Brazil national team

[CKR13]

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[guilherme.rcf]

Nezinho (PG) and Benite (SG) have been cut out of the group. So now 13 players remain working with Magnano.

[rocketstar47]

Brazil has lot of talents in the upcoming London games

[Raze Lupin]

http://www.basketeria.com.br/pt/nacional/selecoes/item/2530-seleção-brasileira-se-apresenta-para-olimpíadas-confira-álbum.html

Brazil looks extremly talented!!

[Dtown]

I think this is the year Brazil finally breaks through and get a medal.

[yogaflame]

Splitter, Nene, Huertas, Varejão, Barbosa, Alex garcia, Marcelinho Machado. Some crazy roster on the paper However, basically the same guys finshed 9th in WC 2010. We'll see what happens in these Olympics.

This roster gave Team USA a scare in the past. Strange that Brazil always plays well against Team USA. There roster right now is the most complete. In the past Nene and Verejao has not played at the same time. There are times when Verejao is available, Nene is not available, same with situation when Nene is available, Verejao is not available. This will be Brazil strongest line up ever.

[Terrorizer]

I don't rate this Brazilian team very high. The prevalence of the players with small basketball IQ must seriously diminish their chances in any major international basketball tournament aside from their local Latin American skirmishes (and even in them they are still beaten by Argentinians whose average age is somewhere near the Christ's age). Look: Leandrinho, Nene, Varejao, and to the lesser degree Splitter and Alex Garcia - they are all too brainless and egoistic to make a good team. Athletically they're one of the toughest 'cause their guards are extremely fast, their bigs are extremely big and strong but I hope it's still not enough to be an elite team in international basketball if you're not the 'one and only' US NT.

[Shawshank]

The biggest question for me about this brasil team : do they have balls and character in playoof stage ?...they gona meet strong opponent in 1/4 between Argentina/Lithuania/France im not sure they will be able to beat those teams that have proven themselfs in playoofs...All other looks scary about this brasil team...

[Franz]

Even though Brazil has more depth than previous years, we don't how they'll play together. Nene has tendencies of disappearing when you need him the most. Not to mention, he has injury problems. Varejao hasn't been relevant since Lebron was in Cleveland. He may not even be that good of a player now. And you should always be cautious of a team that is led by Barbosa. Look at 2010 WC.......

All I know is that we shouldn't have high expectations for Brazil until they actually play together in meaningful games.

[Raze Lupin]

I think many people are underestimating Brazil.

[JGX]

Brazil has always been disappointing in the past but I rate the Magnano factor highly. At the last WC their three losses were by a total of nine points and they were good at the FIBA-Americas last year with no Barbosa/Varejao/Nene and a not full-strength Splitter. They can certainly finish second or third in their group.

Plus Marchelinho Marchado plays the toughest defense in the tournament. How are you going to get open against this?

[GustavoGanso]

Brazil has always been disappointing in the past but I rate the Magnano factor highly. At the last WC their three losses were by a total of nine points and they were good at the FIBA-Americas last year with no Barbosa/Varejao/Nene and a not full-strength Splitter. They can certainly finish second or third in their group.

Plus Marchelinho Marchado plays the toughest defense in the tournament. How are you going to get open against this?

ahaahhhahahahhaha

that's Machado

playing real D!

[sixama23]

Magnano announced the Brazilian squad for London Olympics. Augusto Lima was the final cut.

4- Marcelo Magalhães Machado “Marcelinho” – Ala - 37 anos – 2,00m – C.R. Flamengo (RJ)
5- Raul Togni Neto “Raulzinho” – Armador- 19 anos – 1,85m – Lagun Aro (ESP)
6- Caio Aparecido Da Silveira Torres – Pivô - 25 anos – 2,11m – C.R. Flamengo (RJ)
7- Larry James Taylor Jr – Armador - 31 anos – 1,85m – Bauru (SP)
8- Alex Ribeiro Garcia – Ala/Armador - 32 anos – 1,92m – Brasília (DF)
9- Marcelo Tieppo Huertas – Armador – 28 anos – 1,91m – FC Barcelona (ESP)
10- Leandro Mateus Barbosa “Leandrinho” – Ala/Armador - 29 anos – 1,92m – NBA Free Agent
11- Anderson França Varejão – Ala/Pivô - 29 anos – 2,11m – Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)
12- Guilherme Giovannoni – Ala/Pivô - 32 anos – 2,04m – Brasília (DF)
13- Maybyner Rodney Hilario “Nenê” – Pivô - 29 anos – 2,11m – Washington Wizards (NBA)
14- Marcus Vinicius Vieira De Souza “Marquinhos” – Ala - 28 anos – 2,07m – C.R. Flamengo (RJ)
15- Tiago Splitter – Pivô - 27 anos – 2,11m – San Antonio Spurs (NBA)

http://www.cbb.com.br/Noticias/Show/10039

[rikhardur]

Finally all the top players are together in one team. Best Brazil NT ever for sure. On paper they're in for a medal.

[¹²³]

Finally all the top players are together in one team. Best Brazil NT ever for sure. On paper they're in for a medal.

The test last night against team USA was really good. I'm also very optimistic about Brazil's chances.