Hey guys, i made a top 15 chart for every position, what do you think?
C:
1. M. Gasol (spa)
2. Nenad Krstic (srb)
3. Ante Tomič (cro)
4. Nikola Vucevic (mtn)
5. Marcin Gortat (pol)
6. Ioannis Bourousis (gre)
7. Omer Asik (tur)
8. Jonas Valanciunas (lit)
9. Gasper Vidmar (slo)
10. Erden Semih (tur)
11. Mirza Begic (slo)
12. Maciej Lampe (pol)
13. Darjus Lavrinovic (lit)
14. Semih Erden (tur)
15. Alexis Ajinca (fra)
PF:
1. Linas Kleiza (lit)
2. Ersan Ilyasova (tur)
3. Jonas Jerebko (swe)
4. Mirza Teletovic (bih)
5. K. Lavrinovic (lit)
6. D. Montiejunas (lit)
7. Boštjan Nachbar (slo)
8. Antonis Fotsis (gre)
9. L. Mavrokefalidis (gre)
10. Pero Antic (fyrm)
11. Boris Diaw (fra)
12. Bojan Dubljević (mtn)
13. Victor Claver (spa)
14. Jan Vesely (czk)
15. Viktor Sanikadze (geo)
SF:
1. Nicolas Batum (fre)
2. Fernando San Emeterio (spa)
3. Nemanja Bjelica (srb)
4. Bojan Bogdanović (cro)
5. Kostas Papanikolau (gre)
6. Vladimir Dasic (mtn)
7. Emir Predzic (tur)
8. Omri Casspi (isr)
9. Lior Eliyahu (isr)
10. Jonas Maciulis (lit)
11. Luigi Datome (ita)
12. Hidayet Turkoglu (tur)
13. Manuchar Markoishvilli (geo)
14. Zoran Dragic (slo)
15. Stratos Perperoglou (gre)
SG:
1. Vasilis Spanoulis (gre)
2. Rudy Fernandez (spa)
3. Alexey Shved (rus)
4. Pietro Aradori (ita)
5. Jaka Blazic (slo)
6. Reinaldas Seibutis (lit)
7. Krunoslav Simon (cro)
8. Ricky Hickman (geo)
9. Martynas Pocius (lit)
10. Nemanja Nedovic (srb)
11. Zach Wright (bih)
12. Stefan Marković (srb)
13. Vitalij Fridzon (rus)
14. Travis Diener (ita)
15. Anton Ponkrashov (rus)
PG:
1. Tony Parker (fra)
2. BO McCalebb (fyrm)
3. Goran Dragic (slo)
4. Ricky Rubio (spa)
5. Roko Ukic (cro)
6. Sergio Llull (spa)
7. Nando De Colo (fra)
8. Jose Calderon (spa)
9. Dontaye Draper (cro)
10. Nikolaos Zissis (gre)
11. Petteri Koponen (fin)
12. Lucasz Koszarek (pol)
13. Matas Kalnietis (lit)
14. Jaka Lakovic (slo)
15. Vlado Ilievski (fyrm)
* If Teodosic will be ready to play i would put him in front of Rubio. Greece has the best SG of the tournament and a top 10 player in every position. France has the best player in the SF and PG position and if you rank De Colo as a SG (i do not) they would have a top 15 player in every position, though their C position is weak as Ajinca could have been replaced at the 15th spot by a number of players. Lithuania has the best PF of the tournament and a top 10 player in every position expect for PG, also except for PG (and SF) they have at least 2 top 15 players in every position, which makes them the deepest team of the tournament. Slovenia has a top 15 player at every position (but that could be a case of homerism by me).
Based on this, you can see where certain teams have weaknesses. Spain is still the best team all around. It has a top 15 player at every position and a top 5 player in 4 out of 5 positions. Greece is the runner up, then Lithuania.
France is the only team that has 2 #1 players in the starting 5, but they don't have a C in the top 10 and a PF, thats why their success is questionable.
My power ranking would be:
Spain
Greece
Lithuania
France
Slovenia
Croatia
Serbia
Turkey
Russia
FYRM
Poland
Monte Negro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Israel
Now i understand that this could never be the final standing because of group distribution. It is just a power ranking.
C:
1. M. Gasol (spa)
2. Nenad Krstic (srb)
3. Ante Tomič (cro)
4. Nikola Vucevic (mtn)
5. Marcin Gortat (pol)
6. Ioannis Bourousis (gre)
7. Omer Asik (tur)
8. Jonas Valanciunas (lit)
9. Gasper Vidmar (slo)
10. Erden Semih (tur)
11. Mirza Begic (slo)
12. Maciej Lampe (pol)
13. Darjus Lavrinovic (lit)
14. Semih Erden (tur)
15. Alexis Ajinca (fra)
PF:
1. Linas Kleiza (lit)
2. Ersan Ilyasova (tur)
3. Jonas Jerebko (swe)
4. Mirza Teletovic (bih)
5. K. Lavrinovic (lit)
6. D. Montiejunas (lit)
7. Boštjan Nachbar (slo)
8. Antonis Fotsis (gre)
9. L. Mavrokefalidis (gre)
10. Pero Antic (fyrm)
11. Boris Diaw (fra)
12. Bojan Dubljević (mtn)
13. Victor Claver (spa)
14. Jan Vesely (czk)
15. Viktor Sanikadze (geo)
SF:
1. Nicolas Batum (fre)
2. Fernando San Emeterio (spa)
3. Nemanja Bjelica (srb)
4. Bojan Bogdanović (cro)
5. Kostas Papanikolau (gre)
6. Vladimir Dasic (mtn)
7. Emir Predzic (tur)
8. Omri Casspi (isr)
9. Lior Eliyahu (isr)
10. Jonas Maciulis (lit)
11. Luigi Datome (ita)
12. Hidayet Turkoglu (tur)
13. Manuchar Markoishvilli (geo)
14. Zoran Dragic (slo)
15. Stratos Perperoglou (gre)
SG:
1. Vasilis Spanoulis (gre)
2. Rudy Fernandez (spa)
3. Alexey Shved (rus)
4. Pietro Aradori (ita)
5. Jaka Blazic (slo)
6. Reinaldas Seibutis (lit)
7. Krunoslav Simon (cro)
8. Ricky Hickman (geo)
9. Martynas Pocius (lit)
10. Nemanja Nedovic (srb)
11. Zach Wright (bih)
12. Stefan Marković (srb)
13. Vitalij Fridzon (rus)
14. Travis Diener (ita)
15. Anton Ponkrashov (rus)
PG:
1. Tony Parker (fra)
2. BO McCalebb (fyrm)
3. Goran Dragic (slo)
4. Ricky Rubio (spa)
5. Roko Ukic (cro)
6. Sergio Llull (spa)
7. Nando De Colo (fra)
8. Jose Calderon (spa)
9. Dontaye Draper (cro)
10. Nikolaos Zissis (gre)
11. Petteri Koponen (fin)
12. Lucasz Koszarek (pol)
13. Matas Kalnietis (lit)
14. Jaka Lakovic (slo)
15. Vlado Ilievski (fyrm)
* If Teodosic will be ready to play i would put him in front of Rubio. Greece has the best SG of the tournament and a top 10 player in every position. France has the best player in the SF and PG position and if you rank De Colo as a SG (i do not) they would have a top 15 player in every position, though their C position is weak as Ajinca could have been replaced at the 15th spot by a number of players. Lithuania has the best PF of the tournament and a top 10 player in every position expect for PG, also except for PG (and SF) they have at least 2 top 15 players in every position, which makes them the deepest team of the tournament. Slovenia has a top 15 player at every position (but that could be a case of homerism by me).
Based on this, you can see where certain teams have weaknesses. Spain is still the best team all around. It has a top 15 player at every position and a top 5 player in 4 out of 5 positions. Greece is the runner up, then Lithuania.
France is the only team that has 2 #1 players in the starting 5, but they don't have a C in the top 10 and a PF, thats why their success is questionable.
My power ranking would be:
Spain
Greece
Lithuania
France
Slovenia
Croatia
Serbia
Turkey
Russia
FYRM
Poland
Monte Negro
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Italy
Israel
Now i understand that this could never be the final standing because of group distribution. It is just a power ranking.
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