FIBA should not give Europe more than 2 wildcards

[perucho1232]

I think dominican republic should get a wild card. they finished 5th in the second strongest region the americas. they have 3 NBA stars. not role players but ballers. they have a great coach in julio toro and with a little more time they will click and will be a serious contender. I think in the future they can be contenders for the fiba americas championship.
the other 3 should be germany,russia and either lebanon/lithuania. remember lithuania does well in olympics but not in world cups

 

[pohani komarac2]

I think dominican republic should get a wild card. they finished 5th in the second strongest region the americas. they have 3 NBA stars. not role players but ballers. they have a great coach in julio toro and with a little more time they will click and will be a serious contender. I think in the future they can be contenders for the fiba americas championship.
the other 3 should be germany,russia and either lebanon/lithuania. remember lithuania does well in olympics but not in world cups

from this 5 teams lithuania have by far bigest basketball tradition. if anyone deserves willd card it is lithuania. basketball without USA and Lithuania is not basketball

 

[Lewis3]

from this 5 teams lithuania have by far bigest basketball tradition. if anyone deserves willd card it is lithuania. basketball without USA and Lithuania is not basketball

too bad "tradition" isn't part of the criteria for a wild card

 

[Picek2]

too bad "tradition" isn't part of the criteria for a wild card

too bad having three NBA "star" players also isn't a criteria..

 

[pohani komarac2]

too bad "tradition" isn't part of the criteria for a wild card

Pure and simple. I don't give a ............ about Fiba and their "buissnis" creteria for this moronics wild cards! But if anyone deserve that damn card it's Lithuania. Why shouldn't they? Because they don't have big market or NBA stars? They are countrey crazy for basketball that lives and dies for basketball, they played basketball when in moust of countries people tought basketball is something you could eat and they still have great team with bunch of great players even if they are not "NBA stars". This what realy mathers, this is the only truth and there is nobady in world that can claim that Germany or Dominican Republic deserves that willd card more than Lithuania.

 

[WIZARD2]

I agree Lithuania should be the first team to be invited second to it comes Germany then russia..anyway its obvious that 3 cards are going to europe
automatically anything other than that is pure BS, the 4th wildcard Is closer to lebanon than Nigeria and DR,although DR technically is better than those 2 teams

 

[Straight forward2]

too bad "tradition" isn't part of the criteria for a wild card

I believe you are wrong. It's all about tradition- that includes history, achievements, attitude and so on. Yes, Lithuania never reached the high goals in WC, but it's a good postulate to throw them into the action, while Lithuania is top 6 NT in Earth. Despite the failure in this Eurobasket (due to absences, mainly), Lithuania stood as the second best European team in Olympics (After Spain and definitely not Russia or Germany with all the respect). I don't think Eurobasket and Olympic games results don't come as the criteria for the wild card.

 

[Dtown2]

# Popularity of basketball in the country
# Quality and sporting results of the country's national team

These two pretty much guarantee it for Lithuania.

No disputing Lithuania's fanbase.

No disputing Lithuania has had the best results this decade of those remaining.

 

[khaledlebanon2]

These two pretty much guarantee it for Lithuania.

No disputing Lithuania's fanbase.

No disputing Lithuania has had the best results this decade of those remaining.

1-Lithuania
2-Russia
3-Lebanon
4-Germany.. maybe nigeria
( iam taking into consideration that europe already have 7 cards to WC with 2 wild card = 9 cards for europe.. so i think it's enough to take just 2 wild cards.. and germany maybe out for this reason)
In my opinion, D.R have very small chance to get a wild card.. cuz according to the criteria for getting a wild card Lebanon and nigeria have the upper hand and by a big margin.. ( iam not talking about the level of the 3 teams.. cuz D.R is better ... but this doesn't mean that we can't beat them )

GOOOO LEBANON

 

[WIZARD2]

1-Lithuania
2-Russia
3-Lebanon
4-Germany.. maybe nigeria
( iam taking into consideration that europe already have 7 cards to WC with 2 wild card = 9 cards for europe.. so i think it's enough to take just 2 wild cards.. and germany maybe out for this reason)
In my opinion, D.R have very small chance to get a wild card.. cuz according to the criteria for getting a wild card Lebanon and nigeria have the upper hand and by a big margin.. ( iam not talking about the level of the 3 teams.. cuz D.R is better ... but this doesn't mean that we can't beat them )

GOOOO LEBANON

heheh just to fix your fost its like this

1-Lithuania
2-germany
3-russia
4-lebanon>>>>>DR>>>>NG

putting lebanon ahead of Germany is blasphemy to be honest.... Germany in the past 10 was 1 of the best european teams even better than russia .
2001 3rd european
2002 3rd world championship
2005 2nd eurochampionship
2006 6th worldchampionship

 

[karim2]

hey wizard ur acting like a person whos been watching jordan basketball since 2001 and whos mad everytime leb finishes 2nd when jordan finishes 7th and 10th im just saying ur true colors r showing 100% , better try hiding it a bit cuz it seems like ur 1 of these jordanians who has been so frustrated and jealous for 8 years and now cant believe they beat lebanon and finished 3rd u dont have to reply to my post but u dont have to attack leb everytime someone says something positive about them ....see u in turkey...and replace jamaal maaytah ur only good enough to stand around doing nothing if ur 8 feet not 7 and about the NT qouta and the 20 players jordan want to distribute on all the teams jor has only 4 decent players the rest of the population are all at the same level including little children and old men and women ...like i said wizard u should not spend so much time attacking lebanon and spend more time finding a girl and if u cant do that u can go vomit in some corner to feel better....sorry for the harsh words but i dont want some1 like u criticizing lebanon jordan has sucked for 10 years and no1 said a word now and just for teh record sirilanka can probably get a bronze medal in asia after 4 years of hard work so plz dont feel too proud , a 4th place finish in weeks of practice is better than years of practice and finishing 3rd so leb is still better nomatter how many times jordan won this year see u in 2011 and get a center for turkey ayman deis and zaid al khas are running out of youth medicine u cant keep them forever

 

[Lewis3]

Karim shut your hole already.

don't start another fight


btw, Freedom of speech is part of the Human rights, but I guess you don't what that is

 

[khaledlebanon2]

heheh just to fix your fost its like this

1-Lithuania
2-germany
3-russia
4-lebanon>>>>>DR>>>>NG

putting lebanon ahead of Germany is blasphemy to be honest.... Germany in the past 10 was 1 of the best european teams even better than russia .
2001 3rd european
2002 3rd world championship
2005 2nd eurochampionship
2006 6th worldchampionship

i didn't say lebanon is better than germany .. but i said that the fourth wild card must be between germany and nigeria... depending on if fiba will give 3 wild cards or 2 wild cards for europe... this was my point..

so it's

1-Lithuania
2-Russia
3-Germany
4-Lebanon

OR

1-Lithuania
2-Russia
3-Lebanon
4-Nigeria

THIS IS JUST MY OPINION

i don't know why all the jordan people on this forum always offend us ( the lebanese) when ever we make any comment u must reply and say we are wrong .... we are both arabs we must be one hand ...

 

[Franz2]

too bad "tradition" isn't part of the criteria for a wild card

Yet Italy managed to get wildcard in 2006, even though they finished 10 in Eurobasket 2005.

Like previously stated, Lithuania is a basketball nation with the sport being it's #1. They also have the most fans come to their games than any other country.

And sadly for me, they're one of the few countries this decade to beat USA.

I think Lithuania is more than qualified.

 

[J-Mart2]

Yet Italy managed to get wildcard in 2006, even though they finished 10 in Eurobasket 2005.

Like previously stated, Lithuania is a basketball nation with the sport being it's #1. They also have the most fans come to their games than any other country.

And sadly for me, they're one of the few countries this decade to beat USA.

I think Lithuania is more than qualified.

countries that have beated USA should automatically qualify to every major basketball tournament forever

 

[bloodhound2]

In my mind, it is sure, that Africa without any chances to get WC...
Everything depends on Europe. If Europe will get two tickets, so another two should go for Lebanon and probably Dominica. If Europe with three tickets, so last place at WC will go for Lebanon.
Why Lebanon? Because basketball in this country is Number 1. This country participated in last 2 World champs. Also Lebanon is near the border of Turkey, what means that can expect will come many fans. Probably no chances that more than 100 people will travel such long distance to Turkey from Dominica...
What has Dominica? Probably the only argument - NBA players. But will they play? (Kings stopped Garcia from playing the most important match at Americas championship after finger injury. It says a lot).
Europe. Lithuania, Russia, Germany. Probably it will depend a lot what Nowitzki will say before start of NBA season. About Lithuania no need to talk, they will get this card, in the same way like Italy got it at 2006. Russia...Russia didn't get this card 3 years ago, this time they will get it.
Germany. Great performance in last 6 years, great position at FIBA's rating, financially attractive country(big TV audience), only need to wait Nowitzki's confirmation. If he will not play, so some chances for Dominica.

My prediction: Lithuania, Russia, Germany, Lebanon.

 

[rikhardur2]

Good analysis bloodhound, fully agreed.

 

[Lewis3]

In my mind, it is sure, that Africa without any chances to get WC...
Everything depends on Europe. If Europe will get two tickets, so another two should go for Lebanon and probably Dominica. If Europe with three tickets, so last place at WC will go for Lebanon.
Why Lebanon? Because basketball in this country is Number 1. This country participated in last 2 World champs. Also Lebanon is near the border of Turkey, what means that can expect will come many fans. Probably no chances that more than 100 people will travel such long distance to Turkey from Dominica...
What has Dominica? Probably the only argument - NBA players. But will they play? (Kings stopped Garcia from playing the most important match at Americas championship after finger injury. It says a lot).
Europe. Lithuania, Russia, Germany. Probably it will depend a lot what Nowitzki will say before start of NBA season. About Lithuania no need to talk, they will get this card, in the same way like Italy got it at 2006. Russia...Russia didn't get this card 3 years ago, this time they will get it.
Germany. Great performance in last 6 years, great position at FIBA's rating, financially attractive country(big TV audience), only need to wait Nowitzki's confirmation. If he will not play, so some chances for Dominica.

My prediction: Lithuania, Russia, Germany, Lebanon.

hahahahahahahahahahah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica
vs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic

LOL
A little bit of geography

 

[karim2]

100% true bloodhound u cant be more accurate in what u said , me and my friends will be traveling next year if lebanon qualify i have been to turkey before nice country and everything there is nice and not expensive ....I just read this on our lebanese basketball group on facebook ......

نقلت صحيفة "اللواء" عن مصادر موثوقة تأكيدها ان بطاقة دعوة لبنان الى مونديال كرة السلة المقرر العام المقبل في تركيا، تسير نحو خاتمتها السعيدة، وذلك بعد بروز عامل ضاغط باتجاه ذلك

translation:A local newspaper said that a very trusted source says that lebanons invitation to the WBC is very well on its way and thats after a very important factor that has recently happened to go in lebanons favor ....it does not say anymore than that but hopefully a lebanese here knows more on the subject ....

 

[Mojado2]

hahahahahahahahahahah
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica
vs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic

LOL
A little bit of geography

@Bloodhound:
No, Dominica can't get a wildcard, as they did not play the Caribbean Championships Maybe we can merge both countries so Garth Joseph is able to play in a FIBA national-team tournament

Your analysis is just a summary of all the previous ones stated before here and in other threads, but accurate.
Its now all about lobbyism and who has the longer d... of them