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[QUOTE=Fiba basketball]Belive me he isnt and him playing bad for Partizan has nothing to do with my judgment . I thought this even before he left Partizan . You are overrating Law .[/QUOTE]
OK, let's just disagree then. Law isn't really a point guard anyway. He's more of a SG.
Spain:
PG Jose Calderon/Sergio Rodriguez/Victor Sada
SG Juan Carlos Navarro/Sergio Llull/Rafa Martinez
SF Rudy Fernandez/Fernando Sam Emeterio/Victor Claver
PF Pau Gasol/Felipe Reyes
C Marc Gasol/Serge Ibaka
Meanwhile, Australia have just beaten Greece on back-to-back matches by 30 and 40 points in Melbourne!!
I saw the first game and I swear Greece must have at LEAST 8-9 of it's regular, best players not with the team, because they are just a bunch of young guys with not alot of talent... in comparison with the Australian players, who are no world beaters!
No Andrew Bogut will hurt us with getting through to the final 8 at the games. Kyrie Irving would have been handy also, had he have nominated to pick up his Aussie citizenship!!
Line up with be:
C: Aleks Maric / David Andersen / Aron Baynes
PF: Matt Nielson / Mark Worthington
SF: Brad Newley / David Barlow
SG: Joe Ingles / Peter Crawford
PG: Patty Mills / Matt Dellavedova / Adam Gibson
Is any of this relevant? No.. but it's a thread for this kind of information, so remember that before hating on this post :)
Go Boomers! I'll be there watching :cheers:
And to throw in my two cents worth... I believe the medals will be:
GOLD: USA
SILVER: Spain
Bronze: France (providing Parker plays)
I know some other posters here believe that the lesser known to the western-world countires (USA, Canada, Aus ect) think that the likes of Greece, Lithuania, Russia and Argentina will be real chances... but I just don't see it. It's just my opinion, would be happy to be proven wrong :pimp:
[QUOTE=TKstyle]And to throw in my two cents worth... I believe the medals will be:
GOLD: USA
SILVER: Spain
Bronze: France (providing Parker plays)
I know some other posters here believe that the lesser known to the western-world countires (USA, Canada, Aus ect) think that the likes of Greece, Lithuania, Russia and Argentina will be real chances... but I just don't see it. It's just my opinion, would be happy to be proven wrong :pimp:[/QUOTE]
In all honesty, a full France isn't any better than Lithuania and certainly isn't as good as Greece, even with their key absences. They might be a bit better than Russia, but not by much.
Argentina is too old. I don't think anyone but American NBA fans thinks they will medal. Argentinians certainly don't. It's just that American NBA fans know absolutely nothing about international basketball, nothing about any players that are not in the NBA, and they totally overrate NBA players, etc.
People outside the USA generally know Argentina is too old. But I have to say that you are overrating France.
Not because you think they can get a bronze, because they can, but because you think they are clearly better than Greece, Russia, Lithuania, and that those teams don't really have a shot to medal. Honestly, I'm not even sure that France is even better than Macedonia.
But I will say this, France is not beating Greece in an elimination game. Not happening. Even if Greece's missing players still don't join the team, they are still beating France in an elimination game, if they meet again at that stage.
As for Spain being second, if Navarro still has foot problems, that won't happen.
[QUOTE=Euroleague]In all honesty, a full France isn't any better than Lithuania and certainly isn't as good as Greece, even with their key absences. They might be a bit better than Russia, but not by much.
Argentina is too old. I don't think anyone but American NBA fans thinks they will medal. Argentinians certainly don't. It's just that American NBA fans know absolutely nothing about international basketball, nothing about any players that are not in the NBA, and they totally overrate NBA players, etc.
People outside the USA generally know Argentina is too old. But I have to say that you are overrating France.
Not because you think they can get a bronze, because they can, but because you think they are clearly better than Greece, Russia, Lithuania, and that those teams don't really have a shot to medal. Honestly, I'm not even sure that France is even better than Macedonia.
But I will say this, France is not beating Greece in an elimination game. Not happening. Even if Greece's missing players still don't join the team, they are still beating France in an elimination game, if they meet again at that stage.
As for Spain being second, if Navarro still has foot problems, that won't happen.[/QUOTE]
Lithuania never has a chance to medal according to everyone outside of Lithuania, year after year same predictions, but we havent fell lower than this in [URL="http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html"]Ranking[/URL] ever.
[QUOTE=Sakkreth]Lithuania never has a chance to medal according to everyone outside of Lithuania, year after year same predictions, but we havent fell lower than this in [URL="http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html"]Ranking[/URL] ever.[/QUOTE]
No one cares aboute FIBA rankings . Italy isn't even in top 15 best national teams and look where are they ranked . It's not true that nobody gives Lithuenia a chance for a medal , I always consider them one of the favorites for one of the medals .
[QUOTE=Sakkreth]Lithuania never has a chance to medal according to everyone outside of Lithuania, year after year same predictions, but we havent fell lower than this in [URL="http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/p/rankMen.html"]Ranking[/URL] ever.[/QUOTE]
I didn't say Lithuania has no chance to medal.