But Brazil has Nene and Varejao (and Hettsheimer if you will). Plus Huertas and Barbosa.Originally Posted by Bosnian 23
The Argentina team is practically the same team that won the 2004 gold medal. Prigioni, Ginobili, Scola, are all in their 30s. If they don't find new blood fast, their rank will surely plummet... The Dominican Republic can overtake them in the near future.
MY RANKING: based solely on NT performance and potential (youth NTs), not on overall strength of basketball program.
1. United States
2. Spain
3. France
4. Argentina
5. Russia
6. Lithuania
7. Brazil
8. Serbia
9. Turkey
10. Greece
11. Slovenia
12. Australia
13. Puerto Rico
14. Italy
15. Croatia
16. Dominican Republic
17. Angola
18. Nigeria
19. China
20. Tunisia
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
FIBA Europe
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Lithuania
5. Serbia
6. Turkey
7. Greece
8. Slovenia
9. Croatia
10. Macedonia
FIBA Americas
1. United States
2. Brazil
3. Argentina
4. Puerto Rico
5. Dominican Rep.
6. Venezuela
7. Mexico
8. Canada
9. Uruguay
10. Panama
FIBA Asia
1. China
2. Iran
3. Jordan
4. Philippines
5. Lebanon
6. South Korea
7. Qatar
8. Japan
9. Chinese Taipei
10. Syria
FIBA Africa
1. Angola
2. Nigeria
3. Tunisia
4. Senegal
5. Ivory Coast
6. Cameroon
7. Central African Rep.
8. Egypt
9. Morocco
10. Mali
FIBA Oceania
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3-10 all others roughly equal
"Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has..."
-Margaret Mead
u must be kidding man !!But Brazil has Nene and Varejao (and Hettsheimer if you will). Plus Huertas and Barbosa.
The Argentina team is practically the same team that won the 2004 gold medal. Prigioni, Ginobili, Scola, are all in their 30s. If they don't find new blood fast, their rank will surely plummet... The Dominican Republic can overtake them in the near future.
MY RANKING: based solely on NT performance and potential (youth NTs), not on overall strength of basketball program.
1. United States
2. Spain
3. France
4. Argentina
5. Russia
6. Lithuania
7. Brazil
8. Serbia
9. Turkey
10. Greece
11. Slovenia
12. Australia
13. Puerto Rico
14. Italy
15. Croatia
16. Dominican Republic
17. Angola
18. Nigeria
19. China
20. Tunisia
REGIONAL BREAKDOWN
FIBA Europe
1. Spain
2. France
3. Russia
4. Lithuania
5. Serbia
6. Turkey
7. Greece
8. Slovenia
9. Croatia
10. Macedonia
FIBA Americas
1. United States
2. Brazil
3. Argentina
4. Puerto Rico
5. Dominican Rep.
6. Venezuela
7. Mexico
8. Canada
9. Uruguay
10. Panama
FIBA Asia
1. China
2. Iran
3. Jordan
4. Philippines
5. Lebanon
6. South Korea
7. Qatar
8. Japan
9. Chinese Taipei
10. Syria
FIBA Africa
1. Angola
2. Nigeria
3. Tunisia
4. Senegal
5. Ivory Coast
6. Cameroon
7. Central African Rep.
8. Egypt
9. Morocco
10. Mali
FIBA Oceania
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3-10 all others roughly equal
Hahaha. If you have your biases. I also have mine. To each his own (bias).
I am not kidding though. Casting biases aside, you must know that the competition in Asia is shaping up to be close. Yes, Iran and China are on quite a different level, but weigh the facts from Wuhan: Jordan beat Iran (and lost to China by one); the Philippines lost only by two to South Korea (and beat Jordan early in the tournament); Lebanon was booted out early. Below Iran and China, Jordan, Lebanon, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines are almost on equal terms. I only ranked them based from their performance in Wuhan because they are almost on the same level, IF EACH COUNTRY SENDS ITS BEST PLAYERS.
PS: I put South Korea on 6th because I feel that Cho Sung-min's hot streak was the sole difference between his team and Philippines. We will find out more about how these ranking change once the Jones Cup and other tourneys start.
BTW is Lebanon joining the Jones Cup??? We Filipinos hope to see you there
Last edited by mangangalakal; 07-22-2012 at 12:21 PM.
"Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has..."
-Margaret Mead
Hahaha. If you have your biases. I also have mine. To each his own (bias)
I am not kidding though. Casting biases aside, you must know that the competition in Asia is shaping up to be close. Yes, Iran and China are on quite a different level, but weigh the facts from Wuhan: Jordan beat Iran (and lost to China by one); the Philippines lost only by two to South Korea (and beat Jordan early in the tournament); Lebanon was booted out early. Below Iran and China, Jordan, Lebanon, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines are almost on equal terms. I only ranked them based from their performance in Wuhan because they are almost on the same level, IF EACH COUNTRY SENDS ITS BEST PLAYERS.
PS: I put South Korea on 6th because I feel that Cho Sung-min's hot streak was the sole difference between his team and Philippines. We will find out more about how these ranking change once the Jones Cup and other tourneys start.
BTW is Lebanon joining the Jones Cup??? We Filipinos hope to see you there
well man, in Wuhan Lebanon was not in their full roster,
and saying Iran and China are on different level is exagerated, we already won Jordan and Iran last month in West Asia, with a roster of just 9 players.
yes Lebanon we'll join Stankovich cup, but there's a problem with the ministry support.
Well, the Philippines has not played with its ABSOLUTE BEST roster since 2005. There's a lot of politics involved as to why. And I've read that the new breed of Lebanese players are really good, so my ranking would really change soon. Also, Jordan has proven that China and Iran are indeed beatable, but they still are on a different level organization-wise.
And I'm talking about the Jones Cup to be held in Taiwan, not the Stankovic Asia Cup to be held in Tokyo
"Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it's the only thing that ever has..."
-Margaret Mead
Agreed. After seeing the warm up games of Brasil, I believe this 2012 Brasil team is going for a medal, while Argentina could not.
Here are ESPN analyst Marc Stein's ratings of and commentary on the dozen Olympic teams:
1. United States
2. Spain
3. Brazil
4. Argentina
5. Russia
6. France
7. Lithuania
8. Australia
9. Great Britain
10. Nigeria
11. China
12. Tunisia
Marc Stein ESPN Analysis
China NT played 18 warm-up games this year. Again making up stuff when it comes to China, typical.Donewald has made a habit of getting more from this group than expected and has had them together since March to play nearly 40 -- yes, forty -- warm-up games.
aim low, score high
From a futures standpoint, Canada has some very good young players on the way. Andrew Wiggins is probably the best player in the 2014 class in North America.
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