Overseas 22-23 Thread

[Dillon77]

First-Team All-Euro features some very familiar names. Congrats to all!

 

[Dillon77]

And the second team!

 

[From France]

3 of the 10 play for Fenerbahce, and I think Courtney Vandersloot didn't qualify for an award because she came late in the season

 

[From France]

So, since the last post, Fenerbahce has won the Euro League with Kiah and Breanna, Stewie being name the the MVP
Gabby & Lyon won the Euro Cup

Kiah and Stewie then swept the turkish finals againt Mersin with Tiffany Hayes (3-0)

Lyon and Gabby just finished the regular season with a win, they will meet KML's team of La Roche Vendée in the quarter finals

Here's a link to an article about the difficult choice Gabby Williams will have to make, Marine Johannes will have the same choice to do :

Gabby Williams : WNBA ou équipe de France ?

Gabby Williams, celle qui est devenue la meilleure joueuse française de sa génération, est face à un dilemme cornélien : choisir entre la WNBA et l'équipe de France pour l'Eurobasket. La nouvelle convention collective de la WNBA oblige les joueuses ayant trois ans ou plus d'ancienneté à être

www.basketeurope.com

Le programme des playoffs et playdowns 2023 | FFBB

La 22e et dernière journée de Ligue Féminine a livré le verdict d’une saison 2022/2023 extrêmement disputée. Les huit premières équipes vont disputer les playoffs afin de déterminer le Champion de France LFB 2023. Le maintien se jouera lors des playdowns avec les formations classées de 9 à 12.

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I was wrong, they meet Charleville-Mézières (Flammes Carolo) in the quarters, and KML with La Roche meet Lattes-Montpellier (BLMA)

 

[From France]

So Lyon & Gabby qualified for french semis with 2 wins ( 91-79 & 85-47), they will play Bourges
Game 1 for Gabby : 14 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists in 29 minutes
Game 2 for Gabby : 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals in 18 minutes off the bench

 

[ochoopsfan]

Sunday ended the finals in Spain. Valencia beat Avenida(KLS and Tif's former team) 2 games to 0 in the finals. The game on Sunday was at Avenida. About 10 minutes after the game the Avenida fans kept singing the team song for their home team. I was at 2 games in Salamanca, in the 21/22 season. Great "Old" venue and great fans.

If you ever make it to Spain, during a basketball season, try to make it to a game. Salamanca is about 1.5 hours, by express train from Madrid. You can order tickets on line. Stay overnight in Salamanca and go to the Plaza. Great chance you will meet the players outside the Starbucks in the Plaza, weather permitting.
After all of Avenidas games the players sit on the floor and stretch out, you will see them as the camera pans to the right, blue uniforms. The players will often talk to the fans after they stretch. Nearly all players can speak English.

This is what the twitter post says, translated Spanish--> to English.

"When I decided to record this video, more than ten minutes had passed since Perfumerías Avenida had lost the final. It's the same chant as when they win, with the same intensity as when they win and showing the same gratitude as when they win. Priceless value"

 

[From France]

In game 1 of the semis, Lyon and Gabby fell to Tango Bourges 67-80

Gabby had 15 points, 2 rebounds & 4 assists shooting 7/15, 0/3, 1/2

 

[From France]

With Villeneuve d'Ascq (Lilles) Maia Hirsch the first round pick of the draft had 9 points and 1 rebound in 11 minutes of the bench - They won 75-60

 

[From France]

Gabby won the the french national title just playing in game1 (the loss) of the finals which Lyon won 2-1

 

[From France]

I hope, next year France will do as all other countries, to make the calendar fit the WNBA rules
But I must say that this prioritization rule is just a joke, and for this the WNBA is ugly

 

[From France]

Now that the season has started, what will happen to all the euro players that want to do their National training camps ?