Looks like Sam may be a favored team mate. Brown just loved it.
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Just Jayden Gardner drilling threes nbd
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Uncaged?
He’s slimmed down quite a bit
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Are we sure that’s Gardner? If so that’s an amazing body transformation he actually looks younger he is so much smaller. Almost doesn’t looked developed.
Given his knack for the mid range jumper on the baseline it’s not too surprising that he’d be able to extend that range to hitting corner 3s.
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Yes, it always surprised me that he didn’t get (or even try to get) to that level. Maybe it was Tony’s system that didn’t allow. Of course, we may have just watched the only 3’s he has ever hit.
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I remember him sinking two threes in the non-con game vs Iowa
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Jayden is taking 3s…10-30 through 10 games. He’s killing it there, leading his team in scoring at 17 PPG. @jazznutUVA might be able to tell us more about the level but I think it’s fairly low on the Euro scale. Seems to be an entry level for a lot of American players. Paul Atkinson (Notre Dame) and Jamarius Burton (Pitt0 are on his team. A lot of young Euro guys…only two over the age of 24, one of them Brevin Pritzl (Wisconsin)
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They are pretty low… see below the top 25 European leagues by success in the FIBA Champions Leagues over the past 3 seasons w/ a calculated success coefficient each year similar to FIFA… the final column the amount of teams that qualify for the next iteration (you can see Russia and Belarus are at 0 for their participation in the war). This does not include success in Euroleague as that is a closed system.
As you can see… Spain is the best league where all the best talent outside of the NBA goes, think Power-5… while Germany, France, Turkey and Israel round out the second tier… think Mid-Major.
Belgium is ranked 15th… so probably Division II, maybe Division III?
| Ranking | League | 2020-21 | 2021–22 | 2022-23 | Total | Teams |
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| Coefficient | Coefficient | Coefficient | Coefficient | |||
| 1 | Spain | 36.75 | 37.50 | 28.50 | 102.75 | 0/6 |
| 2 | Germany | 30.00 | 18.00 | 19.75 | 67.75 | 0/4 |
| 3 | France | 19.00 | 18.33 | 27.33 | 64.67 | 0/3 |
| 4 | Turkey | 21.80 | 23.60 | 18.20 | 63.60 | 0/5 |
| 5 | Israel | 15.00 | 19.67 | 27.33 | 62.00 | 0/3 |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.00 | 17.00 | 15.00 | 56.00 | 0/1 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 36.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 49.00 | 0/2 |
| 8 | Hungary | 14.00 | 27.00 | 6.00 | 47.00 | 0/2 |
| 9 | Greece | 13.00 | 9.25 | 22.00 | 44.25 | 0/3 |
| 10 | Italy | 17.67 | 12.67 | 11.00 | 41.33 | 0/2 |
| 11 | Romania | 1.00 | 38.00 | 2.00 | 41.00 | 0/1 |
| 12 | Russia | 33.00 | 7.50 | 0.00 | 40.50 | 0/0 |
| 13 | Latvia | 18.00 | 12.00 | 8.00 | 38.00 | 0/1 |
| 14 | Lithuania | 6.50 | 15.00 | 15.00 | 36.50 | 0/2 |
| 15 | Belgium | 6.50 | 11.00 | 17.00 | 34.50 | 0/1 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 1.00 | 23.00 | 2.00 | 26.00 | 0/1 |
| 17 | Denmark | 14.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 24.00 | 0/1 |
| 18 | Portugal | 2.00 | 1.00 | 18.00 | 21.00 | 0/1 |
| 19 | Poland | 3.00 | 8.00 | 8.00 | 19.00 | 0/1 |
| 20 | Belarus | 11.00 | 4.00 | 0.00 | 15.00 | 0/0 |
| 21 | Estonia | 0.00 | 11.00 | 1.00 | 12.00 | 0/1 |
| 22 | Cyprus | 5.00 | 1.00 | 2.00 | 8.00 | 0/1 |
| 23 | Switzerland | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 7.00 | 0/1 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 2.00 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 6.00 | 0/1 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0/1 |
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Where’s that Adriatic League that Luka was MVP of before he went to the NBA?
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Adriatic League is another smaller in season league between several countries.
I again bring up how stupid the NBA in season tournament is… it’s the same teams playing more redundant games… nothing new except vomit inducing painted courts
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So he’s been out one month, or two, or one?
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I believe you square the months, so 2.
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It’s a shame that Ty’s still injured and that’s a shame.
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Dre, Brogs, Ty, Trey…hell even Diakite. Injury prone.
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Hauser is absolutely loving life these days.
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