₦airaland Forum

Schemerkhiz:
All the streams are bad
https://www.youtube.com/live/jF-J_2UN-b0?si=rIesEepShjp4FQhb

...okay thank you.

Is there another stream link, this one is not too good....

PDPGuy:
Good! It would be the first time the team would square up against a WNBA side (I stand to be corrected tho) and would be a great test ahead of September’s World Cup.

....i think so too....

We have a friendly to play.

Goke7:
Our boys just Dey show themselves

.....FIFA, over to you...

PDPGuy:
Exactly! When she now wants to switch to Naija, the useless FIBA general secretary would claim that her “extensive” ties to Team USA is proof that she is ineligible to represent Nigeria 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️
Meanwhile, the “extensive ties” would most likely be invitations to Team USA’s training camps and, at best, a spot on the bench at the World Cup

That is on her, if she cant learn from the rest.....

lovewins:
Really do hope she doesn't end up regretting this. Taking her to this competition is simply just tying her down. The qualifiers isn't consequential as they are already qualified just like Nigeria. The only reason she's on the roster (like many others are) is cause priority players like Aja, Stewie, etc were excused.

.....Her position is stacked...Aja,Stewie....It is well..

Kiki

Ogun kill this referee...

Seems Kiki is in the U.S.A camp.....

Deltamani:
You guys have forgotten how Ifeoluwa called him out for trying to take the position of the SuperFalcons media Officer…

Ifeoluwa was angry because a woman should take that spot instead of a man wanting to be the media Officer of the super falcons

..woow,so it is that man... everything makes sense now..

Is it possible the man had the order of voting wrong? I am confused...

BascoVanVeli:
I gave u facts but u just want to argue. I will go as far as saying that the NBBF is the best federation in the country right now. We both know they don't get close to the same amount of allocated money but they still find ways to get things done..

...yeap, they are the best, that is why our teams are struggling at all levels, except for the the dtigress, from age grade all the way to the senior mens team....Offcourse the NBBF is better than NFF, that is why, Despite Afrobasket women starting as far back as 1966, the dtigress has 7titles, while the WAFCON, that started in 1998 the falcons has more titles (10 titles). Offcoure the N.B.B.F is the best federation in the Nigeria ,but they left players stranded over and over again. If you want to talk about federation doing well, you will talk about the Wrestling federation of Nigeria, the immense work done by Daniel Agali over the years was and is still felt, i am sorry, but you gave no fact....

BascoVanVeli:
We are talking about the NFF being the same as the NBBF. Hiring a coach was just one point.

...Oya for you, the N.B.B.F are better than the N.F.F, for me they are in the same whatsapp group.....case has finished, all rise....session over....

BascoVanVeli:
Stop the CAP. Pep was willing to coach Brazil for free. There is nothing stopping football coaches from working for free. Plus, when u sign to coach the Super Eagles or Super Falcons u are basically agreeing to work for free

...Also your assessment using, only hiring a coach to judge a federation is not the best, do you know how many times in the past that the basketball league did not hold at all, i am talking early 2000s, i am not even talking about the competition , they play now, that, they call league....Atleast been paying attention to these guys for a over 2 decades..If your yardstick stick is coaching alone, then it is wrong..

BascoVanVeli:
Stop the CAP. Pep was willing to coach Brazil for free. There is nothing stopping football coaches from working for free. Plus, when u sign to coach the Super Eagles or Super Falcons u are basically agreeing to work for free

....Willing to work for free, and working for free aint the same, show me one world class coach that has worked for free in football, enlighten me....maybe you know, i dont, we learn everyday....Willing and actually doing aint the same....

BascoVanVeli:
That's your opinion but the fact remains that they hired a world class coach.

If that doesn't work for u, look at the women's team. Otis and Rena are 2 of the best coaches on the continent right now. Who hired them? Would any African country have hired them if we didn't?

lol...stop shifting the post, we are talking about hiring a nba calibre coach..you don dey deviate....alss the brand Nigerian basketball helped the brand of both coaches, they were basically unknown before..I repeat, the N.B.B.F and N.F.F are one and the same....Simple...

BascoVanVeli:
That's your opinion but the fact remains that they hired a world class coach.

If that doesn't work for u, look at the women's team. Otis and Rena are 2 of the best coaches on the continent right now. Who hired them? Would any African country have hired them if we didn't?

... my opinion is, they r one and the same.... simple....

BascoVanVeli:
The fact that they got him as their coach should tell u enough. Who cares how much he was paid? He could have paid the federation for all I care. They still got one of the best coaches in the NBA. In fact he left and went on to win a coach of the year award. Now he did get fired shortly after but he then got an even higher profiled job.
Mike Brown is a Pop disciple. By the team he got with GS he had already been to the NBA final as a head coach.

.......When they pay out of pocket for a world class coach, maybe we would have the discussion, until then...it counts for nothing....As i said earlier, they are one and the same...

BascoVanVeli:
Brother the basketball federation hired Mike Brown. Our football has not seen that level of coach in forever. Right now we have to concentrate on our grassroots because what we have is just not good enough to compete.

....the reason why the N.F.F will not hire such calibre , is because, nobody would work for free in football, Mike brown did..

BascoVanVeli:
Brother the basketball federation hired Mike Brown. Our football has not seen that level of coach in forever. Right now we have to concentrate on our grassroots because what we have is just not good enough to compete.

....lmao..., Mike Brown worked for free....Where would the N.B.B.F get funds to pay a NBA caliber coach...Federation that owes players money like no tomorrow. We are talking about possible 10million dollars in annual salary give or take, Also Mike Brown taking that team to the olympics is what really scattered the team at our second attempt to rebuild after N.B.B.F sacked Voigt in my opinion. He brought the golden state model here, however, we did not have the tools to operate like GSW, he dropped Ike, Ben, took, the younglins that he thought could play the way he liked, however, some of the younglins disappeared when the light shinned the brightest. As i said earlier, they are one and the same as far as i am concerned.The internal fight you talk about is about money(control), plain and simple....

BascoVanVeli:
Our basketball federation is much better than the NFF. The issue they had was an internal fight for control.

...You think so, i dont believe o.....as far as i am concerned, they are all the same......

carbonado:
...wish them all the best, Nigeria has the potential to be one of the strongest Men's team in the world, however, the N.F.F keeps happening to them, hopefully , they get it right this time.

...coming back to read this, i realized i said N.F.F as against N.B.B.F, apparently, both bodies have been a nightmare to us Nigerians, and both entities are in the same WhatsApp group...very pathetic...

carbonado:
...wish them all the best, Nigeria has the potential to be one of the strongest Men's team in the world, however, the N.F.F keeps happening to them, hopefully , they get it right this time.

..you can watch the game on Sportytv on youtube..

lovewins:
The D'Tigers begin their quest for a world cup qualification slot today at 5pm WAT. They play Tunisia in their first game today.

...wish them all the best, Nigeria has the potential to be one of the strongest Men's team in the world, however, the N.F.F keeps happening to them, hopefully , they get it right this time.

lovewins:
She's unlikely to even make roster at all with the USA. I sincerely do not see it happening. As talented as Arike is, she's yet to make a US roster at the guard position which is even a lot more easier in my opinion to make compared to being a post player. I can easily list 10 post players who are ahead of the pecking order over Kiki.

A'ja, Phee, Stewie, Griner, Alyssa, Brink, Reese, Shakira, Bri Jones, Boston. These are just off the top of my head and doesn't include college prospects like Betta who will just the pack soon.

...Exactly, she do just be at training camps at intervals, but never making the final cut....let us wait and see the decision she makes.

lovewins:
Hate to be the bearer of not so good news, but Kiki Iriafen just got named in the team USA basketball camp for December.

Never in my wildest thoughts did I envisage this. On a practical level this still doesn't make sense for her as she's very unlikely to make the team. But that's where we are.

I guess congratulations to her and better luck next time Nigeria.

...U.S.A just making sure potential power houses do not stand...it depends on what Kiki wants to do.....However, i do not trust NBBF for getting in contact with her to not honor the U.S....with Nigeria, she would play every major competition, with the U.S, she probably play just one major tournament, and that is it...time would tell....

lovewins:
It appears there's another friendly today. Don't have the details yet, but it's probably Turkey again.

...na wa.

Redman44:
Let us just hope there is no problem between the regular players and the NBBF over payments of allowances and the cash the FG promised the girls sometimes this year. I hope there is no silent war simmering between the girls and NBBF. We don't want sudden withdrawals and boycott threats over unpaid monies. Cheers.

...Valid point

MSGAMBLE9:
Yet with little to no publicity, this is bad from the federation.... Finding out after the game is done is mindbogglingly coupled with the match itself not been listed on major site ...

...i basically just stumbled on it 5 minutes or there about to the game...

lovewins:
I watched the game so I think I am qualified to comment. First, we had no business having the game that close judging by the roster we went with. Only 3 from our last Afrobasket roster participated and all of them are bench players (Nicole, Ogoke and Pallas). None of the girls who featured are starters for our team, None.

The game was somewhat of a tryout for Coach Rena to access new players and how they fit into her future plans. Despite all this we led for the most part of the game and only lost at the final possession to a Turkish team with players with WNBA experience and some of whom play for the best clubs in turkey. Not a bad outing in my opinion.

....We had no business losing that game....despite the roaster, i will leave it at that...also, they(Turkiye) ranking is 18th for a reason despite they are an European side....If they were an African side, their ranking will be maybe around 30 something....we are 8th in the world, if were were to be an European team, we would probably be around the 5th in the world...As regards Wnba experience, note that, there are also African teams with Wnba experience, i.e Sudan, Mali..etc....they still cant touch us....well, it is a friendly...

PDPGuy:
I read that our traditional starting 5 didn’t feature in the game, hence the loss.
But that raises another issue on its own: must we have ALL our star present before beating even 20-24th ranked teams?

......They do not have to be present, we should have won this particular game to be honest, i will not like to call names because it is a friendly.....If you watched the game you would understand what i mean...Maybe i like winning a little too much, either friendly or FIBA organized game, Win must drop, i am a little competitive...