Me to Deksi

Los Angeles, 11/1/2006

Aristo ksekinima ekane h monadikh ekproswpos tou Ellhnikou basket sto Los Angeles me 2/2 nikes. Meta ta persina hxhra xastoukia, fainetai oti kapoioi phran to mynhma kai fetos to ellhniko basket parousiazetai ananeomeno. H omada pou apartizetai apo tous empeirous pia se tetoies diwrganwseis Gonidaki, Zano, apo tous rookies Bezaiti kai Antwnh kai apo ton veterano Xiouro paredwse mathimata oloklhrwtikou basket, kanwntas idaniko podariko sth diwrganwsh.

Dyskolo ksekinima...
Ston 1o agwna kai me antipalo tous poly aksiologous amerikanous TDS, h omada isws ephreasmenh apo to agxos ths premieras ksekinise asxima ton agwna kai eftase na ypoleipetai sto score ews kai me 8 pontous (13-21) kai ekei oi fwnes tou proponitikou team, h eisodos tou Xiourou kai ta krisima kalathia tou Bezaiti eferan tin plhrh anatroph kai h omada perase mprosta 31-28 ligo prin tin lhksh tou agwna. Paroti oi TDS meiwsan pros stigmhn se 31-30, meta apo ekplhktikh assist tou Xiourou, o Zanos shmeiwse to buzzer beater kai to mats elhkse 33-30. Apokalypsh tou agwna oi 2 rookies, Bezaitis kai Antwnhs kathws kai o veteranos Xiouros o opoios meta apo makroxrwnh apousia apo ta parke edeikse psigmata tis megalhs tou klashs.

Eukolh synexeia...
Sto 2o agwna ta pragmata htan poly pio eukola, mia kai antipaloi htan oi Indoi Stardust, mia omada metriwn dynatothtwn pou se kamia stigmh ths anametrhshs de dyskolepse thn ellhnikh omada. Ta sxolia einai peritta gi'auton ton agwna, mia kai to score (32-13) antikatoptrizei plhrws tin eikona tis anametrhshs.

Meta tis 2 anametrhseis dhlwseis ekane o empeiros pia Gonidakis pou edeikse na mhn petaei sta synnefa meta to kalo ksekinima:
"Einai kalo pou ksekinisame me 2 nikes, to zitima einai na min paroun ta myala mas aera. Ola ta paidia edwsan ton kalytero tous eauto kai elpizw na synexisoume etsi. Ola ta paixnidia einai dyskola, de prepei na milame akoma gia teliko, emeis blepoume kathe paixnidi ksexwrista".

Thn erxomenh Tetarth h ellinikh omada tha antimetwpisei allous 2 antipalous apo ton omilo ths. H kinish twn eisithriwn einai megalh, meta to epityxhmeno ksekinima kai to Lyon's Center anamenetai na zhsei ksana megales stigmes.

Emfylios kai apogohteush

Los Angeles, 11/10/2005

To telos tis 4hs agwnistikhs sto IM league briskei kai tis 2 omades mas pou ksekinisan me oneira kai filodoksies na apokleiontai prowra apo ta play-offs tis diwrganwshs. O provlimatismos epomenos mia kai fainetai oti gia mia akoma xronia oi dyo megaloi tou ellinikou basket sto Los Angeles ekanan bebiasmenes kiniseis kai den kataferan na ekproswpisoun epaksia tin xwra mas.

O Emfylios

To prwto paixnidi metaksy twn 2 omadwn epibebaiwse ton xaraktirismo tou nterbi mia kai eixe synexeis enalages sto score kai agwnia mexri to teleutaio deuterolepto. Me tis omades na pigainoun xeri-xeri mexri tous 22 pontous, ola edeixnan oti to finale tha itan sygklonistiko. Me mprostarh ton Gonidakh oi KGK ebriskan to dromo pros to antipalo kalathi, enw apo tous Sakatides o Viougiouklarakis edine polytimes lyseis me sout apo tin periferia enw eixe symparastath to Zano sto scorarisma. Peripou 4 lepta prin to telos tou agwna kai me tin eksodo tou Gonidakh kai tin eisodo tou Lesta kai enw to score itan 22-22 ena ksespasma twn KGK, me ton Kallo na ektelei apo ta 6.25 kai ton Kyriakidh na ekmetalevete to mismatch sto markarisma tou, efere tin omada mprosta me 27-22 kai tous opadous na paraliroun (xaraktiristikes htan oi fwnes tou Gonidakh apo ton pagko "ta exoun xasei de kseroun ti kanoun klp). O Vougiouklarakis omws den eixe pei tin teleutaia tou leksh. Me 2 triponta maxairies efere ksana tous Sakatides mesa sto paixnidi kai mprosta sto score 28-27 me 1 lepto na ypoleipete. Me tin mpala na kaei, o Gonidakis petyxe poly dyskolo kalathi ksanadinontas to provadisma stous KGK 29-28. Tote omws milise h klash tou megalou souter Vougiouklaraki, o opoios me 3o seri triponto egrapse to 31-29, 30 sec prin ti liksh. Meta apo ena skliro foul panw ston Kyriakidi o Gonidakis astoxhse apelpistika se 3ponto enw o Lestas me yperprospathia mazepse to epithetiko rebound kai edwse eksw ston Gonidaki gia to buzzer beater, pou omws itan konto. To finale brike tous Sakatides na panygirizoun mia omologoumenws megalh nikh kai ton Gonidakh, kalytero paikth twn KGK alla kai moiraio paikth sto telos na min pistevei pws exase 2 seri 3ponta.

Enas Vougiouklarakis de fernei tin anoiksh

Ston epomeno agwna kai me emfanh ta simadia tis kourasis oi Sakatides itithikan apo tous Commuters, mia omada metriwn dynatothtwn pou omws brethike se poly kalh mera kai ekmetaleutike plirws th xalarh amyna twn antipalwn tous. Apo tous Sakatides, pou exasan telika me 34-26, monadikos diaswtheis itan gia mia akoma fora o Viougiouklarakis pou petyxe tous 18 apo tous 26 pontous tis omadas, o Psounis emeine se xamila standard apodoshs me 6 pontous enw apelpistika astoxos kai ektos rithmou itan o Zanos pou emeine stous 2 pontous enw o Spyropoulos epaikse ligo xwris na scorarei. M'autin tin htta eksanemistikan oles oi elpides twn Sakatidwn gia symmetoxh sta playoffs. Xaraktiristiko tis apogoiteushs einai dhlwseis tou Spyropoulou pou evale kata pantwn, twn sympaiktwn tou kai tis texnikhs hgesias tis omadas, paraponoumenos gia ta liga lepta symmetoxhs tou.
Sto allo mats, oi KGK gnwrisan htta me katevasmena ta xeria apo tous Casa Cartel 32-17 me tin kourash kai tin apogoiteush na epireazei emfanws tin apodosh tous kai tin anwterothta twn antipalwn na min epitrepei kammia filodoksia gia tin ellinikh omada.

Enwtheite h kleiste ta synora

Mia agwnistikh prin to telos h eikona tou bathmologikou pinaka mono kolakeutikh de mporei na xaraktiristei gia to elliniko basket tou LA. Oi 2 omades mas briskontai prwtes... apo to telos enw kai oi 2 exoun apokleistei apo tin synexeia tis diwrganwshs. Einai loipon fanero oti o dixasmos meiwse tin antagwnistikotita twn omadwn kai koinh pepoithish olwn einai oti mia omada pou tha eixe tous pyrines kai twn 2 omadwn tha eixe poly kalyterh tyxh sto IM League. Plirofories anaferoun oti egine synantish koryfhs twn paragontwn kai twn 2 omadwn se gnwsto polyteles ksenodoxeio tou LA opou o ESAKE apofasise na katevasei mia "Ethnikh" omada sto eperxomeno IM League 5on5 to spring semester. Elpizoume oti h nea auth omada pou tha sygkentrwsei tin afrokrema ths ellinikis kalathosfairisis tha apodwsei ta anamenomena kai de tha ntropiasei ksana tin ellinikh koinotita tou USC.

El Classico

Los Angeles, 11/8/2005

H wra eftase... To Lyon's Center etoimazetai na filoksenisei tin mitera twn maxwn. To megalo nterbi einai gegonos, enas agwnas pou panw ap'ola exei psixologikh simasia alla s'authn tin periptwsh kai bathmologikh. Oi Sakatides briskontai me tin plath sto toixo meta to asximo ksekinima kathws xreiazontai 3 nikes sta epomena 3 mats, me 1o ton elliniko emfylio. Enisximenoi me tous traumaties pou epanerxontai kai anamenete na boithisoun tin omada kai me tous paiktes na exoun peismwsei oti mporoun na ta kataferoun. Oi KGK me profanh thn thelisi gia nikh mia kai eksasfalizoun kata poly tin prokrish tous sta playoff alla kai pali gia logous goitrou. Kati pou deixnoun bebaia kai oi synexeis proklhtikes dhlwseis twn paiktwn kai paragontwn tis omadas.
Problepseis de xwroun, opws se ola ta nterbi tha kyriarxisei to pathos kai ta sklira markarismata. Apo tin plevra tou, to DPS epevale to mats na ginei keklismenwn twn thyrwn gia apofygh episodiwn.

6:30 loipon aurio kai oloi oi dromoi odhgoun sto Lyon's...

Isxnos Apologismos

Los Angeles, 11/3/2005

Meta tis prwtes 2 agwnistikes tou IM League, h ellinikh parousia mallon den ikanopoihse mia kai apo tous synolika 4 agwnes pou epaiksan oi omades mas, mono se 1 kataferan na paroun to roz fylo agwna. Th monadikh nikh petyxan oi KGK enw kai oi 2 omades exasan apo tin anerxomenh dynamh X-Trio.
Oi Sakatides den anteksan apo tis para polles apousies (apo tin kyria omada mono oi Zanos kai Spyropoulos emfanistikan enw hrwikh prospathia ekane o rookie Papakonstantinou) kai telika htithikan kai stous 2 agwnes, me X-Trio (32-24) kai Kobron (30-28), me tin 2h htta omws na amfisvititai entona apo tous paiktes tis omadas mia kai profanws apanota lathi, provlimata ston fwteino pinaka kai paraksenes apofaseis tou diaitith sigoura diamorfwsan to apotelesma. To apotelesma bebaia einai oi Sakatides na einai me thn plath sto toixo mia kai stous 3 enapomeinantes agwnes prepei na petyxoun isarithmes nikes. O manager twn Sakatidwn Zanos pou eixe entonh logomaxia me ton diaithth meta to telos tou 2ou agwna shmeiwse: " Skeftomai na aposyrthw apo to basket meta apo osa eginan simera. Olos o kosmos eide pws mas eklepsan th nikh. O diaithths forouse kokkina gyalia (auto profanws eipothike apo synithia mia kai oi omades den exoun xrwmata...). Profanws kapoioi antilifthikan oti mia nea dynamh anatelei sto basket kai den tous aresei auto. Oi paiktes einai sta apodytiria kai klaine auth th stigmh. Emeis tha palepsoume na nikisoume kai tous diaitites stous epomenous agwnes. Oi apousies mas stoixhsan alla den einai dikaiologia. Ston 1o agwna den eixame rithmo. Ston 2o palepsame alla den eixame dynameis na kerdisoume kai tous diaitites... ntroph osa eginan..."
Oi KGK meta apo ena dynato ksekinima opou nikisan mallon eukola tous Commuters skontapsan panw stous X-Trio pou apodixtikan skliro karydi kai gia tis 2 ellinikes omades, me ton kalytero tous paikth, Artem Zuev, na einai astamatitos. O k Gonidakis den ekane dilwseis, to mono pou arkestike na pei einai: "Tha ta poume mesa sto Sav/ko stin synenteuksh typou, oxi twra...".
Oloi pia perimenoun tin emfylia diamaxh metaksy twn omadwn mas. Perisotera gi'auto to shmantiko paixnidi se epomeno reportaz.

Apefeuxthei o emfylios

Los Angeles, 10/27/2005

Sto Lyon's Center simera egine h klhrwsh twn omilwn tou IM League, ekei pou parabrethikan kai oi 2 ekproswpoi twn omadwn mas. Apo tous Sakatides paravrethike o k Zanos enw apo tous KGK o k Gonidakis. H kataliksh tis klhrwshs efere tis 2 omades mas se diaforetikous omilous, kati pou tha apoklisei toulaxiston pros to paron ton emfylio.
H tyxh mallon xamogelase sthn omada twn Sakatidwn, mia kai h klhrwsh mporei na xaraktiristei eukoloterh apo auth twn KGK. Oi Sakatides klhrwthikan ston 1o Omilo, mazi me tous United Nations tou omogenous (???) Peter Livanos, tous X-Trio kai tin omada twn Free Agents ( h opoia an de dhmiourgithei mallon tha parei th thesh tis mia omada apo ton 2o omilo). Antitheta oi KGK klirothikan me ta megathiria tis diorganwshs KOBRON, Commuters kai oi 2 omades tou Tim Shen (???) CASA Ballin Triads kai CASA Cartel. Na shmeiwthei oti gia tin prokrish sta playoff oi omades prepei na exoun thetiko record, diladi oi Sakatides arkei na kanoun 2 molis nikes enw oi KGK xreiazontai 3.
Meta to telos ths klirwshs, oi ekproswpoi twn omadwn emfanistikan sygkratimena aisiodoksoi alla kai problimatismenoi gia tin dynamikothta twn antipalwn mia kai oi omades den gnwrizontai metaksy tous. O k Zanos dhlwse: "S'auth th diorganwsh den yparxoun eukoles klhrwseis. Allwste exoume sinithisei stis ekplikseis ton teleutaio kairo. To exw pei kai tha to ksanapw, h omada mas exei antipalo mono ton kako ths eauto kai s'auton ton tomea tha doulepsoume tis meres pou apomenoun mexri to ksekinima. Ta problimata travmatismou den einai dikaiologia. Euxomai ena kalo prwtathlima se olous kai idiaitera stous sympatriwtes mas pou elpizoume na tous broume sta playoffs."
Apo tin plevra tou, o k Gonidakis shmeiwse me emfanh aisiodoksia: " H klhrwsh de mas polyendiaferei, o stoxos ths omadas paramenei to kypelo. Opoio empodio ki an emfanistei mprosta mas, eimaste ypoxrewmenoi na to ypervoume. Pantws kai apo tin plevra mas na euxithoume na brethoume me tous filous mas tous Sakatides sta playoffs kai giati oxi ston teliko."
Oi dyo ekproswpoi malista eixan mia syntomh synomilia prin apo tin enarksh ths klhrwshs. Idiaiterh entypwsh epishs ekanan kai oi euxaristes parousies stin klhrwsh kati pou den emeine aparatirito ki apo tous 2 ekproswpous.
Aksizei na simiwthei oti ta mats ksekinane authn thn Tetarth stis 6:30 to apogeuma. Simera anamenete na paroume mia prwth geush apo to ti tha doume sto IM League sto filiko Tournoua "Fillipos Mordohai" pros timhn tou megalou veteranou paikth.

H sapila tou ellinikou basket sto USC

Los Angeles, 10/21/2005 H efhmerida mas panta mprosta apo tis ekselikseis erxetai na riksei perisotero fws stin peribohth ypothesh twn paraskiniakwn kinisewn twn 2ekproswpwn mas sto IM league. Meta loipon to analytikotato reportaz mas sto xthesino fylo (to opoio opws anamenotan prokalese thyela antidrasewn kai tin epembash tou eisaggelea) epanerxomaste me mia nea apokalipsh pou tha erthei na anatrepseiola ta dedomena. Sta grafeia ths efhmeridas mas loipon yparxoun fotografiestwn 2 paragontwn pou prwtagwnistoun stin sygkekrimenh ypothesh, twn kGonidakh kai k Zanou na deipnoun mazi se gnwsto polyteles estiatorio thspolhs. Sto deipno malista htan parontes kai poly alloi epifaneis paragontestou ellinikou athlitismou kai oxi mono tou USC (o k Galiotos, ypopsifiosvouleuths, o k Zogopoulos, gnwstos eirhnodikhs kai alloi) kathws kai oteleutaios metagrafikos stoxos kai twn 2 omadwn, o polypeiros basketbolistasKostas Xiouros. Xaraktiristiko tou deipnou htan h analafrh diathesh twnsymmetexwntwn, ta gelia kai oi ekaterothen plakes kai h xalarh atmosfera,enw tipota de thimize tous diaxifismous tis prohgoumenhs meras. Malista,asfaleis phges anaferoun oti syntoma, kai en mesw thryamvologiwn, h omadatou k Zanou tha anakoinwsei tin metagrafh tou k Xiourou, kathws kai enosakoma paikth-ekplhksh. Ap'oti fainetai loipon, oi paragontes twn omadwn paizoun me ta nevra toukosmou enw ola einai prosymfwnhmena. Apo ti plevra mas, theloume natonisoume oti o texnitos dixasmos kai oi empristikes anakoinwseis den exounpia thesh stis selides ths efhmeridas mas. Mporei na pesame stin pagidaparagontwn typou Zanou kai Psounh (o opoios malista plhrofories anaferounoti proothei texnientws ton gio tou stin omada pou dieuthinei, adikwntasalla nea talenta) alla ws edw. Tha epanelthoume sto thema me neesapokalipseis.

NTROPH SAS k Gonidaki

Los Angeles, 10/20/2005

Meta apo mia hremh metagrafikh periodo kai enw oi omades briskontai sto stadio proetoimasias gia to 3on3 intramural league, mia kinish tou paikth-proponith-neokopou paragontiskou irthe na taraksei ta nera kai na prokalesei tin aganaktish tou ygeiws skeptomenou filathlou.

Ws gnwstwn, o k Gonidakis einai melos tis 1 ek twn 2 omadwn pou tha ekprosopisoun th xwra mas sto Intramural League to opoio tha ksekinisei se liges ebdomades. 5 meres omws prin to deadline twn metagrafwn diadramatistikan gegonota pou den timoun to elliniko basket kai an mh ti allo thimizoun taktikes paragontwn epipedou Mpeou h Kougia. Sygkekrimena, tin Trith o k Gonidakis proseggise ton Kyriakidh, paikth pou hdh exei symfwnhsei me thn allh omada, prosferontas tou paxylo symvolaio gia synergasia 1 etous. Na shmeiwhtei oti o k Gonidakis kathws kai oi paratrexamenoi tou (plhrofories lene oti stin synanthsh paravrethike kai o genikos dieuthintis tou tmimatos k Kallos) gnwrizan poly kala thn symfwnia kyriwn tou Kyriakidh me ton general manager ths allhs omadas k Zano, kati pou epanelave o paikths prin tin synanthsh. Par'ola auta den distasan na ton apeilhsoun akoma, xwris bebaia o paikths na dwsei mia safh apanthsh. Molis shmera egine gnwsto oti h omada tou k Gonidakh katethese to roster ths me ton Kyriakidh mesa, enw o idios paikths fainetai na min exei ypograpsei gia authn thn metagrafh. Ola auta enoxlhsan idiaitera tous paragontes ths allhs omadas (prwhn omada tou Gonidakh pou meta apo ena peripetiwdes diazygio apoxwrhse prin apo merikous mines), ths opoias to roster katartistike edw kai poly kairo alla gia kathara grafeiokratikous logous de dhlwthike episima, kati pou fainetai kai apo tin anakoinwsh pou eksedwsan shmera molis.

"Me lyph mas shmera plhroforithikame thn akrivh synthesh tou roster ths eterhs ellhnikhs omadas sto IM League. Ap'oti fainetai gia mia akoma fora o nomos tou paraskiniou, twn mystikwn synnenohsewn kai twn apeilwn kyriarxhse. Ws gnwstwn, o basketbolistas Evripides Kyriakides eixe symfwnhsei me thn omada mas (yparxoun kai ta analoga email na to pistwpoioun auto). Shmera mathainoume apo tritous oti o idios paikths brisketai sto roster ths omadas tou k Gonidakh. Oi taktikes tou k Gonidakh kai twn omoiwn tou mas afhnoun pagera adiaforous, deixnoun omws to ithos kai thn poiothta twn anthrwpwn. H omada mas hdh brisketai stin anazhthsh paikth pou tha antikatasthsei ton k Kyriakidh kai ksekinaei kai oles tis nomimes diadikasies gia na diasfalisei ta dikaiwmata ths. Pantws oi ntavatzides twn ghpedwn na kseroun oti oi pseftikes ypografes kai oi anentimes synnenohseis de tha perasoun."

Plhrofories anaferoun oti o k Zanos exei sta xeria tou apodeikseis oti oi ypografes sta symvolaia twn paiktwn k Kallou kai k Kyriakhdh einai plastes, kati pou an to ekmetaleutei mporei na prokalesei kai ton isovio apokleismo ths omadas tou k Gonidakh. Auto omws menei na apofasistei sto doihkitiko symboulio pou tha ginei tis epomenes meres.

H efhmerida mas tha parakolouthei tis ekselikseis panta me antikeimeniko mati kai tha krataei enhmero ton filathlo elliniko kosmo tou Los Angeles.