Als je zo naar buiten kijkt ... het lijkt wel lenteeeeeeeee ..
Of is het zo dat schaaaaapies al buiten lopen en het comercieele ... dag van liefde ...
Feb. de 14 è .... Valentijnsdag in het weeeeeekend valt.
Ik hoorde op de radio dat de detail handel niet blij is dat Valantijnsdag in het weekend valt.
Omdat mannen na het werk als het door de week was ... niet EFFE wat voor de lief kopen en dan naar huis
rijden na werk.
Belachelijk ... toch ..... is dus op klopperij allemaal en maar rollen met het geld als of maar een dag in het jaar maar dag van de liefde is en de resterende 365 dagen van dat jaar dan ??????
Dan hebben we onze liefje niet lief meer ........
Waar slaat dit nou op en waar wil ik nou weer heen ....
Nou CountDown naar des Loupes Des Doods is in volle gang en Dimitris Kontos had weer
een prachtige collumn geschreven en had een intermezzzooo op de web site van fibaeurope.
Hij had de power house van de Turken gesproken .... Ersan Ilyasova ... van de Bucks .... en
Ilyasova is ook heel erg duidelijk met zijn woorden waar CountDown hard door gaat
naar de climax straks in Berlin.
Waaaaaaaat eeeeeeeen geeeeeeeeeeeweldige stad ......
Ich Binn Eeeeinsss ... Berlinerrrrrrr ....
Het stukje hier onder is dus afkomstig van de pen van Dimitris Kontos en staat op de web site van
fibaeurope en waar voor mijn dank voor gebruik er van.
Nice words and photo below are from the pen of Dimitris Kontos from the web site of
www.fibaeurope.com
TURKEY CAN COUNT ON ILYASOVA
EUROBASKET 2015
By Dimitris Kontos
When Turkey head coach Ergin Ataman said last month that his team could aspire to a medal at EuroBasket 2015, he added one condition.
Ataman wants all four Turkish NBA players, in Ersan Ilyasova, Ömer Asik, Furkan Aldemir and Enes Kanter to be on board the plane which carries the national team to Berlin, where Turkey commence their EuroBasket campaign.
Perhaps not accidentally, the first name the Turkish coach mentioned when expressing the wish to count with this high-octane frontcourt, was that of the Milwaukee Bucks power forward.
It looks like coach Ataman is going to get his wish.
"Yes definitely, I've been thinking about it," Ilyasova replied to fibaeurope.com when asked if he would be willing to grant his return to the Turkish national team for EuroBasket 2015.
"Last summer I missed it [FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014] in Spain because I was injured, but this summer, hopefully, I will play.
"If I go through the whole season and I feel good and I am healthy, I want to play."
So there is, here too, one condition. It comes with good reason.
The 28-year-old Ilyasova has a fantastic national team track record, with four EuroBasket and two FIBA World Cup tournaments under his belt, including a decisive role (13.4 points and 7.6 rebounds per game) in Turkey's 2010 silver medal success.
The Turkish forward however also has a troubled history of injury troubles and will use the NBA All-Star break to nurse a right groin strain.
Ilyasova already missed several games because of a concussion and a broken nose, and the occurrence of these - quite unusual in basketball - injuries make him more cautious.
"It's not easy, I've had some injuries and now I have to wear a mask, which is kind of uncomfortable," he said.
"But I have to deal with it and in every game I will feel better.
"Hopefully this summer I will go but, as I said, I first have to finish the season feeling well."
Ilyasova is only one of several unfortunate Bucks players constraint to watch part of the season from the sidelines, but this appears to have strengthened his conviction in this Milwaukee team and their resilience this year.
The Bucks currently stand at 30-23, and apart from having already improved last year's record by leaps and bounds, they are virtually assured of a play-off spot in the Eastern Conference, barring a dramatic drop after the All-Star break.
"Injuries is part of the game but when you look at our team, even when we miss a couple of guys everybody else is doing their part to cover for them," the Turkish star said.
"I think we are doing a great job, we are still keeping our record above .500 (50% W/L percentage)."
Ilyasova does not utter the word play-offs though, just as he does not venture into any promises or predictions about Turkey's summer campaign when the discussion shifts back to EuroBasket 2015.
Many say that Turkey were drawn in the toughest first round group, as they will do battle in Berlin with Spain, Serbia, Italy, Iceland and hosts Germany.
"It's kind of always tough for us, you know?" Ilyasova replies jokingly when asked if this was the worst possible outcome of the draw for Turkey.
"For example, we are in a group in Germany playing in Berlin.
"But, when playing in these tournaments, you need to take it game by game.
"It is of course about how you start the tournament [in the first round].
"But in the past we have almost always started well, yet we we could not finish in the same way.
"So hopefully, this time around, we will start well and we will finish just as well."
Door LuluHoops
