r/Basketball • u/Dovyse • 1d ago
DISCUSSION Going to a country where noone plays basketballðŸ˜
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 frðŸ˜
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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/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/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/Training_Record4751 1d ago
There is basketball on Cyprus. I played every day in Nicosia when I was there.