Not allowed to talk about basketball

[vin de guerre]

Since it is NOT allowed to talk about anything sporting outside of the sphere of football. I am going to attempt NOT to talk about basketball, Mark!
If it is unknown to many that Roman abramovitch has his fingers in a number of pies; be it gas, oil EPL football club, Russian football club and as a side thought at the same club CCKA Moscow he has a holding in their basketball club.

It is always good and pleasing to see that he is not getting his own way not only has his riches not guaranteed European success at Chelsea but also at CSKA Moscow where the football club is likely to lose their place in the Uefa final because of Hooliganism and also his Baketball adventure (Yes they have the largest budget in Europe) has gone belly up in the final four. It will be interesting to see whether or not he keeps pumping money into the club now that they have failed at home to get to the final and how in the future this can mirror his approach towards investing in Chelski.
Your thoughts on both Chelski and Abramovitch (but NOT basketball- cos they will lock the thread again!) will be appreciated.
By the way Macabee Tel Aviv Champions of Europe!!!! 2003-2004 and hopefully tonight 2004-2005 8) ops:

 

[SAKURABA]

Sory to told you that...but european basketball is boring...


i prefer nba to this 10000x times... star in euroleaugue we're good player on medium university at college... you don'T see any Wade or Macgrady

Steve Nash for MVP!

 

[Spartan]

well done on winning it back to back

Panathinaikos is still the most successfull european club over the last few year sthough :wink:

 

[Asterix]

This is a football forum - basketball is more boring than motor racing in my opinion (hope Soler isn't reading this).

 

[Chicago]

Sory to told you that...but european basketball is boring...


i prefer nba to this 10000x times... star in euroleaugue we're good player on medium university at college... you don'T see any Wade or Macgrady

Steve Nash for MVP!

yeah, there should be like a champions league for basketball where the top teams from each division(or something like that) play seperate games with the top teams from the divisions of other countries. That's where the US teams would shine, not this joke of a new dream team

 

[Gort]

This is a football forum - basketball is more boring than motor racing in my opinion (hope Soler isn't reading this).

Agreed. It's a game for the impatient and easily distracted. :twisted:

 

[sanyasi]

umm the point here was not basketball; but the abramovich connection and the possiblity of drawing parallels with the future of chelsea using the cksa moscow basketball team as evidence.

its a good connection vin de guerre; something to keep track off in the future.

 

[Aussie]

This is a football forum - basketball is more boring than motor racing in my opinion (hope Soler isn't reading this).

Both rubbish sports IMO.

Lawn Bowls not there is a game.

 

[whoztheman]

motor racing as in F1? anyway it all sux for me

 

[vin de guerre]

Sory to told you that...but european basketball is boring...


i prefer nba to this 10000x times... star in euroleaugue we're good player on medium university at college... you don'T see any Wade or Macgrady

Steve Nash for MVP!

Sorry to say this but the NBA has not been too innovative over the past fews years(just look at the cr@p they served at the Olympics). Where as in Europe(excluding the Uk where they cant p!ss in a bucket to save their lives!) the game has developed dynamically. ie Tau Vitorria, Pau and of course Euro champs- Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Oh by the way I hear Abramovitch is giving CSKA another year to make the grade and their plan is to enter the NBA.

 

[Soler]

This is a football forum - basketball is more boring than motor racing in my opinion (hope Soler isn't reading this).

:x on both cases.