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Post by dexter on Mar 27, 2024 9:06:28 GMT
Looking forward to the game on Friday. If London can get a win that will be an achievement way beyond all expectations. London need a bit more luck with 3s going in and they probably need Paris to have a bad game, which is very unlikely. Paris are the best team in this competition.
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Post by LTfan on Mar 27, 2024 9:34:29 GMT
Looking forward to the game on Friday. If London can get a win that will be an achievement way beyond all expectations. London need a bit more luck with 3s going in and they probably need Paris to have a bad game, which is very unlikely. Paris are the best team in this competition. Paris are a Euroleague-level team, no doubt. It's slightly hard to explain why, going on player CVs alone London should be the better team, but they aren't. TJ Shorts was something else last night, even when he's slow to get going he has a game that is incredibly impressive. London just didn't play very well last night. Outside of perhaps Nwaba, Olaseni and Philip everyone else on the 12-strong roster underperformed. And if you're going to have any chance of beating Paris all 12 players need to be performing. I honestly believe if London can beat Paris in the semi-finals they've got a good shot at winning EuroCup. But knocking out Paris is going to take everything they've got. |
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Post by dexter on Mar 27, 2024 10:20:03 GMT
Looking forward to the game on Friday. If London can get a win that will be an achievement way beyond all expectations. London need a bit more luck with 3s going in and they probably need Paris to have a bad game, which is very unlikely. Paris are the best team in this competition. Paris are a Euroleague-level team, no doubt. It's slightly hard to explain why, going on player CVs alone London should be the better team, but they aren't. TJ Shorts was something else last night, even when he's slow to get going he has a game that is incredibly impressive. London just didn't play very well last night. Outside of perhaps Nwaba, Olaseni and Philip everyone else on the 12-strong roster underperformed. And if you're going to have any chance of beating Paris all 12 players need to be performing. I honestly believe if London can beat Paris in the semi-finals they've got a good shot at winning EuroCup. But knocking out Paris is going to take everything they've got. Paris were playing at home. Paris play at this level week in week out. EuroCup semi finals is a couple of steps further than London have got before. Paris are favourites. I think Paris are going to play in Euroleague next season no matter what. We don't even know if there will be a London Lions next season. These are all things that could have been in Paris's favour in terms of preparation and psychologically. I agree, London have the talent but they will need to up their game to win this thing. |
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Post by LTfan on Mar 27, 2024 12:35:48 GMT
Paris are a Euroleague-level team, no doubt. It's slightly hard to explain why, going on player CVs alone London should be the better team, but they aren't. TJ Shorts was something else last night, even when he's slow to get going he has a game that is incredibly impressive. London just didn't play very well last night. Outside of perhaps Nwaba, Olaseni and Philip everyone else on the 12-strong roster underperformed. And if you're going to have any chance of beating Paris all 12 players need to be performing. I honestly believe if London can beat Paris in the semi-finals they've got a good shot at winning EuroCup. But knocking out Paris is going to take everything they've got. Paris were playing at home. Paris play at this level week in week out. EuroCup semi finals is a couple of steps further than London have got before. Paris are favourites. I think Paris are going to play in Euroleague next season no matter what. We don't even know if there will be a London Lions next season. These are all things that could have been in Paris's favour in terms of preparation and psychologically. I agree, London have the talent but they will need to up their game to win this thing. Paris have never got to the semi-finals in the EuroCup either. But they're certainly favourites to win it, have been for a while. I keep hearing they'll get an invite to Euroleague next season regardless, but I can't find anything to confirm it. Perhaps Euroleague are waiting to see if they win EuroCup first to save them having to use a possible wildcard invite, especially as it's heavily rumoured Dubai are set to get a wildcard invite next season too. EDIT: Actually the latest (yesterday) from Euroleague CEO is that the plan is for Dubai to initially join EuroCup next season. So that might actually help the fast-track of Paris if needed. |
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Post by docker on Mar 28, 2024 15:26:33 GMT
Copper Box is sold out for the 2nd leg semi final tomorrow night. Will be interesting to see if any of the "Parisian Ultras" will be making the trip so they can chant "Let's Go Defence" again  |
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Post by LTfan on Mar 29, 2024 9:05:29 GMT
Game 2 tonight, and it’s a 6,000+ sell out crowd at the Copper Box. It’s going to be the biggest challenge in the London Lions history, alongside trying to actually make a profit of course.  Whatever happens, it’s going to be a fun night. |
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Post by docker on Mar 29, 2024 13:06:28 GMT
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Post by LTfan on Mar 29, 2024 20:35:43 GMT
London up by 6 at HT. A much better game, just need to limit those turnovers!
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Post by dexter on Mar 29, 2024 21:49:17 GMT
A good game but Paris are the better team. Decker and Nwaba didn't have their best games. So this is the end for London Lions.
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Post by LTfan on Mar 29, 2024 21:54:48 GMT
Too many turnovers, only Matt Morgan and Jordan Taylor performing at the level that everyone really needed to tonight, and Paris just being too damn good.
Overall, for a second year in the competition I’d still say this should be considered a successful one.
I’ve enjoyed being part of the journey. I hope we do it again next year.
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Post by eillo23 on Mar 29, 2024 21:55:58 GMT
Disappointing result. But ultimately Paris the better team and well deserving of being in the Final. They should win it now.
Said before the first game that all the London players would need to be at their best and unfortunately that didn’t happen in either game. Matt Morgan with a much better game today, but Nwaba with a shocker. Connor Morgan virtually non existent over both games and Grantham only getting 9minutes today. 20 turnovers tonight and I found Lions seriously frustrating to watch at times.
However… what a run and an incredible achievement to make it to the semi finals. Facing any other team they would have been in the final, I am sure.
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Post by spacejammer on Mar 29, 2024 22:02:46 GMT
Too many turnovers, only Matt Morgan and Jordan Taylor performing at the level that everyone really needed to tonight, and Paris just being too damn good. Overall, for a second year in the competition I’d still say this should be considered a successful one. I’ve enjoyed being part of the journey. I hope we do it again next year. Was trying to avoid the result of this one to watch tommorow until Jeannette and the hosts annoyingly without warning gave it away during the Sky game between Sharks and Riders. From the sounds of things Lions should not be disappointed as again it has been progress for them in terms of getting one step further and Euro Cup is a tough league. And had they won Euro Cup I don't believe even Lions would be ready to go for the Euroleague level just yet and are in the right league at the moment. Question is though will 777 still be at the helm and will the money be here next season? As much as I hate playing Lions in the BBL right now like most other fans I respect what they have done playing Europe and think a London vs Paris rivalry developing would be juicy. Hopefully even if 777 goes the mark Lions leave on Europe will make the rest of Europe want more involvement from the BBL in the European ranks. And on the positive side for Lions whilst their out of Europe they have a good chance of finishing their season on a good note as they are most likely to win the BBL playoff title still let's be honest. |
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Post by cosbyrider on Mar 30, 2024 7:14:56 GMT
Will have to spend another £10 million to make it work
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Post by LTfan on Mar 30, 2024 8:47:41 GMT
Will have to spend another £10 million to make it work Does anyone know the kind of budget Paris Basketball are operating with? In terms of salaries, on paper, it looks like London are probably spending more than Paris… yet Paris have a better team on court. So should London really need to ‘spend another £10M to make it work’? Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong, but I’d have thought London’s current budget should be sufficient for EuroCup success - not that this season hasn’t been a success, but at least in terms of Paris they’ve been easily outperformed by a team with a similar (or smaller?) budget… so should another £10M really need be the answer? |
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Post by dexter on Mar 30, 2024 9:02:06 GMT
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Post by keithkr on Mar 30, 2024 9:25:47 GMT
Anything that raises the profile of the game is good for me, I don't particularly care which team it is, at the moment it's London, that will change as time goes on it always does in any sport. I would have liked to have seen them in the final, not to be.
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Post by dexter on Mar 30, 2024 9:34:57 GMT
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Post by docker on Mar 30, 2024 10:03:37 GMT
Will have to spend another £10 million to make it work Does anyone know the kind of budget Paris Basketball are operating with? In terms of salaries, on paper, it looks like London are probably spending more than Paris… yet Paris have a better team on court. So should London really need to ‘spend another £10M to make it work’? Happy to be corrected if I’m wrong, but I’d have thought London’s current budget should be sufficient for EuroCup success - not that this season hasn’t been a success, but at least in terms of Paris they’ve been easily outperformed by a team with a similar (or smaller?) budget… so should another £10M really need be the answer? The Paris team are outstanding but I think the fact that a lot of them played together with the same Coach in Bonn last season is another factor that gives them an edge: www.eurohoops.net/en/eurocup/1533089/collin-malcolm-paris-basketball-telekom-baskets-bonn-eurocup/. Petar Bozic has done a great job in his first season with Lions and it will be exciting to see how he can build on this next year(budget permitting |
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Post by LTfan on Mar 30, 2024 10:09:38 GMT
Very interesting, thanks. So if the rumours about London’s budget are correct I’d say Paris Basketball have a similar salary budget. |
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Post by voise on Mar 30, 2024 12:32:27 GMT
Very interesting, thanks. So if the rumours about London’s budget are correct I’d say Paris Basketball have a similar salary budget. And shows how far away the rest of the BBL is in comparison to other European leagues - the French league is probably not in the top 3 either. |
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