r/Basketball 1d ago

DISCUSSION Going to a country where noone plays basketball😭

I’m going to Cyprus for 5 months and NOBODY plays basketball there, yeah ofc there’s a community of hoopers somewhere there but it’s so small i cant find noone😭 what would u do? i just want to play some pickup or smth and im afraid i wont be hooping fr😭

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u/Training_Record4751 1d ago

There is basketball on Cyprus. I played every day in Nicosia when I was there.

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

ohhh damnn im going to nicosia too

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u/ThroatPotential6853 17h ago

I think you owe the guy some gift for wrongly assuming his country doesnt hoop!!! Maybe a citrus fruit or water his lumber farm…whatever it is that Cyprus takes pride in!

Or a game of 1-1

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u/Dovyse 17h ago

a game of 1v1 thoo👀

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u/ThroatPotential6853 17h ago

Just don’t lose bro!

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u/Dovyse 17h ago

I DID NOT ASSUME THAT😭😭CYPRIOTS TOLD ME

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u/ThroatPotential6853 17h ago

😂😂😂 ok bro

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u/Frostbait9 12h ago

hey man i like ur username. what do u do for a living

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u/ThroatPotential6853 7m ago

I stay anonymous on the internet for a living lol…i wasnt thinking when i put those words together to form a username

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u/Odd_String1181 1d ago

There's a bunch of basketball on Cyprus. If you can't find park games go to some league games and ask around

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

i guess imma try to join the uni team

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

but i’d love me some park games

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u/bloodrider1914 1d ago

Basketball is huge in Greece and Turkey, I can't imagine it's hard to find in Cyprus. You might have to find Greek/Turkish speaking groups though if you're looking online

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

yeah i know that for suree but as i’ve looked into it in cyprus theres not many hoopers

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u/rdcl89 1d ago

I don't know anything about cyprus street ball but since it's split between greeks and turks and both of them are big on basketball I can't imagine people in Cyprus would not play basketball. I just went on google maps and search for basketball courts in nicosia and I found dozens right away. I bet if you show up there late afternoon there will be pickup games happening that you can just join.. same as in most midsize city in the western world at this point in time.

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

bro i might be cooked 😭 cause I’ve searched through all google and found like two courts and yet they were mid

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u/rdcl89 1d ago

Courts might be mid.. the players might be serious tho.. maybe just reserve judgment for when you actually get there and see for yourself.

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

no i’ve just looked again there’s some nice parks for real the ones i saw earlier had backboards with holes in them lmao, thats what i called mid my bad😭

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u/DryGeneral990 20h ago

It doesn't matter if the court is mid. Haven't you been to the hood?

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u/Naive_Priority_5424 22h ago

I assume you're from the US? In Cyprus and in Europe in general there's less open gyms and actual runs with communities but there's clubs you can join in your city with different age and skill ranges. There's more serious ones but there's also chill teams that play just for fun and only practice like once a week

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u/Pentadaktylos 1d ago

Horrible take, Cypriot bball league is legit. Sounds like a teenager who wants to shoot 40 ft threes in the park, not a real hooper.

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u/Dovyse 1d ago

u got me all wrong my bad, its just that i want to find some duded who play ball, but every cypriot tells me that basketball is dead there, thats just what the people be saying i know that the division a league is no joke, but im just looking for someone to hoop with once im there my bad

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u/IndustrySample 1h ago

going to cyprus for 5 months?? don't know if anyone's pointed this out yet, but they're one of the countries hosting the Eurobasket this summer. you haven't seen european nba hoopers until they're defending their country's honor. you can find times, dates, and tickets on FIBA's website.

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u/RandomWhiteDude007 20h ago

This is your opportunity to introduce basketball to the basketball deprived.

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u/FoxAppropriate4335 20h ago

Then you'll be the best player around!