FIBA should not give Europe more than 2 wildcards

[fastbreak2]

Why UK and Italy fastbreak?

Because with healthy rosters they are two of the four best teams that didnt qualify yet...

 

[PRSURF2]

Lithuania has to get a wildcard! They are a basketball nation and without them the tournament wouldnt be the same. As for the other 3... If they choose the best teams they will pick 4 European teams but that wont happen.

The teams that should get the wildcard

Lithuania
Russia
Italy
UK


One wildcard will go to Asia/Africa thats for sure...

Huh?, Italy?, UK?, these two at the same time?, please, go to other place with your European Love History!!!

 

[fastbreak2]

Huh?, Italy?, UK?, these two at the same time?, please, go to other place with your European Love History!!!

Who is better?

 

[pohani komarac2]

dosen't matter who is better. team that didn't qualify for EC don't deserve WC ticket. And last one they got was undeserved. And as for GB there are few teams that finished better then them and play basketball more that two years

 

[Dtown2]

Who is better?

Than Italy? Well aside from the ones you mentioned arguably Bulgaria, Israel, Latvia, Poland, FYR Macedonia, Germany and you can make a strong case for Finland (hey they actually beat France along with splitting with Italy). That's just Europe by the way, I'd definitely take the Dominican Republic over them.

Italy is a fantastic team on paper, but they've stunk the last two years. Italy did the right thing by not asking for Wild Card.

 

[Fedfan2]

500.000 Euros and that's only as a special discount for Lithuania.Nice.

 

[Franz2]

Italy's coach is just very bad. If they had someone better, they would no doubt be a top European team. However, it doesn't look they're doing much of anything about that.

 

[fastbreak2]

I just said if they go with quality they would pick those four teams, of course they wont pick 4 european teams....

 

[SwaggaLikeThat2]

I don't think the talent in Europe is at the level it needs to be yet but it will be soon