tysanity87 wrote:jptremblay wrote:Brazil always had have an amazing froncourt...Nene-Varejao, then Splitter...and now Felicio seems like a Big prospect, while Lima may have some NBA future in 2 or 3 years...
It's a pitty that its backcourt it's clearly ahead of the level of their frontcourt.
But as a spaniard, I have always liked Marquinhos, great skill and shooting hability.
And...why isn't Cabloco and Nogueira on their roster???
By the way. What are you expecting from Spain?
Will you miss Marc Gasol?
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Of course, but no because the level of Marc, who doesn't play very well for Spain, not like in Memphis...just because Pau is our only reliable big. I still can't understand to choose Mirotic over IBAKA, who is the perfect fit next to Gasol, and who also can play the 5 spot.
Besides that, we still have Pau on the roster and a great core around, so we expect at least to make the finals like the last 2 olympics...but after the 2014 Fail at home i'm not sure of that.
I think that the USA team is beatable, it's an amazing team but not a dream team like in 2008, 2012...the problem is that Spain is too old and while Pau is still a force at 36, Navarro is nearly done, like Calderón...plus the pairing Pau-Mirotic doesn't seem quite good.
I expect this lineup in final moments:
Gasol
Víctor Claver
Rudy Fernández
Lull
Sergio Rodriguez/ Ricky Rubio.
But in resume, the loss of IBAKA has take this off the contention of the Gold, thought anything is impossible.