Official Olympics Group B Thread

[britblazerdude]

OLYMPICS Group A Standings:

1. USA (1.000)
2. Spain (1.000(
3. Greece (.500)
4. Germany (.333)
5. China (.000)
6. Angola (.000)

Rosters:

United States of America:
Carmelo Anthony, Forward, Denver Nuggets
Carlos Boozer, Forward, Utah Jazz
Chris Bosh, Forward, Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers
Dwight Howard, Center, Orlando Magic
LeBron James, Forward, Cleveland Cavaliers
Jason Kidd, Point Guard, Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul, Point Guard, New Orleans Hornets
Tayshaun Prince, Forward, Detroit Pistons
Michael Redd, Guard, Milwaukee Bucks
Dwyane Wade, Guard/Forward, Miami Heat
Deron Williams, Guard, Utah Jazz

Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski

China:
Zhang Qingpeng, Point Guard, Liaoning Hunters (China)
Chen Jianghua, Point Guard, Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
Sun Yue, Point Guard, Beijing Olympians (USA)
Liu Wei, Shooting Guard, Shanghai Sharks (China)
Wang Shipeng, Shooting Guard, Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
Zhu Fangyu, Small Forward, Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
Li Nan, Small Forward, Bayi Rockets (China)
Wang Lei, Small Forward, Bayi Rockets (China)
Du Feng, Power Forward, Guangdong Southern Tigers (China)
Yi Jianlian, Power Forward, New Jersey Nets
Yao Ming, Center, Houston Rockets
Wang Zhi-Zhi, Center, Bayi Rockets

Head Coach: Jonas Kazlauskas

Greece:
Theodoros Papaloukas, Point Guard, Olympiacos (Greece)
Dimitris Diamantidis, Point Guard, Panathanaikos (Greece)
Nikolaos Zisis, Shooting Guard, CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Vasileios Spanoulis, Shooting Guard, Panathanaikos (Greece)
Michalis Pelekanos, Shooting Guard, Olympiacos (Greece)
Michalis Vasilopoulos, Small Forward, Olympiacos (Greece)
Giorgos Printezis, Small Forward, Olympiacos (Greece)
Antonis Fotsis, Power Forward, Panathinaikos BC (Greece)
Yiannis Bourousis, Power Forward, Olympiacos (Greece)
Kostas Tsartsaris, Power Forward, Panathinaikos BC (Greece)
Andreas Glyniadakis, Center, Maroussi(Greece)
Sofoklis Schortsanitis, Center, Olympiacos (Greece)

Head Coach: Panagiotis Giannakis

Germany:
Pascal Roller, Point Guard, Deutsche Bank Skyliners (Germany)
Steffen Hamann, Point Guard, Brose Baskets (Germany)
Demond Greene, Shooting Guard, Brose Baskets (Germany)
Robert Garrett, Shooting Guard, Brose Baskets (Germany)
Philip Zwiener, Small Forward, Alba Berlin (Germany)
Konrad Wysocki, Small Forward, Deutsche Bank Skyliners (Germany)
Sven Schultze, Small Forward, Pallalcesto Amatori Udine (Italy)
Dirk Nowitzki, Power Forward, Dallas Mavericks
Tim Ohlbrecht, Power Forward, Brose Baskets (Germany)
Jan Jagla, Power Forward, Joventut Badalona (Spain)
Chris Kaman, Center, Los Angeles Clippers
Patrick Femerling, Center, Alba Berlin (Germany)

Head Coach: Dirk Bauermann

Angola:
Milton Barros, Point Guard, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Domingos Bonifacio, Point Guard, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Luis Costa, Point Guard, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Armando Costa, Point Guard, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Carlos Almeida, Shooting Guard, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Carlos Morais, Shooting Guard, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Olimpio Cipriano, Shooting Guard, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Eduardo Mingas, Small Forward, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Felizardo Ambrosio, Small Forward, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Francisco Horacio, Small Forward, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Ildefonso Kitekulo, Power Forward, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Leonel Paulo, Power Forward, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Joaquim Gomes, Power Forward, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Victor Muzadi, Center, Petróleos Luanda (Angola)
Abdel Aziz Boukar, Center, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)

Head Coach: Alberto Carvalho

Spain:
Raul Lopez, Point Guard, Real Madrid (Spain)
Jose Calderon, Point Guard, Toronto Raptors
Ricky Rubio, Point Guard, Joventut Badalona (Spain)
Juan Carlos Navarro, Shooting Guard, FC Barcelona (Spain)
Berni Rodriguez, Shooting Guard, CB Málaga (Spain)
Rudy Fernandez, Shooting Guard, Portland Trail Blazers
Carlos Jiménez, Small Forward, CB Málaga (Spain)
Álex Mumbrú, Small Forward, Real Madrid (Spain)
Jorge Garbajosa, Power Forward, Khimki (Russia)
Pau Gasol, Power Forward, Los Angeles Lakers
Felipe Reyes, Center, Real Madrid (Spain)
Marc Gasol, Center, Memphis Grizzlies

Head Coach: Aíto García Reneses

Schedule:

2008-08-10
Germany 95-66 Angola
Spain 81-66 Greece
USA 101-70 China

2008-08-12
Germany 87-64 Greece
China 75-85 Spain
Angola 76-97 USA

2008-08-14
Germany vs. Spain
Angola vs. China
USA vs. Greece

2008-08-16
Greece vs. Angola
China vs. Germany
Spain vs. USA

2008-08-18
Greece vs. China
Angola vs. Spain
USA vs. Germany

[crowd goes wild]

*Waits for Greek lecture*

[Texas Longhorns]

Greece Sucks, plain and simple.

[noido]

This is the tougher group.
You'd think either Germany or China will get kicked out out of the top 5 teams.
US, Greece and Spain will dominate the group.

I almost like the Spanish team the most based on previous FIBA experience.
It goes without saying that the US is by far the most talented team, but I personally think they went too small in their selections, but they are clearly superior to where they were 4 years ago.

[fivas14]

Predicitons

USA
Spain
Greece
Germany

[Rasho Brezec]

Spain vs. Greece on the first day already. Probably the toughest game in the group. I think Greece will win. My prediction:

USA
Greece
Spain
Germany

[Apollo64]

Spain
USA
Greece
Germany

[Texas Longhorns]

Spain
USA
Greece
Germany

[britblazerdude]

What's funny about it? Spain blew Russia out of the water and the USA struggled for a majority of the game.

[CircleCitysportsfan]

What's funny about it? Spain blew Russia out of the water and the USA struggled for a majority of the game.

That don't mean ****. The Hawks are not better than the Lakers, just because they took the C's to 7 games.

Spain is a great team, Team USA is a great team. We'll find out who is better in a few weeks.

[britblazerdude]

I know that's not what it means. But it means enough that saying Spain will finish ahead of the USA does not deserve a "ROFL" reaction.

[Texas Longhorns]

Yeah it does, and you can't argue with me. There's too many U.S. fans here, I don't know how many times I've said that. Nobody is going to agree with any team being ahead of the U.S.

Oh, so they have one bad game, so now they are worse than Spain. For all we know, Russia could have forfeited early and put in the scrubs in the fourth and that's why Spain won by 35 (and no it's not 40, it's 35 I looked it up). I am basing that we are better and it would travesty if we lost with the talent on paper. Obviously we won't know until we actually play them, but you can't say they are better because they beat a certain team by a certain amount of points. We didn't play Kidd in the 2nd half, I doubt they took out one of their starters for the whole half. I don't think that really matters, but you can't say they are better than us because they beat Russia by 35. That's nonsense.

[CircleCitysportsfan]

Exactly, we beat Lithuania by more than Spain did, but nobody cares to use that as a anti-Spain argument. Then Spain wins by more against a team, Spain is the favorite. You can tell who the favorite is just by reading the posts by non US posters.

[Heatmagic84]

Yeah it does, and you can't argue with me. There's too many U.S. fans here, I don't know how many times I've said that. Nobody is going to agree with any team being ahead of the U.S.

Oh, so they have one bad game, so now they are worse than Spain. For all we know, Russia could have forfeited early and put in the scrubs in the fourth and that's why Spain won by 35 (and no it's not 40, it's 35 I looked it up). I am basing that we are better and it would travesty if we lost with the talent on paper. Obviously we won't know until we actually play them, but you can't say they are better because they beat a certain team by a certain amount of points. We didn't play Kidd in the 2nd half, I doubt they took out one of their starters for the whole half. I don't think that really matters, but you can't say they are better than us because they beat Russia by 35. That's nonsense.

Actually I'm pretty sure most American posters like myself find you just as annoying as the cocky international posters.

Just sayin..

[Texas Longhorns]

How do you find me annoying? I mean, we have not won anything significant since 2000 and I think we a right to trash talk now that we have a legit team.

[Heatmagic84]

That's exactly it.

We have a legit team. Not a gold medal.

Talk that ish when we've done it.

Spain has enough talent to take down our squad. It doesn't matter if we can beat them 8 times out of 10.

One game. One loss. Simple as that.

The Celtics won the title. They also lost 16 games in the regular season and 10 in the playoffs on the way there.

[Dtown84]

What's funny about it? Spain blew Russia out of the water and the USA struggled for a majority of the game.

While I agree with you that it's not out there to say Spain wins the group, I wouldn't use the Russia game as the reason why considering the game was in Spain.

[Texas Longhorns]

That's exactly it.

We have a legit team. Not a gold medal.

Talk that ish when we've done it.

Spain has enough talent to take down our squad. It doesn't matter if we can beat them 8 times out of 10.

One game. One loss. Simple as that.

The Celtics won the title. They also lost 16 games in the regular season and 10 in the playoffs on the way there.

Neither has Spain. Spain hasn't proved anything themselves either. They haven't won a gold medal. I don't know why they are so special. I mean their history only has one silver medal and that was back in the 70's. The US team has always been good, just won a gold medal in 2000. I don't know how you think Spain has enough talent to take our squad down. On paper, there's no way in hell that's happening.

[bynumsbreakout]

Actually I'm pretty sure most American posters like myself find you just as annoying as the cocky international posters.

Just sayin..

you can say that again. People were making predictions and he happened to have picked Spain over US. So what! People are allowed to have opinions, and it's not like the prediction was even off base. We aren't as dominate as we used to be. Get over it.

[Dtown84]

That's exactly it.

We have a legit team. Not a gold medal.

Talk that ish when we've done it.

Spain has enough talent to take down our squad. It doesn't matter if we can beat them 8 times out of 10.

One game. One loss. Simple as that.

The Celtics won the title. They also lost 16 games in the regular season and 10 in the playoffs on the way there.

Neither has Spain. Spain hasn't proved anything themselves either. They haven't won a gold medal. I don't know why they are so special. I mean their history only has one silver medal and that was back in the 70's. The US team has always been good, just won a gold medal in 2000. I don't know how you think Spain has enough talent to take our squad down. On paper, there's no way in hell that's happening.

They won the world championships in 2006.

Now don't get me wrong I fully believe we'll be the ones to walk away with Gold once it's all over, but I'm not over looking Spain.