When they were winning exhibition games, Igbos were shouting Biafrans, so what is it now, loosing three most important matches of the Olympics.

HEAVEN4444:
thats because coach nwora wanted only biafrans on his team . so they went to other teams

thats the coach before the american took over

1.Giannis has always identified with greece right from childhood. He was born there, grew up there, speaks the language, got his start in basketball there. Nigeria is a foreign country to him.

2.Bam Adebayo and Oladipo were born in the US and chose the US and refused to consider Nigeria

This is the best Nigerian squad, and compared to previous olympics, where we could lose by 20 point margins we did a lot better this time.

(And I am not Ibo , or IPOB and despise all secessionist and BMC in equal measure, so don't go there)

Beancounter94:




Actually it was not foolish

The idea was to get the males to produce a strong enough lead so that the female anchor won't have to do much work.

Sadly it did not work out as planned, but for half of the final lap it looked like it was working. The male athletes from other countries had to do the work to beat the lead establised by our guys in earlier legs.

(And this is a new event, which we don't have much experience in. )

What are u saying...so if u are a coach, u will adopt that formula...do u think other teams were stupid , or they dint think of it?? Do u know this is the Olympics... the best of the best... tactics wins u medals ... that was a foolish tactic... how do u expect a woman ,even with a head start to beat a man when it's not a 100m dash

Uchasa:


That you're playing for USA does not make you good. Both Bam Adebayo and Victor Oladipo who pledged their allegiance to another country, do not have what our own Jordan Nwora has. He has an NBA title to his name!

jordan nwora has an nba title as a non contribuuting bench warmer of the milwaukee bucks. the man who led that team to glory is one yoruba man named sina adetokunbo
and are you serious when you say playing for the USA team does not make you good ? thats the dream team

Uchasa:


Bro, tbh, that's you people problem! You brag a lot! Though I don't support anybody castigating Igbos due to Igbos immense contribution in Nigerian sports from Ifeajuna to Ajunwa to Papilo, etc. Why should you even be mentioning ethnicities? The Nigerian table tennis team dominated by Yorubas crashed out of this same Olympics, yet did you see anybody insult Yorubas? No! Because they didn't brag beforehand. Bragging is foolishness!

Wtf bragged about Igbo selection? Mention abeg.

[quote author=Beancounter94 post=104269818]

There is no nepotism (and no I am not IPOB or BMC or an Ibobohite...so don't go there)

Basketball is not popular in Nigeria. As a result the standard of our home based players is very poor. So, we choose from Nigerians born oversea...who may be playing in the US, but because their teams roster are too good...don't get enough playing time.

As a result we have a VERY limited talent pool to choose from.

Even if we had a team that reflected Nigeria's diversity, and was chosen 'on merit'...we would have still lost.

What we need to do now is do what the US did to get better in football...start from the grassroots, popularise the game among kids in the village and the city, build basketball courts all over and make basketballs accesible, build courts in schools and so on.

I know a fellow Nigerian who lives in Italy and who coaches youth basketball part ti. You talk as if Nigeria is a functioning country.

The men tried but we're unable to hold their ground in the 4th quarter

Kingcalls:



What are u saying...so if u are a coach, u will adopt that formula...do u think other teams were stupid , or they dint think of it?? Do u know this is the Olympics... the best of the best... tactics wins u medals ... that was a foolish tactic... how do u expect a woman ,even with a head start to beat a man when it's not a 100m dash

Yeah, and the idea was to make the males build up enough of a lead so that the female anchor won't have much to do, and may even win a qualifying spot.

Did not work out, but we tried. At least we will learn from it and do better next time.

HEAVEN4444:
thats because coach nwora wanted only biafrans on his team . so they went to other teams

thats the coach before the american took over

Mumu. I can see you're catching some fun

Uchasa:


Mumu. I can see you're catching some fun

Limassol:
You talk as if Nigeria is a functioning country.

Well, I am aware of Nigeria's deficencies...but we are not as bad as we make it out to be sometimes.( A few weeks ago, I complained to my DISCO via whatsapp about power issues, and they sent me a detailed reply explaining why).

Anyway, even if things were working in Nigeria, nothing can mask the fact that we don't have a strong enough basketball culture in this country.

The USA is a working country...yet they don't have a good enough structure in sports like rugby...and as a result their rugby team to this Olympics is getting beaten heavily

HEAVEN4444:
jordan nwora has an nba title as a non contribuuting bench warmer of the milwaukee bucks. the man who led that team to glory is one yoruba man named sina adetokunbo
and are you serious when you say playing for the USA team does not make you good ? thats the dream team

Stop making noise bro. The man who led that team to glory is "Giannis Sina Ugo "Ugochukwu" Antetokunpo" a man born of Yoruba father and an Igbo mother. Moreover, Jordan Nwora has the record of scoring the most points for Nigeria at the Olympics in his young career! And I'll say it again, Bam Adebayo is overrated. I will agree with you on Victor Oladipo, I like him!

Uchasa:


Bro, tbh, that's you people problem! You brag a lot! Though I don't support anybody castigating Igbos due to Igbos immense contribution in Nigerian sports from Ifeajuna to Ajunwa to Papilo, etc. Why should you even be mentioning ethnicities? The Nigerian table tennis team dominated by Yorubas crashed out of this same Olympics, yet did you see anybody insult Yorubas? No! Because they didn't brag beforehand. Bragging is foolishness!

He is asking you a question. How did praising your ethnic group become a crime?

On nairaland, Yorubas praise and celebrate members of their ethnic group and call them the best thing to happen to Nigeria and nobody has a problem with it because we really don't care.

But Igbos do the same thing and talk about their boys representing Nigeria in sports when in reality they wouldn't be given same opportunity in National appointments and it suddenly becomes a problem for you all and you are uncomfortable with the fact that Igbos are celebrating their own.

People are even rejoicing that the boys lost because they are Igbos.
This is pure Igbo phobia. It is okay when you do something but not okay when Igbos are doing the same thing. You prefer for Igbos to shut up to massage your tribalistic ego. Nonesense.

In fact, I'm glad they lost. Let everyone answer his father's name because if they did well, you Tribalistic Bigots will claim their glory without remembering that they are Igbos.

Beancounter94:


1.Giannis has always identified with greece right from childhood. He was born there, grew up there, speaks the language, got his start in basketball there. Nigeria is a foreign country to him.

2.Bam Adebayo and Oladipo were born in the US and chose the US and refused to consider Nigeria

This is the best Nigerian squad, and compared to previous olympics, where we could lose by 20 point margins we did a lot better this time.

(And I am not Ibo , or IPOB and despise all secessionist and BMC in equal measure, so don't go there)

this is the best nigerian squad and they lost all 3 games ? stop all this rough play ooo bros . even my junior brothers would have won the game against germany

MaziAlaye:

Wtf bragged about Igbo selection? Mention abeg.

Are you asking me? Go back to Nigeria-USA Pre Olympic exhibition thread. Go and see people say things like "Without Igbos, Nigeria is useless." WTF! As long as I'm concerned, every Southern tribe is instrumental to Nigeria's achievements in sports, and development. No one is useless! When you say things like this, then you expect people to like you?
How will you feel if someone says "Without Yorubas, Nigeria is useless?"

Uchasa:


Stop making noise bro. The man who led that team to glory is "Giannis Sina Ugo "Ugochukwu" Antetokunpo" a man born of Yoruba father and an Igbo mother. Moreover, Jordan Nwora has the record of scoring the most points for Nigeria at the Olympics in his young career! And I'll say it again, Bam Adebayo is overrated. I will agree with you on Victor Oladipo, I like him!

brother why are you trying to change igbo trdition ? in igbo tradition the boy belongs to the father. the boy carries the fmily name. the woman is nothing. the boys name is sina adetokunbo and he carried the bucks to the championship. put some respek on that yoruba boy name.
and victor oladipo and bam adebayo are superstars. stop all this rough play na bros.

MaziAlaye:

Wtf bragged about Igbo selection? Mention abeg.

Nigerians are tribalistic in nature.
When is it a crime to celebrate your ethnic group? They love when they celebrate their own and hate when Igbos do the same thing.
If those boys did well, they would claim them as Nigerian boys but since they are not doing well, the tribalist are calling them Igbo boys.

We see the same thing everyday all over the social media.

I don't even know how people can live with people they resent. The Igbo phobia is extraordinary.

HEAVEN4444:
this is the best nigerian squad and they lost all 3 games ? stop all this rough play ooo bros . even my junior brothers would have won the game against germany

Yeah, this is the best we got...and we came up against countries with much better sides than we have.

The thing is, we need a side that can produce consistently good results...not one off results against the US, consistent results...and you do that by building up a critical mass of homebased basketball talent, good structures from youth to adult, enough expertise in the game in coaches and trainers and reserchers.

We lost because our best was not good enough. Time to go home and do things to make basketball more popular and better funded, and have more people playing so that we have a glut of talent to choose from.

Have fun peeing.

HEAVEN4444:
this is the best nigerian squad and they lost all 3 games ? stop all this rough play ooo bros . even my junior brothers would have won the game against germany

Oga, this is the best Nigerian team. We should appreciate the fact that we have 8 NBA players in our team. They are a total of 29 NBA players eligible to play for Nigeria, and more than half who happen to be the best half have pledged their allegiance to other countries. From the Antetokunpos allegiance to Greece, to Ayton's allegiance to Bahamas, to Anunoby,Oladipo, Adebayo, and Okoro's allegiance to USA.

Ayo2004:

What kind of rubbish talk is this

Even though the state of the country is worrisome,why u go just dey talk negatively even when these basketball guys are performing above expectations?

Nawa for some of una,Buhari and bad news don corrupt una head

Guy we don win ooo

Lol. He who fails to plan, plans to fail

Uchasa:


Oga, this is the best Nigerian team. We should appreciate the fact that we have 8 NBA players in our team. They are a total of 29 NBA players eligible to play for Nigeria, and more than half who happen to be the best half have pledged their allegiance to other countries. From the Antetokunpos allegiance to Greece, to Ayton's allegiance to Bahamas, to Anunoby,Oladipo, Adebayo, and Okoro's allegiance to USA.

8 nba bench warmers. yeye dey smell

Boudiccao:


Nigerians are tribalistic in nature.
When is it a crime to celebrate your ethnic group? They love when they celebrate their own and hate when Igbos do the same thing.
If those boys did well, they would claim them as Nigerian boys but since they are not doing well, the tribalist are calling them Igbo boys.

We see the same thing everyday all over the social media.

I don't even know how people can live with people they resent. The Igbo phobia is extraordinary.

Like I don tire.. they praise theirs, but when it's Igbo turn we should shut up.
Very idiotic species

HEAVEN4444:
brother why are you trying to change igbo trdition ? in igbo tradition the boy belongs to the father. the boy carries the fmily name. the woman is nothing. the boys name is sina adetokunbo and he carried the bucks to the championship. put some respek on that yoruba boy name.
and victor oladipo and bam adebayo are superstars. stop all this rough play na bros.

Though I'm not Igbo. Igbo is a heterogeneous ethnicity. In the South-easternmost part(Abia and Ebonyi) of Yoruba land where Antetokunpos mother is from. Matrineal lienage is considered, so go and chop sand. Antetokunpo is as much Yoruba as Igbo. When he visits Nigeria, he will visit both the South West and South East

HEAVEN4444:
8 nba bench warmers. yeye dey smell

Oh Jahlil Okafor is a bench warmer? Josh Okogie bench warmer? Even Miye Oni is a bench warmer?

You're a clown!

Uchasa:


Though I'm not Igbo. Igbo is a heterogeneous ethnicity. In the South-easternmost part(Abia and Ebonyi) of Yoruba land where Antetokunpos mother is from. Matrineal lienage is considered, so go and chop sand. Antetokunpo is as much Yoruba as Igbo. When he visits Nigeria, he will visit both the South West and South East

please stop trying to change igbo trdition. when sina gives birth, all his children will have the surname adetokunbo. put some respek on that yoruba boy name

Tonyx5:

We had a chance of coming home with at least a gold medal

sorry to say, you recall last Olympic games tagged Rio 2016, she was disqualified in the semi finals. She's used to flopping on the big stage b4 she got married, much more now that she's 32yrs.

Uchasa:


Oh Jahlil Okafor is a bench warmer? Josh Okogie bench warmer? Even Miye Oni is a bench warmer?

You're a clown!

yes they are all bench warmers. they are not the superstars on their team.

Boudiccao:


Nigerians are tribalistic in nature.
When is it a crime to celebrate your ethnic group? They love when they celebrate their own and hate when Igbos do the same thing.
If those boys did well, they would claim them as Nigerian boys but since they are not doing well, the tribalist are calling them Igbo boys.

We see the same thing everyday all over the social media.

I don't even know how people can live with people they resent. The Igbo phobia is extraordinary.

Keep quiet jor, when the list were announced, ibos called it "biafran team", saying all kind of Bullshit. The topic was on FP and if you vex me, I will go back to the thread and bump it.

- erase the dot

Uchasa:


Are you asking me? Go back to Nigeria-USA Pre Olympic exhibition thread. Go and see people say things like "Without Igbos, Nigeria is useless." WTF! As long as I'm concerned, every Southern tribe is instrumental to Nigeria's achievements in sports, and development. No one is useless! When you say things like this, then you expect people to like you?
How will you feel if someone says "Without Yorubas, Nigeria is useless?"

On nairaland, the top musicians in Nigeria are Yorubas. And Yorubas claim that they they are Kings of Nigerian entertainment and without Yoruba, Nigerian songs will be bland.
Nobody gives a flying crap about this because guess what? People don't care.

But when some Igbos do the same thing and you go berserk and throw your toys out of the pram.

It just shows you Yorubas and Nigerians are tribalistic. It is okay when you indulge in chest beating but not cool with it when Igbos celebrate their own because why should Igbos dare do the same thing.

Drag Igbos from today till tomorrow, the crux of the matter is that you all resent Igbos and are obsessed with everything Igbos do.

HEAVEN4444:
please stop trying to change igbo trdition. when sina gives birth, all his children will have the surname adetokunbo. put some respek on that yoruba boy name

When he gives birth, they will also have Igbo names, so go and donate your tears.

Beancounter94:


Yeah, this is the best we got...and we came up against countries with much better sides than we have.

The thing is, we need a side that can produce consistently good results...not one off results against the US, consistent results...and you do that by building up a critical mass of homebased basketball talent, good structures from youth to adult, enough expertise in the game in coaches and trainers and reserchers.

We lost because our best was not good enough. Time to go home and do things to make basketball more popular and better funded, and have more people playing so that we have a glut of talent to choose from.

Have fun peeing.

how is this the best we got when victor oladipo and bam adebayo and sina adetokunbo are not playing ? bros stop all this crazy talk na