Which teams do you want to see fail at WBC?

[thegreekmeister]

I wonder why would anyone hate teams like Lithuania or Slovenia. Small countries but great basketball traditions, always play nice bball, don't use unfair help of foreigners (such as "russian" holden etc). I only admire such teams, but even if not admire than at least view neutral. But hate? Its strage

[Levenspiel]

I wonder why would anyone hate teams like Lithuania or Slovenia. Small countries but great basketball traditions, always play nice bball, don't use unfair help of foreigners (such as "russian" holden etc). I only admire such teams, but even if not admire than at least view neutral. But hate? Its strage

I mostly agree, but about the foreigner help, Slovenia is not so intact. Nowhere near the others like Spain, Russia, or Turkey, etc, but still...

Btw, it's not hate... I don't hate the USA team by no means for example, but I always instinctively support their opponents (as long as it's not Spain ).

[Adon]

thegreekmeister does not support Greece?
That's strange

[Srle]

I want every team to fail against Serbia I am not asking for too much

[g.g]

Why so many votes for France?

[thegreekmeister]

Why so many votes for France?

Personally I don't like the fact that more than half of them are not french. Not fair again. Not all countries had their colonies to import players from

[thegreekmeister]

thegreekmeister does not support Greece?
That's strange

lol looks like I pushed the wrong button, it was suposed to be France and not Greece

[honeybadger]

Personally I don't like the fact that more than half of them are not french. Not fair again. Not all countries had their colonies to import players from

The French always have to import other players... It's a well known fact.

[honeybadger]

I hate Spain because of Ricky. I even know some Spaniards who hate him as much as I do.

edit: I love Spain as a country. It's just that I hate their bball team.

[Federoy]

Can't help but wonder if this question was asked to troll against the US. But then again, it is WC time, so why should I be surprised. Hey, at least Spain came second to us again!

[JGX]

Just me and Lewis for Australia? Can I change my vote?

[Dtown]

Can't help but wonder if this question was asked to troll against the US. But then again, it is WC time, so why should I be surprised. Hey, at least Spain came second to us again!

To be fair the Euros hate Spain just as much as the US, and the Greeks probably hate them more

Can't say that I hope anyone fails, Spain and Greece can win every other game as far as I'm concerned, so long as they lose to the US.

[Federoy]

To be fair the Euros hate Spain just as much as the US, and the Greeks probably hate them more

Can't say that I hope anyone fails, Spain and Greece can win every other game as far as I'm concerned, so long as they lose to the US.

Fair enough. I won't argue that it narrows down to blatant anti-US attitudes. A lot of it comes from the desire to want the favorite (or in this case, co-favorite) to lose. After being on this site the last 6 years, this seems mild.

[Freaknick]

Without doubt, USA. I wanna see their big ego falling before even the semifinal, just to see their faces after a big lose.

Here we go again with the "big ego" talk. Folks should probably get to know the team a little better before throwing out generalizations based on the 12 guys from the Olympic squad. If Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose are overly egotistical than Darko's hair looks better bleached.

It was Lamar Odom who said Spain should be the favorites anyways. Don't confuse ego with confidence. And would you ever want your athletes to lack confidence?

[Freaknick]

I hate Spain because of Ricky. I even know some Spaniards who hate him as much as I do.

edit: I love Spain as a country. It's just that I hate their bball team.

Any particular reason for the anti-Ricky-ness? I've never come across anyone who didn't think he was handling all the pressure with poise.

I will say that the pre-draft build-up and summer long drama were childish and unnecessary, but I'm willing to chalk that up to his agent and circle of advisors. Anyways, interested to hear your answer.

Peace.