Which teams do you want to see fail at WBC?

[Bury Please]

I voted all of them by mistake.My choice is Iran.

[Adon]

give a f******ng brake [deleted]

g.g. don't get mad with Kwijibo.Probably the poor guy has "issues" and he needs the care of a specialist

After all he is the worst enemy of Spaniard's image on this board

[Luíz for 3]

Look at the pool!! Spain is reaching the level of USA, concerning to hate! Now, Spain has rivalry not only with European NT's, it's a global problem

[fastbreak]

And in the final against Argentina in 2002, too. There are a lot of examples, and not only with Serbia/Yugoslavia.

But all countries suffer bad refereeing sometimes (probably we should exclude the americans). Look the final in the Olympics, I could certainly tell that refs didn't go with us in that one.

Even I don't justify it, I can understand more easily that a ref may tend to favor the local team because of the pressure of the audience. Being a greek fan, I'm sure you will agree

Serbia dominated world basketball from 1995 to 2002 in unimaginable conditions from NATO bombing, economic crisis and so on. At the time we were a poor country (slightly better conditions now) with a population of 7 M. The referees respected us, they didn't help us. We deserved that respect as we shaped modern basketball the way you know it today. As you can see we are on the way to dominate again. Referees make mistakes, nothing you can do about it.

Most of the national teams are heavily influenced by the Serbian (ex Yugoslav) system established in the 60s. The Spanish team being the best example.

[Remon]

Gallis is clearly worse than pau.

Apples and oranges buddy. (And that clearly applies to any greek that says that Gallis is better than Gasol).

And nobody cares about the 60k members of spanish forums. That means nothing. Or the spanish tradition which is clearly not much bigger than the greek or the greek bigger than the spanish. They are about equal and a step lower than Yugoslavian (Serb-Croat-Slovenian-etc-etc) and Soviet Union (Russian-Lithuanian and the rest).

As for Gasol's accomplishments. He isn't as dominant as Galis was just for the sole reason that Galis was the leader of his team, which team would probably would do nothing without him. On the other hand, Gasol's team was dominant before he got there, and that's because it has another leader than Pau.

But all countries suffer bad refereeing sometimes (probably we should exclude the americans). Look the final in the Olympics, I could certainly tell that refs didn't go with us in that one.

Nah, even the Americans had big complaints from the referees. See the final in the 72 Olympics. And they reacted worse than most of the other teams have till now.

[hellgr]

First of all ppl must think in 1 thing. Spain has a basketball forum with more than 60.000 guys. [flaming, deleted]

Gallis is clearly worse than pau. He is still a good player but Pau has 2 nba championship near he did near 20-10 at play off, he plays in the ebst team in the world and is unstoppable with his national team. Pau has in his 4 last tournaments Gold WC, Silver European, SIlver Olimpics games and Gold European. Not bad. Gallis hasn't got it.

And maybe Gallis is more important to greek basketball than pau to spanish basketball. If a worse player is better from his country than a better player the reason is that greek basketball tradition is poorly than spanish basketball tradition

And for Spanish haters I understand u. 75 % or mroe are greeks and we always win over u. It's normal that u hate us

Hahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!
It's clear you haven't ever seen galis playing and saying b@llshit about how many titles won with their teams....
easy please

PS: we hate you only for whining and flopping. that's all...

[busy]

Something about Marc Gasol over Haddadi in the Grizzlies, maybe?

I'm just asking. I'm not so good taking information from smileys.

No,, I just love USA and Spain is their biggest rival.But Spain will win this cup for sure because of poor USA players.

[sseppel]

g.g. don't get mad with Kwijibo.Probably the poor guy has "issues" and he needs the care of a specialist

After all he is the worst enemy of Spaniard's image on this board

I agree. And I've been here for three days now.

[Dreamcatcher]

USA, cause i don't like NBA at all. Their brainless game is based on athletism and speed.

I wish Spain would beat them, i like the way they are doing in the sport (not only at basketball)

[sseppel]

No,, I just love USA and Spain is their biggest rival.But Spain will win this cup for sure because of poor USA players.

I hope you're right

We'll see an advance in some hours!!

[final countdown]

If a worse player is better from his country than a better player the reason is that greek basketball tradition is poorly than spanish basketball tradition

And for Spanish haters I understand u. 75 % or mroe are greeks and we always win over u. It's normal that u hate us

...said by one with a football avatar in a bball forum

Noone hates Spain my friend (speaking for myself)...

It's only the attitude that provokes...

[Adon]

I agree. And I've been here for three days now.

...and you are the exact opposite of Kwijibo.
(Apparently a sincere compliment)

[Ilya]

...and you are the exact opposite of Kwijibo.
(Apparently a sincere compliment)

Exactly what I was going to say.

[Aistruolis]

I think I will add any team to my list if they complain about the USA getting the "support of the referees". I am beyond sick of hearing this crybaby attitude from other countries about "playing by the FIBA rules" when it suits you. Nobody says anything of the moving screens, though, when they play the Americans. I guess if it benefits them, there's no sense of justice needed.

I understand that is hard to learn FIBA rules for americans. But rules must be the same for all teams. When carries the ball over half a square and no travelling.. sorry.. This is not good.

[Unimane]

I understand that is hard to learn FIBA rules for americans. But rules must be the same for all teams. When carries the ball over half a square and no travelling.. sorry.. This is not good.

And, yes, we know that you all love to condescend to Americans about "FIBA rules" and will whine, whine, and whine some more about the traveling. But, when the tournament comes, you will completely ignore the part of the rule book regarding moving screens, as usual.