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[m3m]

Ya, this is amazing for basketball fans. I seem to recall a 3 on 3 basketball tournament that was held in the wharf street parking lots by harbour air many years ago.  

[Victoria Watcher]

https://www.timescol...ntre-1.24274410

 

 

 

The agreement to rent Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre as a homeless shelter runs from March to May. There is an option to renew, but a renewal cannot happen if the Tokyo Olympic Games go ahead.

 

The Memorial Centre is booked for the Olympic men’s basketball qualifying tournament from June 29 to July 4.

[Victoria Watcher]

Nearly 3,000 full tournament passes had already been sold when sales were cut off last March for the originally-scheduled qualifying tournament last June after the postponement of the Tokyo Games in 2020 was announced. Individual game tickets were expected to sell out quickly. The qualifier was rescheduled for this year. Only a few tournament pass holders have asked for refunds with the majority deciding to hold on, said Hamilton.

 

The qualifying tournament will be broadcast nationally and internationally.

 

 

https://www.timescol...pics-1.24276538

[Jackerbie]

Spectator sports are back! Fans will be permitted to attend games in the arena with capacity limited to approx. 10%

Via https://www.cbc.ca/s...-fans-1.6081492

[spanky123]

Spectator sports are back! Fans will be permitted to attend games in the arena with capacity limited to approx. 10%

Via https://www.cbc.ca/s...-fans-1.6081492

 

You can't cheer though!

[Victoria Watcher]

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vegas odds

[Rob Randall]

Olympic qualifying is going on at the Quadra curling rink today, those odds are better.

[Victoria Watcher]

can someone do the odds of even one person at each game having COVID even if the arena was full?*

who is underwriting the massive financial loss here? well I mean i know it’s the taxpayer but which level?

I don’t think the officials quite understand how the virus spreads. or doesn’t. I truly do not understand these capacity limits at events. I really can’t see how a sporting event like this can be a super-spreader. the way people interact here is very different than say a wedding or family event.

*for example today we have 30 new cases. so that’s one out of every 133,000 people in the province. and if we consider infections last 2 weeks and we look at that level each day then about one in 10,000 people have the virus. and 7,000 fit in the arena. so it seems to me there is only a 70% chance of one single person at each game being infected.

I have stated here before. the virus does NOT move through a crowd like fire.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 29 June 2021 - 03:11 PM.

[Victoria Watcher]

Another thing not many ­people expected — that a Greek team missing two-time NBA MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and brother Thanasis Antetokounmpo, with the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Eastern ­Conference final — would give host Canada a scare in the ­opening game of the ­tournament before bowing 97-91 to the favoured Canucks.

 

Greece, with three pre-tournament games under its belt and expertly coached by veteran NBA and NCAA mentor Rick Pitino, had the team cohesion that comes with a group that knows each other well from the Greek pro league. Canada, with eight current and two former NBA players, did not have the opportunity to arrange pre-tournament games and it showed. Canada trailed through the first half but stayed in the game and then pulled it out on almost raw individual talent alone with Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors scoring 23 points, R.J. Barrett of the New York Knicks 22 and Nickeil Alexander-Walker of the New Orleans ­Pelicans 18.

https://www.timescol...oria-1.24337032

[Victoria Watcher]

Canada killed China.

[Victoria Watcher]

in retaliation China arrested two more Michaels.

[Victoria Watcher]

canada choked in semi-final.  they are out.  huge upset.

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 July 2021 - 02:39 PM.

[m3m]

Not really an upset. The Czechs were the higher ranked team. Great game though if anybody watched it.

[Victoria Watcher]

Not really an upset. The Czechs were the higher ranked team. Great game though if anybody watched it.

 

not according to the bettors.

 

[m3m]

Wow. Those odds are NUTS. The official FIBA world rankings pre-tournament were:
6. Greece
12. Czechs
15. Turkey
21. Canada

Edited by m3m, 03 July 2021 - 05:10 PM.

[marks_28]

Guessing the betting odds took into acount who was playing in the tourney? ie no Giannis for Greece

[DavidC]

Tough to win when your team trails the entire game.

Canada really had trouble with the Czech bigs, and it didn’t help that the 37! year old scored 25+ points.

[Victoria Watcher]

Video shows a breathtaking look at FIBA’s new ridiculously cool LED glass basketball court

 

https://ftw.usatoday...-video-reaction

[Victoria Watcher]

Canadian men's basketball team clinches Olympic berth en route to World Cup quarterfinals

https://www.cbc.ca/s...spain-1.6956074

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 September 2023 - 08:34 AM.

[Victoria Watcher]

‘Phenomenal’: Canada’s historic bronze medal at FIBA World Cup brings cause for pride

 

https://www.cheknews...-pride-1168225/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://basketnews.c...n-revealed.html

 

FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 participants will receive financial encouragement from the prize fund handled by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

As reported by Lukas Malinauskas of BasketNews, a total of 3.2 million euros has been allocated for distribution among the 32 participating national teams.

It's important to mention that FIBA General Secretary Andreas Zagklis clarified that there's no prize money in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

However, the sums mentioned below are compensation for the national teams for their expenses during their stay in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.

Compensation for teams, participating in FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023:

 

• Each of the 32 national teams that qualified for the FIBA World Cup receives a compensation of 50 thousand euros.
• Top 16 teams receive an additional 100 thousand euros each.

Top 16 teams in FIBA World Cup 2023: Georgia, Greece, Dominican Republic, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Montenegro, Australia, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Latvia, Lithuania, Canada, USA, Serbia, and Germany.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So Canada and the US get 150,000 Euros ($160,700 USD), that's it for the entire team for the entire tournament.  The average NBA player salary is $9.6M per year.  Which is $117,000 per game.  But not a single player in the top-100 makes less than $17M per year.   Which is $207,000 per game.  So why does a top guy want to interrupt his summer (yet alone the earlier qualifiers), and play for next to nothing, when he makes $200,000 per game in the NBA?

 

Anthony Edwards is the top USA scorer in this tournament and he is #115 in NBA salary at $13.5M.  USA #2 scorer is at #205 on NBA pay list, Patrick Mills, $6.8M. 

 

Our top guy is Gilgeous-Alexander, #34 in NBA salary at $33.3M.  Our #2 guy is #61 on the NBA pay list at $23.8M.

 

The entire event is obviously not high-profile enough to earn big gate and TV revenue.

 

So unless the national body tops up a players salary, this tournament means nothing to players.  So they skip it.   

 

So what is the point of us bragging about a bronze medal.  The top 114 USA men (by salary) skipped the tournament.  

 

This tournament is a joke.

 

 

Edited by Victoria Watcher, 11 September 2023 - 06:06 AM.