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Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by MSGAMBLE9: 7:08pm On Aug 05, 2023
lovewins:
These girls showed grit.

Balogun and Okoro peaked just at the right time. On the day Amy and Taiwo didn't have the best gamez they rose to the occasion.

Congratulations Nigeria.

Really proud of the girls.
I think Balogun has always been good...she was exceptional and probably our best player in the Semi-final....
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by PDPGuy(op): 7:16pm On Aug 05, 2023
Imagine if Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elizabeth Williams, Michaela Onyenwere, Promise Amukamara, and Arike Ogunbowale are available for the next Afrobasket😁

FIBA Africa would just hand the trophy to Nigeria on day 1 🤣
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 7:18pm On Aug 05, 2023
MSGAMBLE9:
I think Balogun has always been good...she was exceptional and probably our best player in the Semi-final....
Of course she's good, but she had a slow start. Today's her best performance.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 7:19pm On Aug 05, 2023
PDPGuy:
Imagine if Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elizabeth Williams, Michaela Onyenwere, Promise Amukamara, and Arike Ogunbowale are available for the next Afrobasket😁

FIBA Africa would just hand the trophy to Nigeria on day 1 🤣
We don't even need them for Afrobasket. It's for the world stage they are needed cause the talent there no be here o.

We can still flex in Africa with some of these girls.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 7:31pm On Aug 05, 2023
Fun fact

1. Nigeria prosecuted this championship with 11 players.

2. Dillard may not be Senegalese (I.e. without any connection to Senegal via parental heritage). She American. She got naturalized by presidential order to allow her play for this Afrobasket.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by PDPGuy(op): 7:32pm On Aug 05, 2023
lovewins:
We don't even need them for Afrobasket. It's for the world stage they are needed cause the talent there no be here o.

We can still flex in Africa with some of these girls.
True.

But the Ogwumike sisters would want to play in African tournament sha, especially Nneka
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 7:41pm On Aug 05, 2023
PDPGuy:
True.

But the Ogwumike sisters would want to play in African tournament sha, especially Nneka
Nneka is such a great player. A legend in her own right. Can't wait to see her play for us.

Injury hasn't been kind to Chiney. But for Nneka's pull in LA, they'll probably have waived her by now.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Danielnino00(m): 8:26pm On Aug 05, 2023
Nigerians have often alleged that the official FIBA women afrobasket Facebook page is bias toward Nigeria cus whenever we win, they take too long to post it, compared to other teams... Na today I confirm am ..

The sane applies to the CAF women football page.... Na so them no like us reach 😂
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Reussite: 9:20pm On Aug 05, 2023
Congratulations to the D'Tigress team. Back to back wins. 4 times in a row is not a joke.
Following the D'Tigress progress on the twitter handle page was epic. The handler is such a joy on this competition.
I didn't realize we had a NL page on it.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Reussite: 9:20pm On Aug 05, 2023
PDPGuy:
Imagine if Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike, Elizabeth Williams, Michaela Onyenwere, Promise Amukamara, and Arike Ogunbowale are available for the next Afrobasket😁

FIBA Africa would just hand the trophy to Nigeria on day 1 🤣
Nothing to play for again by other teams😅😅
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by starstaz(m): 9:35pm On Aug 05, 2023
starstaz:
This Uganda Nigeria tie is too close to be called hypertension session. And for this singular reason, I swear that all the exco members that were involved in disbandment of our formidable 3times back to back champions including Sunday Dare, will not perish well "sportically" speaking.

How can we paraded a diluted team to an African championship that has become our birth right. As far as am concerned, a sequence of 5 to 7 championship is our birth right if only we keep it good off field (administrative set up) and on field by using quality and tested players .


This country tire person.
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Giving the facts that this Nation of ours, Nigeria, is heavily blessed with talents left , right and center is a mystery in itself.

Another lesson learnt in life, never over-exagerate your emotions.

Apologies to my egbon who have suffered from vitriolic vituperation on account of errors : Misjudgment, Misinterpretation of processes, Miscalculation of the larger picture and above all commission of hasty generalization fallacy by myself. Apologies. It's a reflection of investing too much expectations in the success of our national teams.


Finally Kudos to the wonderful coach , the MVP of the tournament and the entire team for locking down a 4th consecutive wins in a row and believing they can earn more accolades for the fatherland by winning the next two edition for a bragging right.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by daveP(m): 9:50pm On Aug 05, 2023
Congrats to the Ladies. What a feat. A thrill to see the smiles on their faces as they break the existing record with style. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Musa and Okonkwo are gems. Beautiful to watch. They do stuff effortlessly. And for Coachito, Sydney Carter may need to come take some touchline classes. 😂
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 9:53pm On Aug 05, 2023
daveP:
Congrats to the Ladies. What a feat. A thrill to see the smiles on their faces as they break the existing record with style. 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Musa and Okonkwo are gems. Beautiful to watch. They do stuff effortlessly. And for Coachito, Sydney Carter may need to come take some touchline classes. 😂
Sydney carter isn't even a coach. She just fey demo to build following. She plays an administrative role, more like a player advisor. The coach of her team is man.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by daveP(m): 9:54pm On Aug 05, 2023
lovewins:
Sydney carter isn't even a coach. She just fey demo to build following. She plays an administrative role, the coach of her team is man.
Yeah. Was shocked the day i found out months back. Make she still come learn jare😆
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Redman44(m): 10:13pm On Aug 05, 2023
I believed in these ladies from the start. I said they would win the Afrobasket in Kigali. They have won it, haven't they? I also spoke about Ifunaya Okoro's talent, that she has been exceptional for Kenya Ports Authority ( KPA ), a basketball club in Kenya. Today, Okoro showed the class she is made of. We should give Nigerian basketballers ( Male and Female ) who play for clubs in Africa, a chance to play for Nigeria. They are experienced and have been exposed to the basketball culture of other countries. Congrats, D'tigress.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Princezibk: 11:06pm On Aug 05, 2023
Please post highlight or full match 🙏
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by starstaz(m): 11:07pm On Aug 05, 2023
The most successful women BB team in Africa by Titles they control ::::

Senegal ( 11 )

Nigeria ( 6 )

We need to close the gap by winning 5 different editions in this decade. It's a task we must set as a priority moving forward and eschew the spirit of unnecessary rancour among the NBBF officials in order to get it right. This is the new targets.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by MSGAMBLE9: 1:13am On Aug 06, 2023
lovewins:
Of course she's good, but she had a slow start. Today's her best performance.
Slow start to competition or today match... The team itself always start slow except today


I also felt Dillard should have won MVP instead of Amy...she literally drag Senegal along in knock-out phases especially against Cameroon and Mali...
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by PDPGuy(op): 1:11am On Aug 08, 2023
Liz Cambage reportedly wants to quit the Australian team and switch to Nigeria 😂
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Queenslander(f): 5:44am On Aug 08, 2023
PDPGuy:
Liz Cambage reportedly wants to quit the Australian team and switch to Nigeria 😂
For the switch to happen, Nigeria must request Cambage's release through FIBA before Basketball Australia signs off.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 7:46am On Aug 08, 2023
PDPGuy:
Liz Cambage reportedly wants to quit the Australian team and switch to Nigeria 😂
...lol...instagram and twitter has be poppin, lmao, we no want, that babe is trouble, she fit scatter team.....we love the sisterhood within the dtigress, did you see how, Nicole went to hug Ify after we won(afrobaset finals),thats what we want. The older dtigress players are not having it too, they do not live her,we the fans too do not want...... grin grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 8:24am On Aug 08, 2023
PDPGuy:
Liz Cambage reportedly wants to quit the Australian team and switch to Nigeria 😂
She's lying.

Don't take Liz seriously

She's looking for a way back into the WNBA cause as it is, she's radioactive and nobody will touch her. The interview just like Dele Ali's was supposed to give her soft landing. She however messed it up with more lies.

Promise Amukamara has come on the record to dispel the lies. Yes she said those things. No, no one is working with her to play for Nigeria.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 8:33am On Aug 08, 2023
lovewins:
She's lying.

Don't take Liz seriously

She's looking for a way back into the WNBA cause as it is, she's radioactive and nobody will touch her. The interview just like Dele Ali's was supposed to give her soft landing. She however messed it up with more lies.

Promise Amukamara has come on the record to dispel the lies. Yes she said those things. No, no one is working with her to play for Nigeria.
...i thought they said she has an onlyfan page now, she is just straight up trouble, from the Australian team, to L.A sparks,now imagine a more conservative society like ours.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by PDPGuy(op): 8:53am On Aug 08, 2023
carbonado:
...i thought they said she has an onlyfan page now, she is just straight up trouble, from the Australian team, to L.A sparks,now imagine a more conservative society like ours.
You’re right. She has an OnlyFans page, although she says she doesn’t post n.ude content on there. Nonetheless, she should just steer clear of our D’Tigress lol
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by lovewins: 9:02am On Aug 08, 2023
carbonado:
...i thought they said she has an onlyfan page now, she is just straight up trouble, from the Australian team, to L.A sparks,now imagine a more conservative society like ours.
You skipped the Las vegas Aces. It was cause of her wahala she was traded from Aces to LA. They won a championship after she left.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 9:23am On Aug 08, 2023
PDPGuy:
You’re right. She has an OnlyFans page, although she says she doesn’t post n.ude content on there. Nonetheless, she should just steer clear of our D’Tigress lol
... For real, she is straight up trouble.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 9:23am On Aug 08, 2023
lovewins:
You skipped the Las vegas Aces. It was cause of her wahala she was traded from Aces to LA. They won a championship after she left.
... Lol.. Wahala wahala wahala in portable's voice...
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 12:34pm On Aug 08, 2023
so i finally saw the video of the warm up match between Nigeria and Australia, could not hear most of what was said, but saw visuals, cambage elbowed Victoria macaulay twice in about the same play, Vicky got upset, they almost started fighting, they were separated, Aisha Mohammed comes in for Vicky, Aisha boxes Cambage out, Cambage, swipes Aishat face from behind, Leading to the game stopped for some seconds, Aishat got up and lauched at Cambage, the game was called off. They were saying things i did not hear though.....Ultimately Cambage was playing dirty leading to the altercations.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by Pidginwhisper: 2:58pm On Aug 08, 2023
carbonado:
so i finally saw the video of the warm up match between Nigeria and Australia, could not hear most of what was said, but saw visuals, cambage elbowed Victoria macaulay twice in about the same play, Vicky got upset, they almost started fighting, they were separated, Aisha Mohammed comes in for Vicky, Aisha boxes Cambage out, Cambage, swipes Aishat face from behind, Leading to the game stopped for some seconds, Aishat got up and lauched at Cambage, the game was called off. They were saying things i did not hear though.....Ultimately Cambage was playing dirty leading to the altercations.
Link to the video.
Re: Nigeria Basketball Thread! by carbonado(m): 4:32pm On Aug 08, 2023
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