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Assuming Jennings, Salmons, Gooden and Bogut are the other starters, who's your choice at small forward?
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FIBA Day 6: Turkey cruises, Argentina loses

Turkey and Argentina both entered the final day of group play undefeated and atop their respective divisions, but only Turkey could say the same after the games were over. The host Turks won their fifth straight game despite resting Ersan Ilyasova and three other starters, dismantling the Yi Jianlian-less Chinese 87-40 in Ankara. Carlos Delfino and his Argentine mates weren't as lucky in their final group game, losing by a narrow 84-82 margin to Serbia (4-1), which claimed the Group A title on the tiebreaker.  After the jump we review the Bucks' performances in the tournament thus far and look ahead to what awaits them in the elimination rounds.

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Ilyasova stars for Turkey, Bucks stay optimistic on Bogut

FIBA: Ilyasova's 26 leads Turkey past Greece
Favorites take note: the home team looks for real. Turkey seized control of Group C by dispatching their Greek rivals 76-65, moving them to 3-0 with a couple of very winnable games against Puerto Rico and China left. Ersan Ilyasova picked a good time to catch fire, making all six of his three point attempts on his way to a game-high 26 points and five boards in 31 minutes. He wasted no time getting started, cutting across the lane for a layup on the first Turkish possession, and shortly thereafter raining a high-arcing three from the corner for his first triple. All told he had 12 in the first quarter and added another three and a long deuce midway through the second, giving him 17 of Turkey's first 32 points. And though he's not asked to do much in Turkey's zone-heavy defense, he also added a big block that got the fans even more into it in the second quarter.

Still, give the Greeks credit. They hung tough and were within two at the half despite poor shooting and a rowdy home crowd in Ankara (every Greece possession was greeted with a shower of whistles). But after starting the third on the bench, Ilyasova came on to bury two more threes near the end of the period to extend the Turkish lead to 65-51 and put a fork into the Greek comeback. The crowd was into it, Ersan was into it--really fun to watch. 

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No Room for 'Melo in Milwaukee

Today we're pleased to bring you a special feature from Dan Sinclair, writer of the excellent Where 55 Happens. You may also recognize Dan from a number of great FanPosts he's written here at Brew Hoop, and you can follow him on Twitter @dan_sinclair.  

The Nuggets have apparently given up hope of retaining Carmelo Anthony and are now looking to see what kind of deals can be made. As such, a couple teams have been scrambling to put together packages in hopes of landing the star forward. For now, the Nets, Kings, and Timberwolves have been identified as the most likely partners in a deal for Carmelo.

This is perhaps an unfortunate revelation to some Bucks fans. Glancing around some blogs and Twitter, there seemed to be a significant amount of interest in acquiring the All-Star. For most, the thought was that even one year of service from Carmelo would push the Bucks up to the same level with some of the other "elite" teams in the East.  So should we hold out hope that Hammond can assemble a package and grab Carmelo away from the Mile High City? It's a tougher question than I originally thought. A closer look after the jump.

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FIBA Day 3: Delfino helps Argentina move to 3-0

Five games, five wins for Carlos Delfino and Ersan Ilyasova. Despite getting all they could handle from the underdog Angolans, Delfino and his Argentine teammates turned it on late to dispatch the African champs 91-70 earlier today, moving to a perfect 3-0 and pole position in Group A. They hung on to edge the Bogut-less Australians on Sunday by a 74-72 margin, and despite the perfect record they're still in search of their first comprehensive victory.  But hey, you might as well be winning while you're rounding into form, right?

Meanwhile, the Turkish hosts had today off after their 65-56 win over Russia on Sunday. On Tuesday they face Greece, Group C's other undefeated team, before finishing the group stage against Puerto Rico (Wednesday) and China (Thursday).  Follow the jump for some recaps of the past couple days' action.

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Preview: Turkey/Russia and Argentina/Australia

Carlos Delfino and Ersan Ilyasova will both be looking to stay unbeaten on day two of FIBA World Championships group play. Turkey and Argentina were both winners yesterday--Turkey in much more convincing fashion--with the two Bucks playing starring roles for their respective squads. Delfino scored a game-high 27 on 18 shots while adding eight rebounds without a turnover or foul, while Ilyasova piled up a tidy 17 points and eight boards in just 21 minutes.

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FIBA Day 1: Delfino and Ilyasova among first day stars

Turkey and Argentina came away winners on the first day of group play at the FIBA World Championships, with their respective Bucks playing starring roles.  

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Preview: Argentina/Germany and Turkey/Cote d'Ivoire

It's a big opening day of group play at the FIBA World Championships in Turkey, with Carlos Delfino's Argentina and Ersan Ilyasova's Turkey both kicking things off this afternoon. We'll make this our double-barrel game thread for the day, starting with Turkey at 1 pm CT.

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Jennings playing ball, Ilyasova and Delfino ready for World openers

Brandon's still ballin'

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JS: Delfino, Ilyasova ready for Worlds
The JS reports (albeit second hand) that Ersan Ilyasova did in fact break his nose last weekend against Lebanon, though there's no suggestion that he'll be missing this weekend's opening games for Turkey. For John Hammond, it's all part of the double-edged sword of your players representing their countries.

"What could Ersan be doing any better than this to improve his overall skill set?" Hammond said. "But there is a factor with him, with a young player like Ersan and the pressure on the Turkish national team as the host team for the world championships. There can be a fatigue factor."

Things get started on Saturday with Turkey playing Cote D'Ivoire at 1 pm central while Argentina opens against Germany a half hour later. At least that's what my time zone math tells me (Istanbul is eight ours ahead of Milwaukee). Both teams play again exactly 24 hours later, Turkey against Russia and Argentina vs. the Bogut-less Aussies, with all games broadcast live on ESPN3.com. Time for some game threads, people.

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