EJ & Adu: Aris Salonica vs Panthrakikos, 6/2/2010 Postponed at Half due to rain

Re: EJ & Adu: Aris Salonica vs Panthrakikos, 6/2/2010, 16:45 greek time

I was there. There were (supposedly) 13,000+ tickets sold, and all of us crammed up under the overhang.

It was also my then girlfriend, now wife's first live soccer game so it's something I remember for more reasons than one.

 

Josh Childress left the Atlanta Hawks a year ago as a free agent to sign with Olympiakos. He considered the wisdom of the move during the championship series with Panathinaikos when he saw the stunning amount of passion for the game the Greeks possess. Flares on the court and such freaked him out, but he stayed on. Atlanta has done well without him.

At the time, it was suggested that more might follow him to Greece, where a mid-level NBA player earns a good deal more money than he would in the U.S. I'm not sure how this trend played out.

 

Competition rules do vary. In Spain, they would continue the game from half time. In England, they would call it an abandonment and replay the entire thing.

 

Not like preseason games count for anything but I remember the San Antonio Spurs absolutely thrashing Panathinaikos in a 2007 NBA preseason game. I had to leave because it looked like the Spurs might fall asleep. A nice little retirement league for an NBA player I'd imagine.

 

Don't worry...if Cuper is any type of coach AT ALL, he'll read this thread before tomorrow's second half.

 

Nick Calathes left Florida after his soph year to play in Greece. He Greek family and spoke the language growing up, but was also heading to being a first or second round draft pick - and still was drafted in the second round even though he went to Greece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Calathes
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4201710
http://www.nba.com/draft2009/

And potentially a handful of High Schoolers could go to Europe a la Brandon Jennings instead of being forced to go to college in order to wait till they are draft eligible.

Any word on a restart time tomorrow to get things back on topic?

 

I am glad that after the postponement of the game due to rain while Adu was warming up that nobody added Mother Nature to the conspiracy list against Adu...

 

Will The game restart today because it's still raining...? Is there anybody from ARIS how can react?

 

Thanks for the clip. EJ seems to be able to use his speed to good advantage against the defenders he has been up against so far. I believe Aris supporters were saying defenders in the league tended to be physical but not very fast. EJ is getting the looks on goal - hopefully he starts to put more into the net.

 

hi guys any streams to watch the game??

 

Is TV covering this second half? Not seeing streams.

 

http://www.bebinio.com/ch3.htm

 

People are slipping and sliding everywhere. That field is going to be toast after this game.

 

EJ w/ a shot from the top of the box straigh at the keeper.

 

Johnson with a shot at the top of the box but right at the keeper. Should have done better but I imagine the turf conditions did not help.

 

Sorry I'm a late to the thread but is there a reason Adu is not playing? And will Aris use subs with only 45 to play today?

 

I would imagine they are treating it like it's the second half yesterday. Subs at 65 would be my guess.

 

Aris denied by a magnificent diving save. WOW!

 

EJ with a great cross but defender with a nice clear.

 

EJ creates some space in the flank and sends in a quality cross that results in a corner.