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Greece is along with Spain the most consistent European team..Having a ty coach the last 3 years is too much to overcome imho.
And remember,Greece is the last team to beat US since 2004...It's not like we suck or something.
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/eve...3/rankMen.html
I'd have to go with Greece, they never won an olympic medal and never won gold in the FIBA world games. Greece should be in the 6th or 7th place at best, Lithuania is a much better team.
Greece is along with Spain the most consistent European team..Having a ty coach the last 3 years is too much to overcome imho.
And remember,Greece is the last team to beat US since 2004...It's not like we suck or something.
Beating a watered down US team isn't worth much, tbh. Lithuania has actually won olympic medals in basketball and almost beat the 2000 dream team. They are typically a better international basketball team
First of all,the difference between Greece and Lithuania is 62 points,when it's almost 200 from 3 to 4,and 120 from 5 to 6..That shows that they are close.
Second,(it has no actual importance to the list) that US team was stacked with superstars..Kobe was the only one missing,so you can't discount that.
Third,Lithuania has won 3 bronze Olympic medals and the last one was in 2000 (I'd guess it's a dynamic system so they don't have much value to the rank),I bronze in the World's and nothing else,2 Eurobasket medals and mediocrity in other years.
Greece may have never won an Olympic medal,but has finished 5th all 3 times,has been a top 6 in World's every time save for 2010,a rebuilding year and has finished in the top 6 in Eurobasket since 2001.
Consistency gives us the nod.
Tbh,Turkey over Serbia and France is the real travesty imho
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Bunch of limp-wristed s
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Let me stop you there, you are calling this (http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/06_..._teamRost.html) stacked? Maybe right now, in hindsight, Wade + CP3 + Lebron + Howard seems stacked, but back then they weren't half as good as they are today. Let's not even mention that the team was filled with average NBA players. Elton Brand played like he didn't want to be there.
If you threw KG or even Shaq in there instead of Howard then it would have been a curbstomp, Dwight couldn't handle that fatass on Greece's team back then.
Not winning an olympic medal is like never winning a chip, they never won the gold in FIBA world championship either. That year they beat USA, they were systematically curbstomped by Spain. Lithuania has cosistently done better in the Olympics.
Greece at 6th or 7th makes more sense
Yeah,Wade sucked in 2006
Plus,Schortianitis (the fat guy) didn't beat Dwight by posting him up,but by pick n rolling him to death (a part Dwight is supposed to be great at),and Elton Brand was an all-star..Also,good job ignoring Bosh and Carmelo
And let's say Lithuania is better than Greece(which I am fine with).Name any other team that could go over Greece.
Plus,here how the ranking is made:http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/eve...howItWork.html
So,the last 8 years count,and no European team other than Spain has been better than Greece during that span.
Spain, Lithuania, and Greece.
His type of play in 2006 wouldn't fair well under FIBA rules. He was streaky during the games and that's because a lot of his points were coming from the line. Today, his game wouldn't be nearly as linear. Although he's still a linear player, he improved in that regard.Yeah,Wade sucked in 2006
Plus,Schortianitis (the fat guy) didn't beat Dwight by posting him up,but by pick n rolling him to death (a part Dwight is supposed to be great at),and Elton Brand was an all-star..Also,good job ignoring Bosh and Carmelo
And let's say Lithuania is better than Greece(which I am fine with).Name any other team that could go over Greece.
Plus,here how the ranking is made:http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/eve...howItWork.html
So,the last 8 years count,and no European team other than Spain has been better than Greece during that span.
Dwight couldn't defend him and it broke the team apart. I ignored Bosh + Melo because they aren't much better now then they were back then. Melo picked up his 3pt shooting and that's about it.
Idc how the ranking is made, because it's flawed. Greece isn't better over the last 20 years than Lithuania.
Greece
Turkey (they only survive with help from referees)
Seriously?
Ok,I told you I can agree with Greece being 5th...Is there any other team that you'd consider better?
Nigeria
We have a coach that is Mike Brown on offense and D' Antoni on defense. It's hard to beat anyone that way son
FWIW that ranking is made with points earned under objective meters. That's not a Power ranking bull or something like.
Nigeria
Nigeria
Australia. Patty Mills #1 option?
The Olympics are infuriating here, media has a field day about how good the Australian Olympic (all sports) team is. It's going to be doubly funny when Great Britain win more medals than us.
Phelps > ThorpeAustralia. Patty Mills #1 option?
The Olympics are infuriating here, media has a field day about how good the Australian Olympic (all sports) team is. It's going to be doubly funny when Great Britain win more medals than us.
Why's everybody hate Greece so much here? I'm not saying I'm a fan lol, but I don't really have an opinion on them. Is it bc of that Manu_Forever guy?
I don't get why Greece would be considered overrated when no one rates them too well.
Pretty much, he would always say the NBA was behind the euroleague and the greek league. He said that vspan guy was better than Kobe and as good as Jordan. A lot of dumb
agreed.
i'm amazed you even know who thorpe is
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