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Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by QuackAttackAggie » February 23rd, 2013, 2:29 pm

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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by hipsterdoofus21 » February 23rd, 2013, 2:43 pm

They must not get justintv or espn3 down there eh Aglicious?



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by Rabidchild » February 23rd, 2013, 3:54 pm

That can only serve to make him better coming back next year. I would like to see him get more court time.


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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by El Chapin » February 24th, 2013, 9:47 pm

Let's hope it helps. He has been terrible this season. I'm not trying to be mean, that's just the truth. I'm to the point that I'm surprised when he catches the ball without fumbling it. His hands are worse than Greg Ostertaag's.



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Post by providencealum » February 25th, 2013, 7:56 am

Rabidchild wrote:That can only serve to make him better coming back next year. I would like to see him get more court time.
"if" he comes back next year



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by brownjeans » February 25th, 2013, 8:53 am

El Chapin wrote:His hands are worse than Greg Ostertaag's.
The rest might have been honest, but this is just mean. ;)



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by bigblue32 » February 25th, 2013, 9:20 am

I know he hasn't played well or anything but to not even get off the bench on a team with 7 other guys that can even play, really 6 guys that can actually play... What the hell happened?



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Post by Rabidchild » February 25th, 2013, 6:30 pm

BigBlue32 wrote:I know he hasn't played well or anything but to not even get off the bench on a team with 7 other guys that can even play, really 6 guys that can actually play... What the hell happened?
Yeah, it's strange. I was excited when he became eligible and that game at UVCC gave me all kinds of false hope. Part of me thinks he just needs to be given the playing time, but I'm sure Stew would be giving him time if he was effective.


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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by AgSpaceCase » February 25th, 2013, 11:09 pm

One of the main reason why Lopez is locked on the bench is that he plays the only position on the team where we have very solid depth. We are 1.5 deep at every position but the 5 where we are 3 deep. I am not sure of any team who plays three centers regularly. Shaw is demanding 30-35 minutes a game with his play and Stone is ahead of him right now in effort and willing to play physical which is getting him 5-10 backup minutes at the 5 and the same backing up the 4. I think Lopez has more natural ability but has not yet decided to play physical with effort, which is what matters in this system. As stew has said before, he is convincing Lopez that he is not a finesse player. If he gets it he will be good if not... Well we got other players and he won't play.


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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by AggiesForever » February 26th, 2013, 5:48 pm

Lopez is also not the kind of guy who is going to get out and run in the kinds of games we've been seeing lately. One thing about Stone, for a big guys he can really run the floor.

This is going to be the question regarding using Lopez in the future-- does the game being played suit his game. If it's slow down, deliberate, typical Stew basketball, then he can have a role. If it's run up and down the floor like we've seen more of lately, he's going to be sitting a lot. Just the way it is.



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Post by LKGates » February 26th, 2013, 6:22 pm

This is going to come off as snarky, but it really isn't intended to be. How is there an Puerto Rican national team? That makes about as much sense as "the Kansas national team!" They are a "commonwealth" of the United States, essentially as state without really being a state. Go look on the Wikipedia "Puerto Rico" page. Their president is Barack Obama (what a coincidence, he's mine, too!), their federal legislative branch is the United States Congress. When they get a passport, guess what? It's a US passport! Their currency is the US dollar. What am I missing?

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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by QuackAttackAggie » February 26th, 2013, 7:09 pm

LKGates wrote:This is going to come off as snarky, but it really isn't intended to be. How is there an Puerto Rican national team? That makes about as much sense as "the Kansas national team!" They are a "commonwealth" of the United States, essentially as state without really being a state. Go look on the Wikipedia "Puerto Rico" page. Their president is Barack Obama (what a coincidence, he's mine, too!), their federal legislative branch is the United States Congress. When they get a passport, guess what? It's a US passport! Their currency is the US dollar. What am I missing?

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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by SeattleAg » February 26th, 2013, 7:42 pm

I'm guessing it's because PR is a territory, not a state. Probably similar to the way that Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland all have separate national teams for soccer.



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Post by TrueBlueFan » February 26th, 2013, 9:15 pm

So we should have a Washington DC national team?


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Post by SeattleAg » February 26th, 2013, 9:23 pm

If they really wanted to make one, it may technically be legal.... On the other hand, DC has electoral votes, so unsure.



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by UtahStizzle » February 27th, 2013, 9:06 am

SeattleAg wrote:If they really wanted to make one, it may technically be legal.... On the other hand, DC has electoral votes, so unsure.
Did you know ...DC has more residents than Wyoming and Vermont.


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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by AggiesForever » February 28th, 2013, 1:06 am

Technically they are an "dependency," which means that, for now, they are an independent country that is dependent on the US for everything. Same for the US Virgin Islands. The Phillipines were also this way until the end of WWII.



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by kofdog » February 28th, 2013, 6:58 am

I believe it's the whole reason they aren't a state. They want to do stuff like the Olympics and soccer and such as a country... Yet they want to have our moneys and vote.

But then again... With a little Googling, it looks like they are closer to it than I thought.



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by 3rdGenAggie » February 28th, 2013, 8:36 am

kofdog wrote:I believe it's the whole reason they aren't a state. They want to do stuff like the Olympics and soccer and such as a country... Yet they want to have our moneys and vote.

But then again... With a little Googling, it looks like they are closer to it than I thought.
They don't get to vote. But they also don't pay federal income taxes, IIRC.


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Post by SeattleAg » February 28th, 2013, 10:16 am

I know PR voted to apply for statehood in the last election (though I don't know details), which sets up my dream scenario of having promotion-relegation battles each year to be the 50th state. We demote the worst performer (Hello, Mississippi!) and let a territory take its place.



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Re: Lopez playing with Puerto Rico ntl team

Post by QuackAttackAggie » February 28th, 2013, 11:33 am

SeattleAg wrote:I know PR voted to apply for statehood in the last election (though I don't know details), which sets up my dream scenario of having promotion-relegation battles each year to be the 50th state. We demote the worst performer (Hello, Mississippi!) and let a territory take its place.
I think we need to make it more than one since obama already thinks there are 54 states or whatever it is he said.

we can add canada in there.



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