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    Talking Deron Williams plays first game that matters for his Turkish team

    FIBA.com reports: In the first leg of their Qualifying Round tie with Dexia Mons Hainaut in Istanbul, Williams made just three of his 15 shots from the floor but ended up with 15 points as Besiktas won 78-70. He also handed out nine assists.

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    In an European basketball game played in Turkey, 12 players played over 10 minutes in the game.

    5 from Besiktas (the entire bench combined for 23 minutes)
    7 from Mons (the rest of the team combined for 16 minutes)

    11/12 of those players were Americans.

    Besiktas:
    Erwin Dudley (13 points/10 rebounds)
    David Hawkins (9 points)
    Deron Williams (15 points/9 assists)
    Marcellus Kemp (24 points)
    Zoran Erceg (15 points/10 rebounds) - the only European player in the game to register more than 2 points and 4 rebounds.

    Mons:
    Quincy Taylor (12 points)
    Warren Carter (11 points)
    Ahmad Nivins (12 points)
    Sean Singletary (4 points)
    Shan Foster (3 points)
    Justin Cage (13 points)
    AJ Slaughter (11 points)
    The rest of the team: 4 points


    The final score: 78-70 Besiktas

    129/148 or 87% points in European basketball game in Turkey were scored by Americans. Might as well played this as a pickup game in DC.

    Anyone else find this ironic?
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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by Grinder
    In an European basketball game played in Turkey, 12 players played over 10 minutes in the game.

    5 from Besiktas (the entire bench combined for 23 minutes)
    7 from Mons (the rest of the team combined for 16 minutes)

    11/12 of those players were Americans.

    Besiktas:
    Erwin Dudley (13 points/10 rebounds)
    David Hawkins (9 points)
    Deron Williams (15 points/9 assists)
    Marcellus Kemp (24 points)
    Zoran Erceg (15 points/10 rebounds) - the only European player in the game to register more than 2 points and 4 rebounds.

    Mons:
    Quincy Taylor (12 points)
    Warren Carter (11 points)
    Ahmad Nivins (12 points)
    Sean Singletary (4 points)
    Shan Foster (3 points)
    Justin Cage (13 points)
    AJ Slaughter (11 points)
    The rest of the team: 4 points


    The final score: 78-70 Besiktas

    129/148 or 87% points in European basketball game in Turkey were scored by Americans. Might as well played this as a pickup game in DC.

    Anyone else find this ironic?

    I don

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    [QUOTE=bumpyknucks]I don

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Deron Williams = potential Euroleague MVP?

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    still waiting for the mvp pic....

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    I would post the Red Dead Redemption script like I did in the other thread, but I don't want to get banned again

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    That is effed up. Most teams outside of USA limit foreign-born players on their rosters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by swi7ch
    That is effed up. Most teams outside of USA limit foreign-born players on their rosters.
    Yep, looks like there's no limit in Belgium (and a few other countries) but there's a lot of ways of getting around it.

    Erwin Dudley on D-Will's team has Turkish citizenship and goes by "Ersan Dagli" , so it helps get around the limit of non-EU/American players

    Or take the team Gran Canaria in Spain, there's a limit of 2 or 3 non-EU players in Spain but they've got 5 Americans with other citizenships

    Laurence Ekperigin (UK)
    Spencer Nelson (Azerbaijan)
    Taurean Green (Georgia)
    Marquez Haynes (Georgia)
    Michael Bramos (Greece)

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by SpecialQue
    Deron Williams = potential Euroleague MVP?

    He struggled in his first game. Deron only shoot 3/15 from the field.

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Anyone actually watch? Did Deron look as outta shape as Twitter (which never lies) says?

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by SpecialQue
    Deron Williams = potential Euroleague MVP?
    Once again... he isn't playing Euroleague games, his team didn't qualify.

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by Grinder
    Yep, looks like there's no limit in Belgium (and a few other countries) but there's a lot of ways of getting around it.

    Erwin Dudley on D-Will's team has Turkish citizenship and goes by "Ersan Dagli" , so it helps get around the limit of non-EU/American players

    Or take the team Gran Canaria in Spain, there's a limit of 2 or 3 non-EU players in Spain but they've got 5 Americans with other citizenships

    Laurence Ekperigin (UK)
    Spencer Nelson (Azerbaijan)
    Taurean Green (Georgia)
    Marquez Haynes (Georgia)
    Michael Bramos (Greece)
    Yeah, that's common and sucks.
    We got 3 in our roster, only two of them being considered non EU players.

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    well, you guys suck at soccer.

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    Default Re: Ironic fact from Deron Williams' game yesterday

    Quote Originally Posted by InspiredLebowski
    Anyone actually watch? Did Deron look as outta shape as Twitter (which never lies) says?
    Yeah he's a meatball.

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