Can Serbia win Eurobasket?

A Serbian win against Czech Republic propelled them to the semifinals of the 2015 Eurobasket. Even when players who have NBA experience have a hard time facing the Serbs, who went out with passion and fiery all the time. What I saw through their games is simply a testament of their continued hardwork on the court.

Miloš Teodosić is the clear leader of this team. Setting up plays for teammates and has the range anywhere on the court, it's also the task of the likes of Miroslav Raduljica, Nemanja Nedović, Nemanja Bjelica, Bogdan Bogdanović, veteran Zoran Erceg and the rest, with team effort and superb unselfishness.

The last time they won the Eurobasket Gold is way back 14 years ago, who were having Dejan Bodiroga, Peđa Stojaković and others coached by legendary coach Svetislav Pešić.

It now depends on Miloš's efforts to avoid another Silver medal, since his playing career he never won the gold medal or in professional leagues, championships(only has VTB League championships though.)

But if this unit can make it all the way to the gold with Sale Nacionale Aleksandar "Saša" Đorđević coaching with passion and fiery as well without prioritizing what his predecessors did(Dušan Ivković notably), they have a better chance to win it all.

China can only win in Asia, not in the world

That was fun, seeing Chinese players lose by 40 points against a young but hungry Serbian team coached by Aleksandar Đorđević and led by team captain Miloš Teodosić. But that's not going to be my point here. I want to point out how China's basketball program still sucks despite being a FIBA Asia powerhouse. Why I said that? They can only use their height against small defenders and have the range. But why they lose when it comes to the international stage?

Lack of direction. Yes, they have Yao Ming(I grew up idolizing him with the Houston Rockets), Yi Jianlian and others but what happened to that game against Serbia even if it's just an exhibition game and they have a lot of 7 footers? No direction and it's just they are a powerhouse on paper. That's right. On paper! 

As they got trashed by the Serbs, the Chinese even resorted to injuring Miroslav Raduljica and the hammer to the face of a charging Nemanja Dangubić, which I know is a classless act by the Chinese team but Karma does still strike.

If I have to tell the Iranian, Philippine and other teams to beat China, they can even if not having the height as long as you can hasten up the pace and make them eat dust. Sure Serbia has a lot of point forwards and Raduljica can outmuscle even the taller Chinese centers but Iran has Haddadi, Philippines has a lot of  arsenal and other countries in Asia can beat China. Once they know this game and learn what tactics they can do against the once proud basketball program of China, they are just targets for hungry and motivated Asian teams.

Izaći KSS!

In what could have been the best game of Srbija against Grčka(90-72), a testament of their teamwork and hunger for that gold. Let's see how far they can go with this lineup.

At all four quarters, Srbija led the scoring. Both teams got 29 turnovers but Srbija torched Grčka from downtown(9/17).

Srbija was lead by Bogdan Bogdanović(21 poena), Miroslav Raduljica(16 poena, 6 skokova) and the big dunk by Nikola Kalinić over Ioannis Bourosis that brought the Serbian fans amd the bench on their feet. For the Greeks, Nick Calathes with 14 poena but turnovers and that 9/24 fr downtown costed them the game.

Next game is against Brazil, who downed Argentina 85-65 and will try to beat Srbija again. I would expect a young team vs experienced guys again.