EuroBasket 2022 Power Rankings

[Straight forward2]

OMG we are better that Serbia!!!

Nah, not really...

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2022/news/fiba-eurobasket-2022-power-rankings-volume-2

 

[Nemanja952]

OMG we are better that Serbia!!!

Nah, not really...

https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2022/news/fiba-eurobasket-2022-power-rankings-volume-2

I wouldnt be so sure they are wrong. I see us like failure in quarter-finals or 4th placed, so there is place for some teams from secondary plain like Lithuania, Turkey, or who knows Germany or Italy. Probably Slovenia will win one of medal, probably Greece too, and for one more medal France and Serbia are not particulary convincing. Nobody thought Serbia will be broken by Italy in Belgrade, and it happened. Lithuania has relatively good players, maybe even better then 2015, but like team is not yet suited to be better than simply own average.

4 or 5 consecutive failures make you lose confidence on any level- We made two consecutive failures, we are close to not going on WC2023, I think we will not win medal on next Eurobasket. We 'll maybe would have four consecutive failures, so we 'll be in similar situation like you now, but you now look on us with cautions and over-estimations. Its not something realistic, its thing of perception.

I remember on last WC 2019 on IBN Predictions I was only who predicted win of Argentina against us. When you are closer you see more lacks, when you are far away doesnt mean there are no lacks, but lacks are less visible.

 

[Straight forward2]

I seriously believe that Italy with Banchero would be a force. I would love to see him already. Mannion looks great so far, so Galo, Banchero, Mannion already would be nice individual talent + solid guys as Fontecchio, Polonara.

Banchero already would be a force in EB, IMO, or at least very very valuable role player.

Italy shouldn't be overlooked. They are dangerous, no wonder played equally with Serbia.

 

[G&B2]

Well, I have to admit that Lithuania performs better than expected but there is no way LTU is stronger than Serbia. We went up too but its a tier two team with this defense but we will get better in the next years.

I think that Lithuania is still far from its optimal form, the team does not have chemistry yet, there is no stable sniper shooting yet, not to mention that Sabonis hits every second penalty. And coach Moskvytis, a great coach, has not yet revealed his potential.

Although I will admit that this is a really potentially stronger team than the one that lost to Slovenia at home in the selection.

 

[janketa2]

Fiba's new ranking is more realistic then 1st one.

Serbia is now 1st favorite, Slovenia 2nd,..France dropped to 5th. Germany is now 6th. Turkey 9th

That's the main changes.


Turkey dropped 3 places, could be even more tbh.. This is direct consequence of not involving Larkin in leading role, awful defense without clear roles, bad ball movement in offense and giving too much space to zero-defense players like Melih and Tuncer.

Germany could be even higher imo.

 

[ronmercer802]

Fiba's new ranking is more realistic then 1st one.

Serbia is now 1st favorite, Slovenia 2nd,..France dropped to 5th. Germany is now 6th. Turkey 9th

That's the main changes.


Turkey dropped 3 places, could be even more tbh.. This is direct consequence of not involving Larkin in leading role, awful defense without clear roles, bad ball movement in offense and giving too much space to zero-defense players like Melih and Tuncer.

Germany could be even higher imo.

Greece seems to me stronger and more complete than Slovenia, in fact any other result below the final would be a failure for Greece considering the enormous amount of absences involving most of the opponents.

 

[Big Lebowski2]

As always, in predictions there are always many patriot-fanatics who see Lithuania and Turkey on the top and as always we will see Lithuania and Turkey not winning.
Lithuania is far from the top for years now and probably will never be back to its historical third places (2003 was some random thing), Turkey can lead with clubs where foreigners are allowed. Since only one naturalized player is allowed and since Yugoslav wars are over for years, Turkey will lose as always in the 1st round of the knock-out phase.
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Indeed.

But I was cheering for LTU: it is really unbearable to see some random black American getting Spanish citizenship just because he worked with Scariolo in Toronto.