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octothorp · 07-01-2011, 10:40 AM

If anyone is interested in watching Valanciunas live, the FIBA U19 tournament will be streamed from the FIBA site starting with the quarterfinals early next week.

Right now the group round is going on, and while it would be fun to watch it live as well, the level of competition makes it difficult to evaluate. Against Korea Valanciunas just had a first quarter where he shot 7/7 from the field, 3/3 from the line, for 17 points and 11 rebounds in 10 minutes. At least he's merciless, but that's about all you can get out of today's game.
Tomorrow Lithuania plays Canada, and I'm curious to see how Canadian 7'4" Center Sim Bhullar does against him. I'm guessing Bhullar (and team Canada) gets destroyed, but I'm hoping he at least has some moments of success. Canada's in tough in this tournament without their top three guys in the age class (Kabongo, Birch, Wiltjer), but I'd be happy with them finishing somewhere in the 5-8 group.

07-01-2011, 10:40 AM	#191
octothorp Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: not lurking Exp:	If anyone is interested in watching Valanciunas live, the FIBA U19 tournament will be streamed from the FIBA site starting with the quarterfinals early next week. Right now the group round is going on, and while it would be fun to watch it live as well, the level of competition makes it difficult to evaluate. Against Korea Valanciunas just had a first quarter where he shot 7/7 from the field, 3/3 from the line, for 17 points and 11 rebounds in 10 minutes. At least he's merciless, but that's about all you can get out of today's game. Tomorrow Lithuania plays Canada, and I'm curious to see how Canadian 7'4" Center Sim Bhullar does against him. I'm guessing Bhullar (and team Canada) gets destroyed, but I'm hoping he at least has some moments of success. Canada's in tough in this tournament without their top three guys in the age class (Kabongo, Birch, Wiltjer), but I'd be happy with them finishing somewhere in the 5-8 group. Last edited by octothorp; 07-01-2011 at 10:43 AM.