Olympic Tournament brackets announced

Chief · Post #1 » by **Chief** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:56 am

Group A:

Croatia*
Argentina*
Lithuania*
Russia*
Australia
Iran

Group B:

United States*
Greece*
Germany
Spain*
China*
Angola

Top 4 go through ... my picks highlighted.

Rox_Nix_Nox · Post #2 » by **Rox_Nix_Nox** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:57 am

can't wait

Milkdud · Post #3 » by **Milkdud** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:08 am

I'm taking Germany over China, but other then that I agree with your picks.

Dtown84 · Post #4 » by **Dtown84** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:35 am

Germany and China's a tossup to me, if it were anywhere else I'd take Germany but I could see China getting a little homecooking.

Chief · Post #5 » by **Chief** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:35 am

I think China might get lucky enough and come through on their home turf.. just a hunch i guess.

Games i am looking forward to :

Lithuania vs Argentina
United States vs Greece in a revenge match from 2006
USA vs Spain
Spain vs Greece replay of worlds final in 2006.

HumbleBumbleBee · Post #6 » by **HumbleBumbleBee** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:25 am

Spain vs US for the gold....doesnt get better than that

noido · Post #7 » by **noido** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:13 am

I would rather be in group A than group B

XcalibuR · Post #8 » by **XcalibuR** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:22 am

Yao needs to drop at least 40 against Germany for China to even have a chance of moving out of this group.

Rasho Brezec · Post #9 » by **Rasho Brezec** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:28 am

noido wrote:I would rather be in group A than group B

I wouldn't. If you advance from group B, you can't face USA in the quarterfinals. And if you make it to semifinals and have a bit of luck, everything is possible.

LOOSH · Post #10 » by **LOOSH** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:28 am

China's guards are ridiculously god awful...Germany easily gets out of that group over them.

qman · Post #11 » by **qman** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:52 pm

And Germany has enough good bigs to hold China's bigs to standstill.

Lakers_4_Life · Post #12 » by **Lakers_4_Life** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:59 pm

I also think China can beat out Germany from their group. Only however if Yao is healthy. If Yao is healthy China on home floor should be better than Germany. Dirk and Kaman is nice and all but after that Germany is awful.

People are too harsh on China if they don't even think they could make that last spot over Germany on their home floor. Unless of course, Yao isn't healthy.

If Yao is healthy playing on his home floor he will find a way to upset someone and get through to the next round. Has everyone forgotten what he single handedly did to Serbia (the 2002 FIBA World Champions) in 2004 at Athens?

Post #13 » by **studcrackers** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:36 pm

have u ever seen dirk in euro competitions? he almost single handedly won the euro title several years back and almost upset the US the next year

Genjuro · Post #14 » by **Genjuro** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:00 pm

studcrackers wrote:have u ever seen dirk in euro competitions? he almost single handedly won the euro title several years back and almost upset the US the next year

Dirk never won the Eurobasket. Germany was trashed in the finals by Greece in one of the worst championships I remember.

But yes, he was unbelieveable leading so little-talented teammates to the final.

Post #15 » by **studcrackers** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:03 pm

reading is FUNdamental, i never said he won it, i said almost won it

Genjuro · Post #16 » by **Genjuro** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:19 pm

studcrackers wrote:reading is FUNdamental, i never said he won it, i said almost won it

Sorry, I thought the "almost" reffered to "singlehandedly" and not to "won".

hermes · Post #17 » by **hermes** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:25 pm

Croatia, Iran, Angola and the U.S.

you heard it here first

The_Pope · Post #18 » by **The_Pope** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:34 pm

Germany's guards aren't actually that bad. Certainly much better than China's.

RapsGM · Post #19 » by **RapsGM** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:11 am

I see angola with the upset in group B and does Iran have an solid NBA talent?

The_Pope · Post #20 » by **The_Pope** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:58 am

RapsGM wrote:I see angola with the upset in group B and does Iran have an solid NBA talent?

Well they're currently getting roasted by summer league teams. So I would suggest not.