[whereischarlie]

Watching it today on NBA TV and CSKA Moscow playing, I know alot of basketball teams are affiliated with their soccer counterparts, but i was wondering about CSKA, because every time i have seen CSKA mentioned in soccer terms the team is called C-S-K-A but i am watching the basketball game and the announcers are pronouncing the team name Chess-KA, is that just uninformed announcers butchering the name or the correct way when translated to english. Anybody Know? By the way enjoying the game I went to Maryland and I enjoy watching the former Terp Sarunas Jaskievicus for Tel-Aviv he has realy improved as a player since college.

[Hrvat]

Originally Posted by whereischarlie

the team is called C-S-K-A but i am watching the basketball game and the announcers are pronouncing the team name Chess-KA, is that just uninformed announcers butchering the name or the correct way when translated to english.

It's uninformed butchering, of course.
CSKA were great favorites to win the title right away from the start, but they failed today to Tau Ceramica. Although Tau is a great team, this is a big surprise, especially concidering CSKA had home court advantage.
Maccabi, last year's champions, will probably win it again.

[whereischarlie]

Thanks for the info, I was 90% sure it was the announcers making the mistake, it is so typical, it makes me embarrased sometimes, I watched both games, I agree, Maccabi defintly looked the strongest, Anthony Parker really shot the ball well in the 2nd Half, Tau came out and played well early which was a help in front of the Russian crowd and then CSKA was woeful from the foul line.

[Hrvat]

Here are the champions for last 20 years:
P.S. If you take a look at MVPs you'll see some familiar names.

1985
Athens (Greece)
Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)87 -78 Real Madrid (Spa)
Drazen Petrovic (Cibona)

1986
Budapest (Hung.)
Cibona Zagreb (Croatia)84 - 82 Zalgiris Kaunas (Lit)
Arvydas Sabonis (Zalgiris)

1987
Lausanne (Swit.)
Tracer Milan (Italy) 71 - 69 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
Lee Johnson(Maccabi)

1988
Ghent (Belgium)
Philips Milan (Italy) 90 - 84 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
Bob McAdoo(Milan)

1989
Munich (Germany)
Jugoplastika Split (Croatia)75 - 69 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
Dino Radja(Split)

1990
Saragossa (Spain)
Jugoplastika Split (Croatia)72 - 67 FC Barcelona (Spa)
Toni Kukoc(Split)

1991
Paris (France)
Pop 84 Split (Croatia)70 - 65 FC Barcelona (Spa)
Toni Kukoc(Split)

1992
Istanbul (Turkey)
Partizan Belgrade (Yugoslavia)71 - 70 Joventut Badalona (Sp)
Predrag Danilovic(Partizan)

1993
Athens (Greece)
Limoges CSP (France) 59 - 55 Benetton Treviso (Ita)
Toni Kukoc (Benetton)

1994
Tel Aviv (Israel)
Joventut Badalona (Spain) 59 - 57 Olympiakos (Gre)
Zarko Paspalj (Olympiakos)

1995
Saragossa (Spain)
Real Madrid (Spain) 73 - 61 Olympiakos (Gre)
Arvydas Sabonis (Real)

1996
Paris (France)
Panathinaikos (Greece) 67 - 66 FC Barcelona (Spa)
Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

1997
Rome (Italy)
Olympiakos (Greece) 73 - 58 FC Barcelona (Spa)
David Rivers (Olympiakos)

1998
Barcelona (Spain)
Kinder Bologna (Italy) 58 - 44 AEK Athens (Gre)
Zoran Savic (Kinder)

1999
Munich (Germany)
Zalgiris Kaunas (Lithuania)82 - 74 Kinder Bologna (Ita)
Tyus Edney (Zalgiris)

2000
Thessaloniki (Gre)
Panathinaikos Athens (Greece)73 - 67 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Isr)
Zeljko Rebraca (Panathinaikos)

2001
Paris (France)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 81 - 67 Panathinaikos (Gre)
Arriel McDonald(Maccabi)

2002
Bologna (Italy)
Kinder Bologna (Italy) 83 - 89 Panathinaikos (Greece)
Dejan Bodiroga (Panathinaikos)

2003
Barcelona (Spain)
FC Barcelona (Spain) 76 - 65 Benetton Treviso (Italy)
Dejan Bodiroga(Barcelona)

2004
Tel Aviv (Israel)
Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) 118 - 74 Skipper Bologna (Italy)
Anthony Parker (Maccabi)

[Hrvat]

I just may add this one:

2005
Moscow
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Tau Ceramica 90:78 (26:15, 24:24, 15:23, 25:16)
Sarunas Jasikevicius

[microbrew]

Dominique Wilkins (Panathinaikos)

Didn't know that. Again, tell me why didn't he make the Hall of Fame this year?

Originally Posted by Hrvat

I just may add this one:

2005
Moscow
Maccabi Tel Aviv - Tau Ceramica 90:78 (26:15, 24:24, 15:23, 25:16)
Sarunas Jasikevicius

Is he coming to the NBA next year? And who else might be coming?

[SportBoy333]

The announcers on tv mentioned Luis Scola and Tiago Splitter possibly coming to the NBA soon.

[Hrvat]

Scola is pissed because he wasn't elected in the best line up of the season, so he'll probably try his luck in NBA. Sarunas has no intention on going to NBA.
The thing with European players on NBA draft has changed in the past years.
Unlike before the best players are not too interested in NBA, while young players are obsessed with NBA, even before they prove themselves in Europe.