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We all know that you guys love Greece and Greeks and we love you back...! à tout à l'heure !!!!

We know you like greek basketball. Greetings from Athens.

Βro...I am almost sure most of so-called haters that say "you don't like the greek team" are teenagers, 20 years old tops.Their blood is being boiled,don't pay attention.Healthy grown up minds totally respect you.Much love from Greece for the lithuanian national team.Trust me, the vast majority of greek audience fully respect lithuanian basketball process.

The Croatian bench were shouting “let him shoot” to their defense and Calathes was then telling them “let me shoot!” After he scored

Urbonas, do not listen to the trolls. We do love you guys, greetings from greece.

Greeks are your biggest fans and number 1 followers! Respect our Lithuanian brothers 😉

I still remember your game against USA in Athens for the 2004 olympics when you beat Team USA in the group stage. The whole stadium was cheering Lietuva Lietuva even if you had destroyed the Greek team 2 days earlier.

Even though you guys are young, you know your stuff and you are both awesome! From a Greek basketball 45 year old fan that follows you both on twitter as well.

Lietuva as Greece will always be big on the game even when they don't qualify

Lithuanian fans that came to Puerto Rico, thank you. You were awesome. I hope you have enjoy your time here.

Walkup plays with heart but he is from Texas..Respect and Love🇬🇷🇺🇲

Don't listen to the Greek haters. The are not even haters, just having fun mocking you. We are not raised to hate the opponent team, we just make fun of these situations.

You can hate Rudy Fernández; he has been complaining 500 times per game during his 20 year long career, but we have to recognize that he is the fiercest competitor and still has been at 38 as he showed again in this year's ACB final. Despite his constant complaints he has never lost his concentration ever in a single game, something that other players that we all admire can't say. His resume..., is just unbelievable, just history of european basketball.

Greetings from Greece love your podcast ☘️☘️😎

Lithuanian basketball is too good and has so much culture, it will bounce back

Very solid analisis, 1st time watching and new subscriber. In Puerto Rico we hold great respect for Lithuania. If your country is "consider small" imagine us, we fit 7 times inside of yours. Local crowd is so hype up due to the respect we have for your team. Best wishes for your team and we love the passion of your fans coming to our island to be part of the tournament. 🇵🇷🏀

the OQT in Greece was the first major basketball event I attended and man it was amazing. On top of the great display of basketball from our team the atmosphere was amazing, families cheering, the players and coaches being the most passionate Ive seen in 15 years , basketball superstars having the time of their life. Hopefully the rumors are true and we get to organize the 2029 eurobasket in Greece . Also lets do our best now in France 💪

Hi guys, as you said, a big basketball tournament is poor without Lithuania. I'm really sorry.

As an American I love how big basketball is all over the world especially eruo international hoops has become real competitive

Nik was shouting : „Let him shoot! Yeah! Let him shoot! „ after the croatian bench was shouting „let him shoot“ while he was alone at the three point line - weak ass trash talk but was funny though 😅

Greetings from Puertorico!!🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

Greek fans are loving you guys.Even the missing guy that got lost after Pao won the euroleague. We are very passionate with our teams and whenever for example you feel that a Greek team or our national team wont make it we take it somehow personal. We feel very proud for our basketball teams and we are not used to criticism even if its just a different opinion. We like your show (you can see that from the number of fans you have here in Greece) and i am sure that as your channel gets bigger you will experience love from Greek guys that goes way too crazy. They will start inviting you to eat with them, buy you a beer even to come stay at their houses. This is us. We express our feelings too much, love or hate, disappointment or excitement

Feel gutted about Lithuania not qualifying. An Olympics or World Championship without Lithuania isn't the same. Thank you Donatas for your comments about Greece. This qualification means a lot to Greece after many failures over the years. Every player, coach, cleaner, physio on the team gave 110%. This is why most players were in tears at the end. In an interview with the Greek press, Spanoulis said the 12 players going to the Olympics isn't yet confirmed. Also Papagiannis said the team wants to go deep in the tournament.

We really love you guys. You love basketball and analyze it so successfully. Keep doing what you do. Love from Greece

Ignore the idiots. The poisonous, immature hate mentality is widespread among Greeks for sure. On the other hand, there are many who purely love basketball and, therefore, love your podcast. Very good job. Best english-speaking europodcast hands down.

Very good analysis on all topics. Bravo young men

Greetings from Greek from Rotterdam, love your podcast and very pity for Lietuva which will be missing!!

Feel bad for Lithuania bad you lost against a die hard basketball nation at least. LETS GO GREECE! 🔵⚪💪💪

All I know is the group of Death “ Australia , Espania , Hellas , Canada is gonna be amazing ! What a group

Thank you guys. Really excited about the tournament. Our guys deserve a break for once

Man I was looking forward to cheering for Lithuania 😣

Jasu Greece, much love from Serbia. We respect Lithuanian bb, no doubt. But I dont want to front. Yes Giannis is great, Calathes great..... BUT... dont forget about JOKIC and SERBIA. Team USA must fall this time, it will be done at least in the finals. They cant do it FIBA style, like we can. LBJ can go home, we have the MVP. Idemoo Srbija!!!

We ll miss Thanasis, i miss his passion, he reminds me of Giannaksi

Greece are at a good place this year and it's a combination of three factors in my opinion: A) V-Span mentality and clout among his players, who used to be his teammates a few years ago. The team looks energized, motivated, confident and disciplined. B) Finding a new balance and modus vivendi between the team and the team's superstar Giannis, as well as with the Milwaukee Bucks organization. First of, in previous years, everyone including Giannis himself, felt that Giannis should be left to do his thing and for the most part he did, and he did fantastic. But it's too much for any team to expect all from one player in a tight series of games played in short succession and in the end it's counterproductive especially in the knockout phase when facing teams who also have superstars of their own. Also, the Greek basketball federation went to great lengths to accommodate the Bucks in previous years. They even went as far as incorporating Bucks staffers in the Greek team (coaches and medical-physio guys). Even though these guys honestly tried to help the Greek team beyond Giannis and not to overstep their role, it was clear that their number one directive was to protect Giannis. This was creating an asphyxiating, overprotective environment for Giannis who now felt immense pressure from two sides, "do-it-all and lead us to victory" vs. "OMG please don't-get-hurt". Now, things are more balanced and this is liberating for Giannis who can finally enjoy the game playing as first among equals. Also, he gets more rest and less exposure to risky plays this way. C) The coming of age of the new generation of Greek players. Mitoglou, Papagiannis, Kalaitzakis, Larentzakis evolved their game in the last two years, became key players in their respective teams and found confidence and experience. They are now at their prime. Walkup was a great addition. Charalampopoulos who was considered lost talent mostly because of his own arrogance and overconfidence, matured, changed his ways and came back as a useful piece. Toliopoulos was the revelation of the season in the Greek league being a true leader and an super-clutch player for Aris. Finally, on the veteran side, Papanicolaou and Calathes, the most loyal soldiers of the team all these years are now the seasoned generals. For Calathes, as mentioned in the video, it's crazy that he is still evolving his game despite reaching the end of his career. I value the work Itoudis put in the team but the time was not right yet for the new generation of players. That was not his fault. On the contrary he helped many of these players to evolve. Itoudis' plan to manage and integrate Giannis' superstardom was a logical, well-thought plan but it didn't click in the end. Now I see good spirits, healthy balance and convincing basketball from Spanoulis' Greece. Still many things to fix, particularly in the offence as mentioned in the podcast. The Olympics won't be easy against the star-studded super-teams competing there, but Greece will be fun to watch and the chances to advance far in the competition are there, not just for Greece, for most teams. It's a 12 team competition so it all comes down to that one good knockout game in the quarterfinals. I give a 20% chance to Greece to win an Olympic medal. Let's goooo!!

Team USA, France, Canada, Serbia, Greece and Germany are all loaded with NBA and Euroleague talent. This is going to be a fun Olympics. My condolences to our Lithuanian brothers. Puerto Rico plays with a ton of heart. PS Greeks have zero hate for you Urbonus, just thought the idea that the 1 dimensional Slovenian team stood a chance against us was insane.

Lietuva is one of Europe's OG basketball schools, Lietuva's presence in every major tournament is imo always expected and needed, an Olympiad without Lietuva will feel like someone important missing. Greetings from Greece.

¡VIVA PUERTO RICO! 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🏀🏀🏀

U have a Greek fun here so ….🎉🎉🎉

Thanks for your kind words about the Spanish NT :)

Congrats! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

So proud about Brazil!! 🇧🇷 With both Yago and Raul on point, we could do a surprisingly good run

Half of your spectators we are Greek. Lewl

As everyone has already mentioned, do not care for these idiots who are probably high school students or something. We have to live with them, that's even worse. You are the best channel.

Puerto Rico have not been in the Olympics since 2004 of course we were happy and over joy because also we have never beaten Lithuania in our history and we also just beat 2 European teams in a row.

Congratulations for your clear and unbiased discussion followed by many Greeks.Correct predictions are almost impossible in team sports like basket .I feel sorry that Lietuva will not participate and also about the unbelievable arrogance of the USA who did not play any qualifiers both before and in Paris where they are the only team in the fourth group while many good teams will fight each other and one halve will drop out.This is not ancient greek olympic spirit The NBA is a lot of hyperbole nowadays.

It’s a great pity Lithuania didn’t qualify. Respect to you guys and all the best

As a longtime fan of both Team Canada and the Toronto Raptors, I totally understand how you guys are feeling about Team Lithuania right now 😅 But I hope you can fight through the pain and continue the great content!

Georginho is going to play in Brazil again this year. I think financially is a better offer, but as a fan I also wished to see his journey continue in Europe.

Im missing one of my favourite players EVER and incredibly talented MARCULIONIS. Basketball LEGEND

Ive been watching and dying with Canada Basketball since I was 10 years old and the last time I saw Canada in Olympics I was 12.. I totally understand the feeling of being eliminated from Olympics by Puerto Rico as it happened to us in back in 2003 for the 2004 games 😢 Was cheering hard for Lithuania but hopefully they can come back for the next one❤

the greeks are coming

Random question: Do you guys immediately start speaking Lithuanian when the cameras turn off and only speak English when recording a show?

Hi guys, love the content i never miss a video of yours. Just one question, is it possible to do timestamps on your videos when they are long?

Giannis draws all the attention and makes everyone around him better. Croatia is a solid team but plays with 6 players rotation, and they run out of gas.

Maksvytis legendary coach

Players like Giannis, Luka and Jokic don't have to "play well". Their presence on the court alone, distracts the defence. We were discussing how attached to Giannis Zubac was at times, for example the nice pass from Calathes to Walkup for the lay-up was only possible because Zubac was concerned keeping the ball out of Giannis hands, he didn't even close out even though he was following the action (if you see the reply, you'll see that he knows Walkup is coming in for the lay-up but he stays "home").

Papagiannis makes some shots some nights but you can never rely on him,he is 2,17 and sometimes he is unable to get a rebound from a 5year old!!!if we had another reliable player this size he would just be on the bench.Great defense, even greater nick calathes,giannis is not alone anymore and spanoulis is inspirational.The group in the Olympics i think is the only one that every team has the same chances to finish from first to fourth!

Our team has a coach that all the players respect him , gave them clear roles and confidence ! Spanoulis did a great job , he made them understand how much important is to play in the national team . Lithuania is one of my favourite national teams . If im not wrong at 2003 , even if i was 10 yeras old, i remember how good Saras, Siskauskas amd one my favourite players of all time Macijauskas . Now i dont see any talent at those positions .

The good thing is we use very good olive oil here in Greece 😂

I am Slovenian and want to show my respect to Greece team. You are much, much better than Slovenija. Will cross fingers for yiu on Olimpics 💪💪💪

Giannis🇬🇷

I think that right now Calathes is the best European pure playmaker and the best guard in Euroleague. His pairing with James at this point in their career will be deadly. As for the olympic basketball tournament format, it is ridiculous. Why not add another 4 teams and make it a 16 team tournament with 4 groups, or make 2 groups of 6 teams and let the top 4 of each group qualify? Also, are we sure Buzelis will actually play for Lithuania? I mean, I know he has been registered in the past, but is that really binding or will we see him wear a team USA jersey at some point like Joel?

Damn! You needed Jonas in this one.

And with no Sloukas,Papapetrou,Thanasis and Kostas..

Thanks for the clip , to become the best 3dth team you have to have an easy group this also unfair to group A...

Lithuania eliminated Puerto Rico in the 2012 qualifiers. Revenge is sweet.

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timestamps please

@3.31 welcome to the balkans baebey™

Much more than Arvydas Sabonis,Sarunas MARCULIONIS !!!!!💯

Spanoulis💪🇬🇷

No mention of Jonas Valančiūnas for Team Lietuva going forward??

4 times Olympics for 🇬🇷

They should've mde it 2 groups of 6 then get the best 4 from both

Congrats on me

Lithuania did not qualify? Wow. Big shock and surprise

Giannis beating racism with carrying the flag,WELL DONE...i see it like a humiliation for the politics of this country(?)....haha...p.s. loved your text about the story

My ranking for all the basketball countries/territory in Paris Olympics 2024. 1.USA 2.Canada 3.France 4.Serbia 5.Germany 6.Greece 7.Australia 8.Spain 9.Brazil 10.Puerto Rico 11.South Sudan 12.Japan

Stereotyping Greeks as hateful people? Come on Donatas. You simply don't show the respect to the Greek national team that it deserves. They deserve the harsh critique sometimes but I think you overdo it a lot of the time compared to other teams. It doesn't come across well. I'm not defending what people messaged you, but what do you expect? Besides, they were probably some teenagers. Like that doesn't happen with Lithuania or other nations.

Where is Ignas Brazdeikas ? Matas Buzelis? Tubelis?

Brazil will surprise germany for sure in paris

There was an incident in a night club after the game. Saric got floored....It's a shame.... Peko get the hardware.... hahahahaha

Urbonas relax it is great to support also Slovenian basketball and Greek basketball. Dont read and pay attention to crap comments

Pičko! 🤣🤣 Good pronunciation. Pozdrav iz Srbije ✋🏻🇷🇸

Slovenia is just Donsic now..and Nebo...not the team like 2017...

Even in Soviet Union,Sarunas was the best of ALL....

We already beat LeBron in Athens…we are David..no fear!

Ok, Spain sucked in this tournament until the final game. It is what it is it was what it was, but at least in the final we could see some defense. Maybe with Abrines and Juancho we can put up a fight in the Olympics. If I have to support anyone besides Spain, I choose Greece as well, they have the heart, crazy Larentzakis, and they have Spanoulis, you just need a little bit of better shooting and maybe get Giannis to the post.😅

So Spain will be in Paris, not Latvia, not Lithuania, not Slovenia, not Italy... only Greece and Spain from Europe won the ticket to participate in the olympic tournament. Just a reminder for all the people that every summer show disrespect for the spanish national team. From 1979 until now Spain has competed in every single championship except in Atlanta in 1996. 11/12 Olympic Games, 11/11 World Championships and all the Eurobaskets at that period of time.

It would have been a different result for Lithuania if Jonas Valuncianas was there....

Oh no, Urbonas supports the Greek national team, that means we're gonna fail 😅

Stay with Slovenia ...no hate come on, only mocking

Georginho has decided to return to Brazil. He is playing for Franca next year

I really thought Spain and Greece benefited from playing at home. Neither team I thought played great but the home crowds got them going. If Smith of Croatia hits some of his shots could have been closer. On a neutral floor I feel the Bahamas win that game. PR had home court, but they looked by far the best team anyways. Nice to see Brazil back in the Olympics. They played very well over the 4 games. Should be a good tourney in Paris.

Where is Rytus xdddddd

Best Lithuanian bbal guard ever? Easy... Sarunas! 🙂

So if we would pick Puerto Ricko wouldnt be there any coursing for us???

I feel sad for Lithuania staying out of the Olympics. The Qualifiers are quite unfair: why should Lithuania travel to Puerto Rico, instead of playing in Latvia, which is closer? Why Brazil played in Latvia, instead of playing in Puerto Rico, which is closer to Brazil? Bahamas played in Spain instead of in Puerto Rico. That seems unreasonable/unfair...

My bold prediction : Greece will win against Canada first match ,lose against Spain and win against Australia.. Spain wil be first ,Greece second ,Canada as the best 3rd