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    As the final preparation tournaments wind down, I am wondering what everyone thinks is the relative strength of the OQT teams. What are your power rankings (not necessarily your predictions about final standings) for the teams participating in the OQT tournament?

  • #2
    Here is my shot in the dark:

    1. Russia
    2. Puerto Rico
    3. Greece
    4. Dominican Republic
    5. Lithuania
    6. FYROM
    7. Venezuela
    8. Nigeria
    9. Angola
    10. Jordan
    11. New Zealand
    12. South Korea

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    • #3
      Here's my two cents...

      1. Russia
      2. Greece
      3. Dominican Rep.
      4. Puerto Rico
      5. Lithuania
      6. Venezuela
      7. Macedonia
      8. Angola
      9. Nigeria
      10. Jordan
      11. New Zealand
      12. South Korea

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      • #4
        Wow, people are really down on Lithuania. Hard to believe that they wouldn't qualify for an Olympics, although I'm always happy to see new teams.

        1. Russia
        2. Greece
        3. Lithuania
        4. Puerto Rico
        5. Venezuela (with homecourt advantage)
        6. Macedonia
        7. Dominican Republic
        8. Nigeria
        9. Angola
        10. New Zealand
        11. South Korea
        12. Jordan

        4-7 could go in any order.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by christodoulou76 View Post
          Here is my shot in the dark:

          1. Russia
          2. Puerto Rico
          3. Greece
          4. Dominican Republic
          5. Lithuania
          6. FYROM
          7. Venezuela
          8. Nigeria
          9. Angola
          10. Jordan
          11. New Zealand
          12. South Korea
          I agree with this projection. Spot on with my thoughts.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by christodoulou76 View Post
            Here is my shot in the dark:

            1. Russia
            2. Puerto Rico
            3. Greece
            4. Dominican Republic
            5. Lithuania
            6. FYROM
            7. Venezuela
            8. Nigeria
            9. Angola
            10. Jordan
            11. New Zealand
            12. South Korea
            Interesting you would put us above you when we havent beaten you guys in over a decade.

            Heres mine:

            1. Russia
            2. Greece
            3. Lithuania
            4. Puerto Rico
            5. Dominican Republic
            6. Macedonia
            7. Venezuela
            8. Angola
            9. New Zealand
            10. South Korea
            11. Nigeria
            12. Jordan
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            • #7
              ok, if we talk about strength then I put it that way:
              1. Russia
              2. Greece
              3. Lithuania
              4. Macedonia.
              5. Puerto-Rico.
              6. Dominicana.
              (quality-wise 4-6 are very close to each other as all are solid teams but still short of being international powerhouses)
              7. Nigeria.
              8. Venezuela.
              9. Angola.
              10. New Zealand.
              11. Jordan.
              12. South Korea.

              But it's all about their relative power which is quite a theoretic notion. So I won't be surprised if one or even two of Latin teams would qualify and sadly have a very pessimistic foreboding about our chances. Though I would like to be wrong on that.
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              • #8
                Basing it solely on the prep games so far.

                1: Russia
                2: Greece
                3: Puerto Rico
                4: Lithuania
                5: Dominican Republic
                6: Macedonia
                7: Nigeria
                8: Venezuela
                9: Angola
                10: New Zealand
                11: Jordan
                12: South Korea

                Admittedly I've only had a brief look at 8-12, and of course prep games don't mean anything when the real thing starts.
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                • #9
                  Interesting. Russia is first in every prediction.
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                  • #10
                    Why is Dominican Republic stronger than us? Is it because a bunch of NBA players are playing?

                    If we had Motiejunas:
                    1: Russia or Lithuania
                    3: Greece
                    4: Puerto Rico
                    5: Macedonia
                    6: Venezuela
                    7: Dominican Republic
                    8: Angola
                    9: Nigeria
                    10: New Zealand
                    11: Jordan
                    12: South Korea

                    But we don't:
                    1: Russia
                    2: Greece
                    3: Puerto Rico or Lithuania
                    5: Macedonia
                    6: Venezuela
                    7: Dominican Republic
                    8: Angola
                    9: Nigeria
                    10: New Zealand
                    11: Jordan
                    12: South Korea

                    Based on prep games:
                    1: Russia
                    2: Greece
                    3: Puerto Rico
                    4: Macedonia
                    5: Venezuela
                    6: Lithuania
                    7: Dominican Republic
                    8: Nigeria
                    9: Angola
                    10: New Zealand
                    11: Jordan
                    12: South Korea

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                    • #11
                      Minor corrections

                      Without Thomas Abercrombie and Kirk Penney, New Zealand will be the worst team in Venezuela. South Korea seems to be the most underrated team in the planet; its awkward playing style, however, already proved to be a nuisance in 2008.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by JGX View Post
                        Wow, people are really down on Lithuania. Hard to believe that they wouldn't qualify for an Olympics, although I'm always happy to see new teams.
                        In all honesty, Lithuania has the weakest roster it has had in as long as I can remember. It will be no surprise if they qualify of course, or even do well at the Olympics.

                        But I don't think people are down on them, it's just that their team isn't close to as good as it usually is, on paper. They are relying on a kid at center that gets a lot of hype, and has a lot of talent and potential, but is nothing special even at Eurocup level, a legend in Saras, but that is now like 36 years old.......

                        Kaukenas, who is old and coming off surgery, Kleiza, who is nothing resembling of what he used to be, Maciulis, who comes off an injury and barely even played with Siena, players like Delininkaitis, that are not that good, over the hill Javtokas, Jankunas, who is just solid, Songaila, who is washed up, etc.

                        Kalnietis is a great young player, but he can't shoot from outside, which causes a problem. Pocius is overrated. He's good on defense and athletically, but he's almost nothing on offense.

                        It's really not a roster that should be impressing anyone on paper.


                        Originally posted by Dtown View Post
                        Basing it solely on the prep games so far.

                        1: Russia
                        2: Greece

                        3: Puerto Rico
                        4: Lithuania
                        5: Dominican Republic
                        6: Macedonia
                        7: Nigeria
                        8: Venezuela
                        9: Angola
                        10: New Zealand
                        11: Jordan
                        12: South Korea

                        Admittedly I've only had a brief look at 8-12, and of course prep games don't mean anything when the real thing starts.
                        Basing it solely on the prep games? Then why do you have Russia above Greece? Greece without Zisis, Spanoulis, Fotsis, and Bourousis.......beat Russia 66-63.
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                        • #13
                          This consensus about Russia is weird. Greece is the best team in my opinion.
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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Visseira View Post
                            This consensus about Russia is weird. Greece is the best team in my opinion.
                            They have Kirilenko, a "legit NBA rotation player".......that's the term that people use. Whether people want to admit or not, any such player is overrated automatically, as is the team he plays on.

                            Russia does have a very good team, but the thing about Russia is they don't have a single actual point guard on the entire roster. Shved and Ponkrashov are not real point guards.

                            Blatt is also about the most predictable FIBA coach there is. Russia is just a stupid team in how they play. They have to be able to beat you with their size, length, depth, and athletic advantage, because they sure can't beat you with their schemes or point guard play.

                            Russia is definitely good, but if any team can match their level of physicality, well, that team should beat them. Because that team will probably also have a much better offense. I think Russia is one of those teams that benefits a lot from these tournaments where they only play teams once for the most part.

                            If teams get familiar with them, their style of stupid and boring predictable offense would cause them problems. Because they can only use their physical advantages to a certain point. But that is all Blatt seems to do. He has no imagination at all.

                            So Russia is very good, but yeah, they are definitely being overrated here big time, due to everyone saying they are the best team without a doubt. It's like people are putting them into another class from all of these teams, which isn't true.

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                            • #15
                              Right now:

                              1: Greece
                              2. Russia
                              3. Lithuania
                              4: Puerto Rico
                              5. Venezuela
                              6. Macedonia
                              7. Dominican Republic
                              8. New Zealand
                              9. Angola
                              10. Nigeria
                              11. South Korea
                              12. Jordan

                              But Lithuania could move up!

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