2024 Olympics (Paris)

[Cameronwraitz]

They changed the format in the Tokyo Olympics to reduce the number of games to risk less infections and also because the compressed schedule was already tough on the players. FIBA is fully expected to go back to the "two groups of six teams" format in Paris, I think.

Check this page – from 27.07 to 03.08 they have min.18 & max.24 GS matches, QF starts from 06.08. It's either this or new format
https:// olympics.com/ en/ news/ olympic-games-paris-2024-full-schedule-and-day-by-day-competitions

[R1ou]

Ben Simmons says he's gonna suit up for Boomers. Him and Josh Giddey would make funny size at 1.

Heard USA into competition for Embiid with France. But do France need Embiid when they have Wemby? Hard to say.

Steph Curry wants to play for USA if healthy. Durant says "we'll see". Next best Americans are Tatum, Morant and healthy Zion (IMO). This would probably mean better roster than 2020 and 2016, but it's safe to say USA has no talent to replace Lebron, Kobe, Durant as 2012 went.

Obviously Canada is getting more and more stacked with one of the best rookies in B. Mathurin. They could gather not much worse backcourt than USA's basically.

Europe as 2022 EB showed is a wild continent. Like 10 competitive NTs that can win it all. But still I think France, Serbia, Spain, Slovenia remain top contenders, followed by Greece, Lithuania, Germany, Italy, Turkey.

Don't know that to make from Argentina? Will they still be competitive Campazzo, Bolmaro, Vildoza, Laprovitolla, Gabriel Deck? Probably still pretty nice and competitive team.

Thought this thread will be useful since the news about Simmons came out tonight.

I get this is a post from 2022 but Slovenia each time Doncic won't take part in a competition they will be either absent from the tournament or Belgium level at best. They are also not hosting a tournament next year so for me they are the most beatable opposition from the pot 1.

GRE will probably go with Spanoulis as they think he got better recruiting abilities and can gather the whole roster together.

[Ridirkulous]

Check this page – from 27.07 to 03.08 they have min.18 & max.24 GS matches, QF starts from 06.08. It's either this or new format
https:// olympics.com/ en/ news/ olympic-games-paris-2024-full-schedule-and-day-by-day-competitions

Oh then you are probably right. It sucks for the fans though: with the old format we were guaranteed at least 5 quality games for each team. On the other hand it means Germany is a top seed and thus avoiding the USA in the group stage.

[Shawshank]

After watching 2021 Olympics im not fan of that new playing format

8 games in 2 weeks is normal amount for any fiba tournament historically, 6 feels too little

Especially when we can see in horizont like 8-9 very strong rosters in 2024 olympic tournament

[basketfann]

After watching 2021 Olympics im not fan of that new playing format

8 games in 2 weeks is normal amount for any fiba tournament historically, 6 feels too little

Especially when we can see in horizont like 8-9 very strong rosters in 2024 olympic tournament

Only 8-9 rosters? Considering Carlik Jones NBA contract and Rui Hachimura play for Japan(adding big man and players with USA NCAA, league experience)- all games can be very interesting.

Germany now looks way stronger.

And Canada over Argentina

[Ridirkulous]

After watching 2021 Olympics im not fan of that new playing format

8 games in 2 weeks is normal amount for any fiba tournament historically, 6 feels too little

Especially when we can see in horizont like 8-9 very strong rosters in 2024 olympic tournament

Agreed. I think a fair compromise is to have 4 groups of 3 teams. The top two in each group then form 2 groups of 4 (and results carry over). I think the first 3 of each group go the quarterfinals and the bottom two have to play the 9-10th team (coming from a 9-12th group played in the meantime) to get their spot. So top 6 teams play 7 game maximum. Teams 7-8 from the the pool play can technically still win a medal but they have to play 8 games. Teams 9-12 have to play 9 games to win a medal (but let's face it, they won't)

[basketfann]

Agreed. I think a fair compromise is to have 4 groups of 3 teams. The top two in each group then form 2 groups of 4 (and results carry over). I think the first 3 of each group go the quarterfinals and the bottom two have to play the 9-10th team (coming from a 9-12th group played in the meantime) to get their spot. So top 6 teams play 7 game maximum. Teams 7-8 from the the pool play can technically still win a medal but they have to play 8 games. Teams 9-12 have to play 9 games to win a medal (but let's face it, they won't)

In football Olympics they play 6 games too, and in World Cup other than 1/2 teams(they are playing only 5 games or less)

In football we can see all best players when we want, in basketball little bit harder to see.

[Straight forward]

Seems like Durant, Curry in.

[Serbian_Layup]

Embiid chose to play for USA.
Weak move by Embiid, as expected. It would have been admireable had he chosen to play for Cameroon. I guess USA also went hard for him, considering noticeable drop of talent compared to some earlier years. Scare of getting beaten in Olympics is real. Still have to rely on Lebron, Curry, Durant...who are like closer to their 40 than 30.

[Tesla]

Just a horrible look all round Embiid joining USA. Otherwise, I'm sure Spain, Slovenia & most international teams won't be hypocritical & show support for this move.

[DavidSmith]

Well, for sure the updated FIBA Rankings offer a glimpse into the potential Olympic pools draw, assuming a format similar to Tokyo's.
And let's hope that players who are closer to 40 than 30 will play well with experience

[glennlathom]

I can understand your arguement (but still disagree) that the combination of Poland, Turkey, Croatia, Belgium, Russia might be a wash with BRA, ARG, DR, PR but once you start removing USA, CAN, AUS it is a massive fall off in competition. Thus trying to say the EuroBasket is stronger than the World Cup does make sense to me..

[carriebu79]

Yes, Only a handfull of top teams are there. There are just four spots in Olympic qualifying tournaments.