his NBA stats. I had forgotten he was shooting that well from the field and that he took that few 3-pointers (he was a regular long range shooter in Europe).

[Euroleague]

I think Spanoulis was naturally the same player as him, except right handed. Then after playing so many years with Giannakis, he got changed into being the new version of Giannakis.

But he still reminds of Marciulionis though. Just the same mentality, even though Giannakis changed his playing style.

Marciulionis and Spanoulis - two toughest European guards ever.

Total respect.

[CavaliersFTW]

I think Spanoulis was naturally the same player as him, except right handed. Then after playing so many years with Giannakis, he got changed into being the new version of Giannakis.

But he still reminds of Marciulionis though. Just the same mentality, even though Giannakis changed his playing style.

Marciulionis and Spanoulis - two toughest European guards ever.

Total respect.
Only one of them was good enough for the NBA, the other was trash

[andgar923]

This thread is a joke right?

A troll thread??

What a farce ISH has become.

[Euroleague]

Only one of them was good enough for the NBA, the other was trash

If Marciulionis played for Jeff Van Gundy he would have been sent back to Lithuania the first time he ever tried ANY of those moves in those clips.

[Rocketswin2013]

I wonder what his FG% at the rim was

[CavaliersFTW]

If Marciulionis played for Jeff Van Gundy he would have been sent back to Lithuania the first time he ever tried ANY of those moves in those clips.
No because his moves actually worked. Spanoullis' moves on the other hand didn't. Span struggled mightily in the NBA, eventually realized he just wasn't good enough (2.7ppg on 30%, 18% from 3 point range) he was just plain awful.

[Brokenbeat]

An interesting story about KGB and Sarunas's getaway from USSR.

http://www.nba.com/2014/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/08/05/sarunas-marciulionis-feature-shc-080514/index.html?cid=nba_12_facebook_L

I used to work for the Russian mafia in Prague. They owned a club where some top level KGB agent was assassinated in the 70's and they still use it to launder money. A Saudi prince rented the entire place out for about two weeks, never showed up, yet somehow won millions in the casino.

Crazy shit out there in the wild wild east, lol. :hammerhead:

[Haymaker]

Sarunas was a lil' beast. I remember him playing very well vs the Dream Team. Damn, reminds me of Petrovic. That man was a legend.

[Rooster]

No because his moves actually worked. Spanoullis' moves on the other hand didn't. Span struggled mightily in the NBA, eventually realized he just wasn't good enough (2.7ppg on 30%, 18% from 3 point range) he was just plain awful.

This:applause:

VSpan bumping Chucky Atkins will result him losing the ball:oldlol: . Marciulionis can probably carry Chuck Atkins with him and still score.

[Smook A.]

If Marciulionis played for Jeff Van Gundy he would have been sent back to Lithuania the first time he ever tried ANY of those moves in those clips.
No man, stop with the lame JVG excuses. I mean look... was it the coach's fault that V-Span shot a horrifying 32% from the field and a horrendous 17% from the 3 point land?!

Why can't you just admit that your guy was a horrible NBA player and had absolutely NO future in the league?

[Euroleague]

No man, stop with the lame JVG excuses. I mean look... was it the coach's fault that V-Span shot a horrifying 32% from the field and a horrendous 17% from the 3 point land?!

Why can't you just admit that your guy was a horrible NBA player and had absolutely NO future in the league?

Why can't you just admit that you are a racist just like all the other "fans" (KKK) from clutch "fans" KKK?

Dog Collins, Mike D'Antoni, and Coach K all rated Spanoulis in the top 5 best players in the world.

So no, it had NOTHING to do with Spanoulis.

[Smook A.]

Why can't you just admit that you are a racist just like all the other "fans" (KKK) from clutch "fans" KKK?

Dog Collins, Mike D'Antoni, and Coach K all rated Spanoulis in the top 5 best players in the world.

So no, it had NOTHING to do with Spanoulis.
:oldlol: I don't know why you think I'm a racist. You really don't know what the word even means because you use it in a wrong way every single time. For example, I remember you calling a poster racist (Can't remember his username) because he said Spanoulis would suck in the NBA if he played right now. How THE **** is that racist? Go educate yourself.

And who gives a shit what coaches think of Spanoulis. If he was a top 5 player in the world, he'd be in the NBA right now but guess what... he isn't. Sure he might great in the Euroleague but in the NBA he was just flat out horrendous.

[Sakkreth]

Fck you both, it's not a thread about Spanoulis. Go make seperate thread so you can argue there.

[duskovujosevic]

I appreciate Marculionis, to be more precise whole Lituanian generation back in the day. Arturas Karnisovas, Saulius Stombergas, Arvydas Sabonis. That was mini dream team. Basketball nation at its best.

It is shame that injuries prevented Marculionis to achieve more.

[Dr.J4ever]

An interesting story about KGB and Sarunas's getaway from USSR.

http://www.nba.com/2014/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/08/05/sarunas-marciulionis-feature-shc-080514/index.html?cid=nba_12_facebook_L

I knew Lithuanians hated their Soviet tormentors, but I didn't know Sarunas had to go through such a challenge just to go to the NBA. Nice story of courage.

Americans take freedom for granted. In the old Lithuania, freedom wasn't just a slogan. It was a concept denied to ordinary citizens of the old USSR.

Those great USSR teams in Fiba play were actually built around those Lithuanian players, and Sarunas and Arvidas were the heart of those teams. Arvidas, Sarunas, and Don Nelson played a key part in making the NBA what it is today, and opening the game up to millions of other players around the world.

Built like an NFL running back, Sarunas' legacy is intact whether in Fiba or the NBA. He deserves to be in the Hall in Springfield, the birthplace of basketball.

[kuniva_dAMiGhTy]

Warriors games were so fun to watch in the Run TMC days. Thanks for posting this. Sarunus was a ****ing beast.

[Euroleague]

:oldlol: I don't know why you think I'm a racist. You really don't know what the word even means because you use it in a wrong way every single time. For example, I remember you calling a poster racist (Can't remember his username) because he said Spanoulis would suck in the NBA if he played right now. How THE **** is that racist? Go educate yourself.

And who gives a shit what coaches think of Spanoulis. If he was a top 5 player in the world, he'd be in the NBA right now but guess what... he isn't. Sure he might great in the Euroleague but in the NBA he was just flat out horrendous.

EVERY time you post, you prove you are a colossal moron.

[Euroleague]

Fck you both, it's not a thread about Spanoulis. Go make seperate thread so you can argue there.

I can't even count how many times I had a good thread here and you and dozens of other people derailed it talking about Spanoulis. ALWAYS bringing it up and derailing the thread.

And don't pretend you don't do it. You do it all the freaking damn time.

Take your double standard hypocrisy and shove it.

[Euroleague]

I knew Lithuanians hated their Soviet tormentors, but I didn't know Sarunas had to go through such a challenge just to go to the NBA. Nice story of courage.

Americans take freedom for granted. In the old Lithuania, freedom wasn't just a slogan. It was a concept denied to ordinary citizens of the old USSR.

Those great USSR teams in Fiba play were actually built around those Lithuanian players, and Sarunas and Arvidas were the heart of those teams. Arvidas, Sarunas, and Don Nelson played a key part in making the NBA what it is today, and opening the game up to millions of other players around the world.

Built like an NFL running back, Sarunas' legacy is intact whether in Fiba or the NBA. He deserves to be in the Hall in Springfield, the birthplace of basketball.

The amount of patriotic zealotry fascist propagandist bullshit in that post is enough to make any normal person want to throw up just from reading it.

You probably don't even know America is spelled with a c and not a k.