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Originally posted by usagre View PostI am not buying the African teams. That was 7 years ago and then in the actual Olympics they were not good.
The problem might be that Greek shooters don’t exist to surround him with.
Now that's not to say Canada should be worried about them, Nigeria does much better against lesser athletic squads, but they're still probably the worst opponent to face from Africa.Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
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Originally posted by Dtown View PostTo be fair to Nigeria they also beat Croatia in the 2016 Olympics.
Now that's not to say Canada should be worried about them, Nigeria does much better against lesser athletic squads, but they're still probably the worst opponent to face from Africa.Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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As a Lithuania's fan, I probably would like to go this way:
Russia, Brazil, Australia, Italy - Italy or Brazil. I'm afraid Shved would drop 40pts against us so no Russia please, Australia is tough, talented and has good guards so a nightmare match-up, I would go with Brazil, Italy is second best option.
Canada, Montenegro, Philippines, Korea - either Philippines or Korea obviously. Would go with the latter.
Nigeria, Senegal, New Zealand, Angola - No Nigeria please, we needed to give a lot to beat them in Olympics, imagine if they would also had Giannis. Senegal has one NBA player, New Zealand might have Steve Adams and some other quality players, so I would go with Angola, even if I have tough memories from 00's.
I don't see a lot of problems with these drawings. We'll have one really strong opponent and we better do, because going to the knock out stage without such game would be a bad thing to happen. Even if we will end up with Australia, Canada, Nigeria we should absolutely go for all wins and I don't see us falling out from 2 best spots. However, I have a feeling will get rather comfortable opponents.
PS: Very quickly switching Angola with SenegalLTU NT will snatch Eurobasket 2029 title with this roster:
Jokubaitis, Marciulionis, Laurencikas
Indrusaitis, Brazdeikis, Rubstavicius
Buzelis, Lelevicius
Murauskas, Sirvydis
Tubelis, Krivas
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Obviously China is a poor #1 seed but in my opinion, Argentina is weak, Greece without Giannis (a serious possibility) is weak, and Lithuania is a serious cut below France, Spain, Serbia and the USA. So if teams like Canada and Australia(if they are not grouped together) send their best possible players they are de facto #1 seed quality teams.Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Originally posted by usagre View PostI think they decided to drop in seeding the worst ranked team they could while keeping their geographical principles in order. If they did that it would drop Venezuela from a #4 to a #5. With Canada it was a #5 to a #6. That’s the only thing I can come up with.
That is correct - It was confirmed by FIBA. Canada was bumped instead of another Americas team is that they do the pots from the top down, so the first Americas conflict didn't come up until they reached Canada. Basically they just went in order until there was a conflict, then adjusted from there downward. I figured it would be wiser to do something about competitive balance rather than stick to a formula. But here we are.
Anyone know if Australia - NZ are considered Oceania for the the draw purpose or are they Asia and can not be placed with KOR/PHI from our Pot (thus giving AUS a 50/50 shot at CAN/MRE)?
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I don’t know how it will play out but for me if you’re gonna elevate China to one of the top 8 seeds then at least they should have been number 8 and in Pot 2 not pot one. Serbia should have been in Pot 1.Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Originally posted by usagre View PostGreece without Giannis (a serious possibility) is weak
Originally posted by usagre View PostLithuania is a serious cut below France, Spain, Serbia and the USALTU NT will snatch Eurobasket 2029 title with this roster:
Jokubaitis, Marciulionis, Laurencikas
Indrusaitis, Brazdeikis, Rubstavicius
Buzelis, Lelevicius
Murauskas, Sirvydis
Tubelis, Krivas
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Originally posted by mojo13 View Post
Anyone know if Australia - NZ are considered Oceania for the the draw purpose or are they Asia and can not be placed with KOR/PHI from our Pot (thus giving AUS a 50/50 shot at CAN/MRE)?Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
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@ Straight Forward. Fiba experience isn’t as important as it was years ago. Nba game and Fiba closest in style that it has ever been. Give me the talent and athleticism of a Jamal Murray/ Corey Joseph duo over Sloukas/ Calathes any day of the week and twice on Sunday. And if Giannis doesn’t show and the Canadian stars do, there is a huge disparity in the wings and bigs of the two teams in Canada’s favor.
Lithuanian backcourt worries me. It has been weak in other tournaments and overcome to a degree by Lithuania but with increased importance of guards and wings and decreased importance of bigs I think this hurts Lithuania immensely.
I’ll be honest what worries me the most about Canada is not their roster composition but their coach. It seems like he has a lifetime job.Silver medal 2012 Olympics prediction game.
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Originally posted by usagre View Post@ Straight Forward. Fiba experience isn’t as important as it was years ago. Nba game and Fiba closest in style that it has ever been. Give me the talent and athleticism of a Jamal Murray/ Corey Joseph duo over Sloukas/ Calathes any day of the week and twice on Sunday. And if Giannis doesn’t show and the Canadian stars do, there is a huge disparity in the wings and bigs of the two teams in Canada’s favor.
I’ll be honest what worries me the most about Canada is not their roster composition but their coach. It seems like he has a lifetime job.
Canada is banking on it's NBA talent showing up as well and frankly it's just as much in the air. We won't really start to get an idea of who is likely to do what until the playoffs are set. And that goes for any team that relies heavily on NBA talent not the USA.
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Originally posted by Straight forward View PostGreece still has elite backourt with Calathes and Sloukas. This due is ahead in terms of IQ, FIBA experience and overall quality than most teams starting guards including Canada.
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Originally posted by usagre View Post
I’ll be honest what worries me the most about Canada is not their roster composition but their coach. It seems like he has a lifetime job.
The coach is actually undecided and up in the air.
Rowan Barrett (RJ's dad) was recently promoted to GM from Asst. GM and Steve Nash officially stepped aside. Nash really never did anything in the last 4-5 years except keep Jay Triano's job secure. Rowan has come out and said first order of business is to select a new coach. This late I doubt they go outside the system (but said they would consider it) so it will likely be Roy Rana who has led the team through the qualifiers and won the u19 Gold. Maybe Dave Smart is the other viable candidate (current asst. and Carlton head coach).It could still be Triano , but I am doubtful and think his time is done with Nash's departure (good riddance)
Things are changing with Canada Basketball for the better.
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Originally posted by usagre View Post@ Straight Forward. Fiba experience isn’t as important as it was years ago. Nba game and Fiba closest in style that it has ever been. Give me the talent and athleticism of a Jamal Murray/ Corey Joseph duo over Sloukas/ Calathes any day of the week and twice on Sunday. And if Giannis doesn’t show and the Canadian stars do, there is a huge disparity in the wings and bigs of the two teams in Canada’s favor.
Originally posted by usagre View PostLithuanian backcourt worries me. It has been weak in other tournaments and overcome to a degree by Lithuania but with increased importance of guards and wings and decreased importance of bigs I think this hurts Lithuania immensely.LTU NT will snatch Eurobasket 2029 title with this roster:
Jokubaitis, Marciulionis, Laurencikas
Indrusaitis, Brazdeikis, Rubstavicius
Buzelis, Lelevicius
Murauskas, Sirvydis
Tubelis, Krivas
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