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What would your Country's Dream Team Look Like? (Past won't return...)

IRAN

G: Mehdi KAMRANI
F: Iman ZANDI
F: Mohammad Samad NIKKHAH BAHRAMI
F: Pooya TAJIK
C: Hamed HADDADI

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dear Aidin NIKKHAH BAHRAMI
Mehran HATAMI
Mohsen SADEGHZADEH
Saman VEISI
Hamed AFAGH ESLAMIEH
Hamid KOLAHSANGIANI
Oshin SAHAKIAN
 
I added 1964 USA NBA Olympic Team

I added 1964 USA NBA Olympic Team

I was bored, and I am a nerd, so...

1964, OG, Tokyo (Jpn)

No Player 1963-64 Team
4 Jerry West (Los Angeles Lakers)
5 Hal Greer (Philadelphia 76ers)
6 Bill Russell (Boston Celtics)
7 John Havlicek (Boston Celtics)
8 Walt Bellamy (Baltimore Bullets)
9 Bob Pettit (St. Louis Hawks)
10 K.C. Jones (Boston Celtics)
11 Jerry Lucas (Cincinnati Royals)
12 Elgin Baylor (Los Angeles Lakers)
13 Wilt Chamberlain (San Francisco Warriors)
14 Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals)
15 Tom Heinsohn (Boston Celtics)

HC Red Auerbach (Boston Celtics)

I believe this team could have been even better than the 1992 Team.

I will match up the 1964 players with the 1992 players who resemble each other the most.

Lucas vs Laettner
Lucas was a rookie and Laettner just finished at Duke. Lucas wins this matchup easily. [1-0]

Russell vs Robinson
Russell was the greatest winner of NBA history, so [2 - 0]

Chamberlain vs Ewing
Chamberlain wins. [3-0]

Heinsohn vs Bird
Both were at the end of their careers, but an old Bird wins [3-1]

Greer vs Pippen
Not really a good matchup, but that is what made Pippen so good. Pippen wins. [3-2]

Baylor vs Jordan
Jordan would have beaten anybody he matched up with. [3-3]

West vs Drexler
This is a tie [4-4]

Bellamy vs Malone
Malone wins [4-5]

Jones vs Stockton
Defense vs offence, but Stockton was hurt. Jones wins. [5-5]

Havlicek vs Mullin
I love Mullin, but Hondo was better at everything but shooting. [6-5]

Pettit vs Barkley
Close, but Barkley wins [6-6]

Robertson vs Magic
(Would be a tie, but Robertson was in his prime, and Magic just sat out the season with HIV.) [7-6]
 
As for my lovely country Syria

Starting lineups:
Tareef Koutrash (pg)
Mouhammed Abu Saada (SG)
Michael Maadnly (SF)
Anwar Abdulhai (PF)
Haitham Sharifeh (C)

Subs:
Rami Mourjaneh
Homam Karkoutly
Jack Bashayani
Emad Barmada
Jalal Nakrash
Emad Othman
Shareef El Shareef

Coach: Ninad Gradizic (Serbia)
Ass coach: Hadi Darweesh
 
RP:
PG: Hector Calma
SG: Samboy Lim
SF: Allan Caidic (stretchin it here)
PF: Benjie Paras
C: Asi Taulava
6: F Chito Loyzaga
7: F/C Carlos Loyzaga
8: F Jawo
9: PG Jimmy Alapag
10: F Danny Siegle
11: G Willie Miller
12: G Danny Florencio
HC: Ron Jacobs
AC: Jawo
 
Lithuanian team of all time:

PG: Š. Marčiulionis, Š. Jasikevičius
SG: M. Paulauskas, A. Macijauskas (R. Kurtinaitis, R. Kaukėnas)
SF: A. Karnišovas, R. Šiškauskas (S. Štombergas)
PF: D. Songaila, G. Einikis
C: A. Sabonis, Ž Ilgauskas (E. Žukauskas)
 
old but cool topic:cool:

Croatia

PG Pino Djerdja
SG Drazen Petrovic
SF Toni Kukoc
PF Dino Radja
C Kreso Cosic

Aco Petrovic, Nikola Plecas, Arijan Komazec, Petar Skansi, Zeljko Jerkov, Velimir Perasovic, Stojko Vrankovic

HM: Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdic, Branko Skroce, Andro Knego, Mihovil Nakic, Zan Tabak, Zoran Cutura, Danko Cvjeticanin, Goran Sobin, Ivan sunara, Petar Popovic, Veljko Petranovic, Franjo Arapovic, Zdravko Radulovic, Damir Mulamerovic, Emilio Kovacic, Nikola Prkacin, Gordan Giricek, Nikola Vujcic, Marko Popovic, Zoran Planinic.........
 
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Abu Waseem said:
As for my lovely country Syria

Starting lineups:
Tareef Koutrash (pg)
Mouhammed Abu Saada (SG)
Michael Maadnly (SF)
Anwar Abdulhai (PF)
Haitham Sharifeh (C)

Subs:
Rami Mourjaneh
Homam Karkoutly
Jack Bashayani
Emad Barmada
Jalal Nakrash
Emad Othman
Shareef El Shareef

Coach: Ninad Gradizic (Serbia)
Ass coach: Hadi Darweesh
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WHY is ur NT didnt qualify last ASIAN CUP
 
Philippine Team:
STARTING:
-J. V. Casio - 5'11(PG)
-Dylan Ababou - 6'3 1/2(SG)
-Mac Baracael - 6'5(SF)
-Rabeh Al-Hussaini - 6'9(PF/C)
-Greg Slaughter - 7'0(C)

RESERVES:
-Chris Tiu - 5'10(PG/SG)
-Mark Barocca - 5'10(PG)
-Marcio Lassiter - 6'2 1/2(SG)
-Jason Ballesteros - 6'7(PF/C)
-Japeth Aguilar - 6'10(SF/PF/C)
-Gabe Norwood - 6'6(SG/SF)
-Jared Dillinger - 6'4(SF)
-Kelly Williams - 6'7(PF)
 
Lietuva team what i have seen so far

Starting five

Pg S.Jasikevicius (2004 version)
Sg S.Marciulionis (1992 version)
Sf R.Siskauskas (2007 verion)
Pf A.Karnisovas (1998 version)
C A.Sabonis (1986 version)
 
National Dream Teams

National Dream Teams

This is not about mythical or fantasy national teams... this is about national dream teams... national "dream" teams in the past that actually exist and competed in international basketball.. not in your imagination... national teams composed of legends and greats... all players in the line-up doesn't have to be future Hall of Famers...

The first thing comes to mind is of course the Original Dream Team (USA) [Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Christian Laettner] that competed in 1992 Basketball Tournament of Americas and 1992 Olympic Games...

Another Dream Team in mind is Yugoslavia's Dream Team from 1987 to 1991 (Olympic Games, EuroBasket, World Championship)... the core of that team includes the likes of Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Zarko Paspalj...

Then the Philippine Dream Team [Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim, Alvin Patrimonio, Hector Calma, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras, Ramon Fernandez, etc] in the 1990 Asian Games...

So do you have other "dream teams" (non-imaginary:p) in mind...
 
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donmar said:
This is not about mythical or fantasy national teams... this is about national dream teams... national "dream" teams in the past that actually exist and competed in international basketball.. not in your imagination... national teams composed of legends and greats... all players in the line-up doesn't have to be future Hall of Famers...

The first thing comes to mind is of course the Original Dream Team (USA) [Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Christian Laettner] that competed in 1992 Basketball Tournament of Americas and 1992 Olympic Games...

Another Dream Team in mind is Yugoslavia's Dream Team from 1987 to 1991 (Olympic Games, EuroBasket, World Championship)... the core of that team includes the likes of Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Zarko Paspalj...

Then the Philippine Dream Team [Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim, Alvin Patrimonio, Hector Calma, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras, Ramon Fernandez, etc] in the 1990 Asian Games...

So do you have other "dream teams" (non-imaginary:p) in mind...
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Can we include Smart Gilas as a Dream Team? Lol.
 
Australia's Dream Team

Australia's Dream Team

This was by far considered the best team in the history of Australian National Team basketball for mens: 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

Starting Five:

Point Guard: Shane Heal
Shooting Guard: Andrew Gaze
Small Forward: Sam McKinnon
Power Forward: Mark Bradtke
Centre: Luc Longley

6th Man: Andrew Vlahov

Bench:

C: Paul Rogers
C: Chris Anstey
PG: Ricky Grace
SG: Jason Smith
SF: Matin Cattalini
SG: Brett Maher

The reason why many Australian basketball would consider this as Australia's "Dream Team" is for three major reasons.

Firstly, the team had immense size and could easily compete against the best frontcourts in the world.
After the loss to Lithuania by only 6 points in the Bronze Medal match of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Boomers knew that the only missing piece of the puzzle was the increase the size of the lads in the 4 and 5 spot. In Atlanta, the 7'3" 290lbs Sabonis dominated over the much smaller frontcourt of Australia which relied heavily on former Philadelphia 76ers centre Mark Bradtke at only 6'10 265lbs and Tony Ronaldson at an even smaller 6'8" 255lbs.
The lads who were to add size were Bradtke at the starting 4 spot: 6'10 265lbs, former Chicago Bulls starting centre: Luc Longley at an enormous 7'2" 275lbs and backed up by former Dallas Mavericks & Chicago Bulls player Chris Anstey 7'1" 245lbs who was very mobile to play the 4 spot and finally Paul Rogers who had played 4 years at Gonzaga University, a year in Spain's ACB with Power House: Real Madrid and just coming back from a stint with the Toronto Raptors.

Secondly, the team was loaded with offensive power.
Andrew Gaze had been lighting up the score boards for multiple FIBA tournaments in the 1990s. In addition, after the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the rise of Shane Heal as he demonstrated that he could also provide assistance to the Boomers and would average close to 20ppg. As Spain figured out in the last game of the group stages, if you let Heal and Gaze loose you'll end up being at the end of a rain of threes.

Thirdly, the chemistry of the team was incredible as 8 players on this roster had played together in 3 or more FIBA tournaments whether it be the Olympics or World Championships.

As a result, this team was expected to reach the medal rounds and either win the Bronze or Silver.

However, even though the Boomers played excellent basketball down the stretch against Italy in the quarter finals they were not able to overcome the French in the semi-finals as "Les Bleus" figured out the weakness of the team: Andrew Gaze's defense. Whoever, Gaze was guarding the ball would be swung to that person and that player would attack Gaze continously. Gaze's offensive game in the international stage would be close to Oscar Schmidt but his defense was like that of a NCAA Division III player. No offense but during that game against France, that's how bad it looked like. In addition, the Bronze Medal match was a lopsided one as Longley got injured and Sarunas and Stombergas demonstrated to Australian basketball fans why they narrowly lost to the USA in the other semi-finals as Sarunas easily knocked down 22 points and Stombergas used his size to dominate over the Aussie swingmen to rack up 28 points.

I believe on paper this team may not be as good as today's Boomers team especially since today's team have more than half playing in Europe or in the NBA.

However, this team's size, offensive power and most importantly chemistry were the tools that would allow them, in my opinion to defeat today's Australian team.
 
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donmar said:
This is not about mythical or fantasy national teams... this is about national dream teams... national "dream" teams in the past that actually exist and competed in international basketball.. not in your imagination... national teams composed of legends and greats... all players in the line-up doesn't have to be future Hall of Famers...

The first thing comes to mind is of course the Original Dream Team (USA) [Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Scottie Pippen, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Patrick Ewing, David Robinson, Clyde Drexler, Charles Barkley, Christian Laettner] that competed in 1992 Basketball Tournament of Americas and 1992 Olympic Games...

Another Dream Team in mind is Yugoslavia's Dream Team from 1987 to 1991 (Olympic Games, EuroBasket, World Championship)... the core of that team includes the likes of Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Zarko Paspalj...

Then the Philippine Dream Team [Allan Caidic, Samboy Lim, Alvin Patrimonio, Hector Calma, Ronnie Magsanoc, Benjie Paras, Ramon Fernandez, etc] in the 1990 Asian Games...

So do you have other "dream teams" (non-imaginary:p) in mind...
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I personally consider the 1992, 1996 and 2008 U.S.A Olympic Teams the best we have put forth since we started sending NBA players. The 2012 team could be better than the 2008 team if every major player commits, most of the stars in the NBA will be in their respective primes.

1996 Olympic team:

Guards- Penny Hardaway, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Mitch Richmond, Reggie Miller
Forwards- Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill
Centers- Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson
 
Thanks for posting guys.. I'm planning to blog about this... if I get enough time:)

NorCal said:
I personally consider the 1992, 1996 and 2008 U.S.A Olympic Teams the best we have put forth since we started sending NBA players. The 2012 team could be better than the 2008 team if every major player commits, most of the stars in the NBA will be in their respective primes.

1996 Olympic team:

Guards- Penny Hardaway, Gary Payton, John Stockton, Mitch Richmond, Reggie Miller
Forwards- Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Charles Barkley, Grant Hill
Centers- Hakeem Olajuwon, Shaquille O'Neal, David Robinson
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I always thought 1996 Dream Team III was a combination of Dream Team I and II... maybe 2012 is a combo of the 2008 and 2010 line-ups...

Saskibaloia said:
This was by far considered the best team in the history of Australian National Team basketball for mens: 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

Starting Five:

Point Guard: Shane Heal
Shooting Guard: Andrew Gaze
Small Forward: Sam McKinnon
Power Forward: Mark Bradtke
Centre: Luc Longley

6th Man: Andrew Vlahov

Bench:

C: Paul Rogers
C: Chris Anstey
PG: Ricky Grace
SG: Jason Smith
SF: Matin Cattalini
SG: Brett Maher

The reason why many Australian basketball would consider this as Australia's "Dream Team" is for three major reasons.

Firstly, the team had immense size and could easily compete against the best frontcourts in the world.
After the loss to Lithuania by only 6 points in the Bronze Medal match of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the Boomers knew that the only missing piece of the puzzle was the increase the size of the lads in the 4 and 5 spot. In Atlanta, the 7'3" 290lbs Sabonis dominated over the much smaller frontcourt of Australia which relied heavily on former Philadelphia 76ers centre Mark Bradtke at only 6'10 265lbs and Tony Ronaldson at an even smaller 6'8" 255lbs.
The lads who were to add size were Bradtke at the starting 4 spot: 6'10 265lbs, former Chicago Bulls starting centre: Luc Longley at an enormous 7'2" 275lbs and backed up by former Dallas Mavericks & Chicago Bulls player Chris Anstey 7'1" 245lbs who was very mobile to play the 4 spot and finally Paul Rogers who had played 4 years at Gonzaga University, a year in Spain's ACB with Power House: Real Madrid and just coming back from a stint with the Toronto Raptors.

Secondly, the team was loaded with offensive power.
Andrew Gaze had been lighting up the score boards for multiple FIBA tournaments in the 1990s. In addition, after the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, the rise of Shane Heal as he demonstrated that he could also provide assistance to the Boomers and would average close to 20ppg. As Spain figured out in the last game of the group stages, if you let Heal and Gaze loose you'll end up being at the end of a rain of threes.

Thirdly, the chemistry of the team was incredible as 8 players on this roster had played together in 3 or more FIBA tournaments whether it be the Olympics or World Championships.

As a result, this team was expected to reach the medal rounds and either win the Bronze or Silver.

However, even though the Boomers played excellent basketball down the stretch against Italy in the quarter finals they were not able to overcome the French in the semi-finals as "Les Bleus" figured out the weakness of the team: Andrew Gaze's defense. Whoever, Gaze was guarding the ball would be swung to that person and that player would attack Gaze continously. Gaze's offensive game in the international stage would be close to Oscar Schmidt but his defense was like that of a NCAA Division III player. No offense but during that game against France, that's how bad it looked like. In addition, the Bronze Medal match was a lopsided one as Longley got injured and Sarunas and Stombergas demonstrated to Australian basketball fans why they narrowly lost to the USA in the other semi-finals as Sarunas easily knocked down 22 points and Stombergas used his size to dominate over the Aussie swingmen to rack up 28 points.

I believe on paper this team may not be as good as today's Boomers team especially since today's team have more than half playing in Europe or in the NBA.

However, this team's size, offensive power and most importantly chemistry were the tools that would allow them, in my opinion to defeat today's Australian team.
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Yeah same... I thought the 2000 team is a class above than the other Australian national teams (past and present)....

I'll add New Zealand's 2002 national team composed of Sean Marks, Pero Cameron, Kirk Penney, Phill Jones, etc... that team made it to the semis of 2002 World Champs and finished 4th.. their best finished ever in a major world tournament...
 
PG: Rony Fahed
SG: Elie Mchantaf
SF: Fadi El Khatib
PF: Jackson Vroman
C: Rony Seikaly

Bench:

PG: Ali Mahmoud
C: Joe Vogel
F:Matt Freije
PF/C: Paul Khoury
G/F: Jean Abdel Nour
 
wilo22 said:
PG: Rony Fahed
SG: Elie Mchantaf
SF: Fadi El Khatib
PF: Jackson Vroman
C: Rony Seikaly

Bench:

PG: Ali Mahmoud
C: Joe Vogel
F:Matt Freije
PF/C: Paul Khoury
G/F: Jean Abdel Nour
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I want to know the Dream Team of Lebanon.. not the all-time great/legends line-up... but a Lebanese national team in the past playing in a tournament.. Lebanese that actually played together in one national dream team in at least one single tournament... part or half of the line-up (or an entire line-up) must be a sure future hall of famer in Lebanese basketball :)
 
donmar said:
I want to know the Dream Team of Lebanon.. not the all-time great/legends line-up... but a Lebanese national team in the past playing in a tournament.. Lebanese that actually played together in one national dream team in at least one single tournament... part or half of the line-up (or an entire line-up) must be a sure future hall of famer in Lebanese basketball :)
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Yo Donmar! Not much has been documented about Lebanese basketball in the old days (pre-1990's) as we had a civil war between 1975-1990 so no basketball was played then and that is why you will notice many of the current players mentioned on this list especially considering that our NT has become a bball powerhouse in Asia only during the last 10 years after we first qualified to the World Championships in 2002.

There is a roster available though of our 1953 NT that played in the European Championships (I think it was quite an impressive feat back then):

1953 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 17 teams

Ahmed Idlibi
Christos Georgio
Maurice Nasr
Elie Homsi
Shawki Rababeh
Naim Barakat
Saadeddine Itani
Vartkes Alahaidoian
Jean Diarbekirian
Khalil Mekkawi
Georges Estephan

Coach: Ahon Kadian
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_national_basketball_team
 
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