In the first two matches of the tournament, which went with great hopes after the fantastic wins against the top countries in European football and the tactically well planned off-the-ball game plan, we encountered an unplanned, soulless and physically exhausted national team. Well, was it obvious that this would happen, did we as a nation deceive ourselves with unnecessary words and expressions, or did we not do the tactical and physical work that we needed to do in the preparation process before the tournament? Of course, it is impossible to know these as an outside observer, so it will be an article where I completely give my personal thoughts and observations. We played the first match of the group in Rome against Italy, which had a 27-game unbeaten streak under Roberto Mancini. Against us was Italy, who was physically strong, had a high midfield quality and played a fast paced game. Despite being shown as one of the favorites of t...
" Mehmet Okur became someone else and a player when he shots a little bit in the NBA. He escaped the harshness, wanted to play outside. Ibrahim Kutluay shoots better than you until he dies. If he misses, you will get that rebound. What if you miss, who will get the rebound?" These words are a fragment from the interview with Bogdan Tanjevic made in January and published in Socrates magazine which one of the Turkey's leading sports magazine. FYI, Bojdan Tanjevic was the coach of Turkey's National Basketball team between 2003 - 2014. Tanjevic First of all, I want to talk about the thing that attracted my attention the most in the interview. " When he shots a little bit in the NBA... " A little??? We have to ask that little bit to Utah Jazz. Memo is one of two or three players with the best shots in the NBA among players with 2.10 and above. I'm talking about all times, not just when he was play...