Dextology:


The NBBF should have allowed Voigt to lead the team to the Afrobasket ball Championship. I won't be surprised if most of those players aren't injured but just a way to show their dissatisfaction with the federation for terminating the services of voigt.

Dextology:

Thanks sir, always here but have little time to comment when at work.

TheSuperNerd:
Exactly... Ben Uzoh didn't give a particularly cogent reason for his nonavailability... he just said he cannot make it but he remains open to future invitations. Something is wrong.... I suspect.

TheSuperNerd:
You are right.... Nwora and co went for a new mix of Height and Size above Skills and Team continuity.... He should have known better... I have the list of the boys/men trying to win Nigeria her second afrobasket title but I am not so enthusiastic... I will just try to follow them shaa... two home based... the rest are based abroad but relatively unknowns and untested... This will be one "long" afrobasket campaign indeed... Imagine Champs missing... chaaaiiiiii... say no more.

soetanoreoluwa:



It's seem Voigt job was a volunteer job... Needed to prove some set of guys wrong according to some report I read when he was hired back then... His heart is still with Nigeria followed on twitter

It seems he worked without payment or little payment... NBBF couldnot afford him...

According to the new coach Alex Nwora he said bulk of the players are injured they couldn't make it to the tournament... Nigeria is just somehow... They are giving them good preparations...

If not for coach Voigt won't attain any position in Africa the dude sacrifice alot for Nigeria to become a champion... Wish them good luck

goldfish80:


Some of those guys have played for Nigeria in the past. I think a couple of them (apart from Diogu) played in 2010

libero808:
With Asensio in their roaster they didn't need Mbappe

safarigirl:
those 2015 guys were everything. I don't think much of this set and the NBBF President is apparently just another corrupt Nigerian

Did you see the list of staff?

Coach is Igbo and his two assistants are Yoruba and Hausa respectively, what a truly Nigerian team

They're going to be home early....but doesn't matter, what matters is that Nigerians coach the team...

Ike Diogu has to be like the Mikel of our basketball team. Doesn't matter who gets cut or if the team is reshuffled, he'll always be in it

TheSuperNerd:
2010... u know how long ago that is right... Guys like Deji Akindele and Akin Akingbala are surely old war horses but new in the sense of "When did I see these guys recently?" in D'Tigers shirt...

I read and saw before today that Odunsi, Ike iroegbu and Ike Nwamu may actually look good but still... I am not enthusiastic and they all seem new to me because I expected a continuation of the last squad. It is as if we are starting again... annoying!

goldfish80:

What a joke. I didn't notice the federal character in the employment of the coaches.

Ike Diogu was mostly on the bench due to injury in the last championship. Yet the team went all the way. That alone is a demonstration of how strong the team was. Even without their best player, they went all the way.

goldfish80:

There's something special about the Daniel Ochefu. He looks a natural leader. He has a quite a history with his state team when they won the their championship. I hear he was the captain of the team. He could turn out to be good for us and Washington wizards.

Ike Iroegbu seems to be my pick out of those you listed. He could be special.

By the way, Micheal Gbinije transfered from Pistons to GOLDEN STATES! How about that?

PDPGuy:
I'm not going to hold my breathe for this D'Tigers team. In fact, I really don't care if they defend the title or not cos this Afrobasket doesn't serve as a World cup qualifier. There will be a separate WC qualification tournament for the African zone.

I still can't wrap my head around the circumstances of Voight's sack. I mean, this guy literally brought D'Tigers to mainstream sports consciousness in Nigeria; and the NBBF decided to reward him that way. Smh.

AIG07:
@ Sir Mikron. Let's go there. The match against Zambia is on the 7th and not 6th. I for see us schooling this young chipolopolos on how the beautiful round leather game is played.

TRULY THE LAND IS GREEN*winks*

TheSuperNerd:
Sir Joebie....

Sir Mikron is a long time member of the house..... biko... nothing to welcome "newly" as far he is concerned .... Rather, we say, "Welcome Back Sir Mikron, Sir AIG07's twin partner"....

lexyman:
Henry Onyekuru scores 2 for Anderlecht

safarigirl:
@ first paragraph, new rule?

daveP:
What do they keep seeing o. that old cargo called nta. a shame to advancement of sense and modern technology? smh@ lmc. smh!!

safarigirl:
it mostly is

Welcome to the thread....you seem cool, the guys will love you. They hate me

libero808:
okay they can dare me.

libero808:
okay they can dare me.

TheSuperNerd:
His twitter account profile still reads... "Head men's basketball coach-Nigerian National team"

Dextology:


The NBBF should have allowed Voigt to lead the team to the Afrobasket ball Championship. I won't be surprised if most of those players aren't injured but just a way to show their dissatisfaction with the federation for terminating the services of voigt.

libero808:
I've been reading a lot about Pinnick on Tammy lately. I think Pinnick's comment is quite cocky. The boy may not be happy about it.