Comments on: 2009: Finally the true world club champion will be crowned

By: Teo

Teo — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:31:00 +0000

actually it would be close…if played with fiba rules.
with nba rules, sure, a massacre. NBAersa are far better athletes on average and if they are left to travel and not be defended well all the time, then obviously they will kill the more tactically talented europeans. But still, I think that with the euroleague rules a great half-court team like cska, oly or pao could beat them. or give them a real run Barca on the other hand I wouldn’t bet on, their style seems too uptempo and that would just let any nba team exploit them. anyways, since they always play with nba rules, it’s a hypothetical scenario
that won’t matter much.

By: ledave

ledave — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:43:00 +0000

Get real! The best Euroleague team wouldn’t even come close to making the playoffs in the NBA. What would happen if the Cavs or Lakers played one of the top Euroleague teams and took the match seriously? I’ll tell you what, it would be a massacre.

By: jocs

jocs — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:05:09 +0000

i think fiba world club championship is a great idea………….
but it would be tiring for the nba, imgine they would play 82 games in a season, then comes the playoffs and then fiba, that would be to a 100+ games for the nba team

By: david Kahn

david Kahn — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:53:54 +0000

what about 2009?

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:03:40 +0000

For me, this just looks like another NBA Europe Live thing, just that you call it “World Club Championship”.

Just like before, the teams will be at about 50% at best, as it still is preseason/early season. A true World Club Championship would have to be played in June, when all the teams are at their very best. But this is never going to happen.

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Nba » 2009: finally the true world club champion will be crowned — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:37:51 +0000

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By: Os Davis

Os Davis — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:49:14 +0000

Not to be a nationalistic jackoff or anything, but the NBA must contribute one or possibly two teams for this to work. I also don’t think that the NBA club(s) should have to play a qualifying tournament to get in simply due to the time commitment too many millionaires aren’t willing to make.

I think Daniel Stern should just make the offer to the defending champion first, then the championship finals loser, then the third-best team, etc., until some team takes it. Of course, Commander Stern would probably prefer just ordering the Spurs or whoever to do it, and they’d have to.

Eric, your timeframe is dead on. You take one or two NBA clubs out of the mix for the preseason schedule, and simply have them play the world tournament during that time. Tell you what, whichever team did play in the Worlds would get a nice running start in the 2009-2010 season; the Worlds would make a nice tuneup.

As a lover of Euroleague ball and the NBA, i would say that such a tournament would be the greatest thing in the history of Western Civilization.

If they pull it off properly.

Cheers,

Os.

By: Eric

Eric — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:11:47 +0000

I really like the idea….hoping that the calendar will give us the chance to see some real action.
Obviously, it will be Euroleague vs NBA : so maybe in late October could make it. Europe’s season is fresh and NBA rosters are set, even if it’s the full pre-season for them.