Official Olympic Basketball Discussion Thread

[Grinder]

Group A:
USA
Argentina
France
Tunisia
Qualifier
Qualifier

Group B:
Spain
Brazil
Australia
Great Britain
China
Qualifier

- Current NBA players italicized
- Former NBA players/draft picks underlined

Confirmed rosters:

USA
Chris Paul / Deron Williams / Russell Westbrook
Kobe Bryant / James Harden
Lebron James / Andre Iguodala
Kevin Durant / Carmelo Anthony
Tyson Chandler / Kevin Love / Blake Griffin

France
Tony Parker / Yannick Bokolo
Nando De Colo / Fabien Causeur
Nicolas Batum / Mickael Gelabale / Yakhouba Diawara
Boris Diaw / Florent Pietrus
Kevin Seraphin / Ronny Turiaf / Ali Traore

Spain
Jose Calderon / Sergio Rodriguez / Victor Sada
Juan Carlos Navarro / Sergio Llull
Rudy Fernandez / Fernando San Emeterio
Pau Gasol / Felipe Reyes / Victor Claver
Marc Gasol / Serge Ibaka

Brazil
Marcelinho Huertas / Larry Taylor / Raul Neto
Leandro Barbosa / Alex Garcia
Marcelo Machado / Marcus Vinicius
Anderson Varejao / Guillermhe Giovannani
Nene / Tiago Splitter / Caio Torres

Argentina
Pablo Prigioni / Facundo Campazzo
Manu Ginobili / Paolo Quinteros
Carlos Delfino / Hernan Jasen
Andres Nocioni / Federico Kammerichs
Luis Scola / Juan Gutierrez / Martin Leiva

Australia
Patty Mills / Adam Gibson
Brad Newley / Matthew Dellavedova / Peter Crawford
Joe Ingles / David Barlow
David Andersen / Matt Nielsen / Mark Worthington
Aleks Maric / Aron Baynes

Russia
Alexey Shved / Anton Ponkrashov / Dmitriy Khvostov
Vitaly Fridzon / Evgeny Voronov
Viktor Khryapa / Sergey Monya
Andrei Kirilenko / Sergey Karasev / Semen Antonov
Sasha Kaun / Timofey Mozgov

Lithuania
Mantas Kalnietis / Sarunas Jasikevicius / Tomas Delininkaitis
Rimantas Kaukenas / Deivdas Dulkys
Jonas Maciulis / Martynas Pocius
Linas Kleiza / Paulius Jankunas / Darius Songaila
Jonas Valanciunas / Robertas Javtokas

Great Britain
Nate Reinking / Andrew Lawrence
Mike Lenzly / Kyle Johnson
Luol Deng / Andrew Sullivan
Pops Mensah-Bonsu / Dan Clark / Kieron Achara
Joel Freeland / Eric Boateng / Robert Archibald

China
Liu Wei / Ailun Guo / Chen Jianghua
Wang Shipeng / Zhu Fangyu
Sun Yue / Zhou Peng / Yi Li
Yi Jianlian / Su Wei
Wang Zhizhi / Zhang ZhaoXuo

Nigeria
Tony Skinn / Ade Daganduro / Richard Oruche
Derrick Obasohan / Chamberlain Oguchi
Al-Farouq Aminu / Koko Archibong
Ike Diogu / Ejike Ugboaja / Ekene Ibekwe
Alade Aminu / Olumide Oyedeji

Tunisia
Marouan Kechrid / Zied Toumi / Marouan Laghnej
Lassad Choaya/ Mourad El Mabrouk
Amine Rzig / Sofian M'rad / Amine Maghrebi
Macram Ben Romdhane / Radhouane Slimane / Mohamed Hadidane
Salah Mejri / Mohamed Ghyaza

[Grinder]

All preparation game scores and stats can be found here. (http://london2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/olym/p/intern_preparation_games_men.html)

[kaiteng]

France vs UK is on (http://www.thefirstrow.eu/watch/129527/1/watch-france-vs-great-britain.html). Tony Parker is playing wearing a protective glasses.

[Maniak]

How many teams make it out of each group?

[kaiteng]

How many teams make it out of each group?
Top 4 of each groups go to the next round.

[ripthekik]

damn that dude Wang Zhizhi is still alive :oldlol:

[IGOTGAME]

did Lithuania qualify?

[Maniak]

Top 4 of each groups go to the next round.
OK and is the next round another group stage or bracket?

[kaiteng]

did Lithuania qualify?
They are trying to. If they beat Dominican Republic today they are in. Otherwise, they have to beat the loser from another match to get in.

[kaiteng]

OK and is the next round another group stage or bracket?
It will be a bracket round. 1st seeds face 4th seeds and 2nd seeds face 3rd seeds.

[Maniak]

Alright cool cool.

[Maniak]

Bonsu is playing pretty nice out there. I've always loved his name.

[b0bab0i]

Where did you get the roster lists from? FIBA site?

[IGOTGAME]

They are trying to. If they beat Dominican Republic today they are in. Otherwise, they have to beat the loser from another match to get in.
Thanks. Is the game online? Wanna check out how Jonas is doing?

[MisterAmazing]

Ibaka's Spanish??

[no pun intended]

Ibaka's Spanish??
Yup. Lived out his teenage years there.

[Timmy D for MVP]

Ibaka's Spanish??

He's Congolese but he spent his formative years in Spain. He's naturalized, and man if they had Rubio that squad would be silly! They are already actually. Should be a fun tournament.

[kaiteng]

Thanks. Is the game online? Wanna check out how Jonas is doing?
The game starts at 8PM EST. Nigeria vs Russia is ongoing right now, with Russia leading in the start of 4Q.

[kaiteng]

Russia is in. Nigeria has to win the 3rd place game to qualify.

[konex]

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/national/12_mnt_results.html

Here's the training and exhibition game schedule

[Rainwound]

Damn, Spain has a nasty frontcourt.

[Cangri]

Damn, Spain has a nasty frontcourt.
Yeah they are the only team that can beat USA.

[DuMa]

https://p.twimg.com/AxPaYLJCMAEhX6o.jpg:large

[Nash]

https://p.twimg.com/AxPaYLJCMAEhX6o.jpg:large
If Love and Blake are 6-10 then Durant is easily 6-11. Look at that dude.

[ihoopallday]

https://p.twimg.com/AxPaYLJCMAEhX6o.jpg:large

Lol Kobe looked so uncomfortable that whole roster announcement.

[IGOTGAME]

The game starts at 8PM EST. Nigeria vs Russia is ongoing right now, with Russia leading in the start of 4Q.

thanks

[Halcon]

Do people actually give a shit about the Olympics?

I honestly couldn't give two shits about it. The Dream Team was cool, and I watched most of the 2000 only to see my man, Vince, dunk.. But I seriously think they should stop sending NBA players and go back to sending college kids.. Nobody gives a shit and it'll be less embarrassing when you lose.

[kaiteng]

Jasi's hairdo :wtf: :facepalm

[Grinder]

Updated. Only one team yet to be determined (winner of Nigeria - Dominican Republic) and one roster yet to be finalized (Tunisia).

[chips93]

does that raul neto kid get any burn for brazil? and whats his draft status? feel like ive been hearing about him for a while.

[Noof]

Semen Antonov
lololol :yaohappy:


You can't lose to a guy named semen

[Grinder]

does that raul neto kid get any burn for brazil? and whats his draft status? feel like ive been hearing about him for a while.

He'll be the 3rd string point guard. He's got until 2014 until he's automatically eligible. He'll be a really solid point guard whether it be for a high level European team or the NBA.

[DuMa]

Group A: Lithuania, Tunisia, USA, France, Nigeria, Argentina;

Group B: China, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia, Russian, Spain

Huge win by Nigeria over Dominican Republic to get the last spot. Ike Diogu and Al Farooq Aminu were huge. Interested to see how their athleticism matches up with USA. But I'm sure USA will blow them out by 15 or more

[Xiao Yao You]

Looks like Spain will have it easier in the group round. Should make it easier for the USA in the medal round though.

[DuMa]

Also Dominican Republic plays USA in an exhibition on Thursday.

I wonder if Horford will play.

[e-LIMON-ators]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69bc_OOLIMM

Kyrie Irving...:bowdown:

[Grinder]

Updated.

[Grinder]

France cut Kahudi and replaced him with Yakhouba Diawara.

Belgium just upset France 63-57 in France. Really bad loss for them...they're not looking like threats for a medal without Noah and a not 100% Parker.

[TonyD]

USA vs Dominican Republic in 1hr 30min, no one cares? Davis is suiting up in place of injured Griffin.

[Grinder]

I'm adding the results of the preparation games in the second post.

[Faptastrophe]

Finally subscribed to USAB (http://www.nba.tv/nbatv/usab) games.. sucks that I don't have ESPN.
Let's hope guys keep the games entertaining and the money is well spent.

[Grinder]

Spain beat France again, this time on the road.

Pau Gasol lead Spain with 22/10, Ibaka had 16/10, and Victor Claver had 10.
Kevin Seraphin had 12 to lead France and Parker had 11.

Apparently Rudy Fernandez and Mickael Gelabale got ejected for throwing punches at each other. :lol

[Grinder]

Australia is tied with Spain at the half 35-35. The game is in Spain.

[Grinder]

Spain recently played Australia twice in Spain and won both games by 6 points.

[chips93]

i heard that former sonics SF gelabale, of france, is doing great in europe, do any of you guys know if he has any plans on returning to the nba?