I was recently in Greece and watched them win a tournament (which Australia was involved in) with ease... Greece also managed to beat Australia by 21 points with the starting 5 playing only approx 50% of the game...
We must not forget that Greece also defeated the US in the world's...

Have a feeling they will win it with the top 4 being : 1. Greece 2. Spain 3. US 4. Australia

Hoping though that Australia can will a medal... Go AUSSIES

I think it depends if they start to play as a team , any way screw the yanks Go Boomers !

usherprince that is the most flawed theory i have ever heard, how about you realise that just because the nbl is dead doesnt mean the oz bball team is, check the way we've been playing, besides angola we have been getting through our sets and playing great d, germany arent all they are cracked up to be other than dirk (and yes i know they have kaman) russia are very hot cold, and youre way overrating croatia, they are good but not amazing

I agree, I find Croatia to be over-rated. Australia will probably finish 3rd in Group A, maybe 2nd if they play very well. In saying that, getting 1st isnt a pipedream, they are good enough to finish on top. I feel that they would be a bit screwed if they were in Group B.

What an unfortunate last name hahaha

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/men/teamPlay/play/p/eventid/4004/langlc/en/playernumber/63144/roundid/6450/fe_teamPlay_playStat.html

China up 5 minutes in hahaha

Well, I was disappointed with how they played last night. Croatia schooled them. It was as if Australia was the over-rated team, not Croatia.

BTW - National Pride? You say that like it is a bad thing. Australia are a good team, they are ranked equal 9th in the world.

What I dont like is people like yourself sitting there saying "I think i'm lucky enough not being an Australian supporter that I don't get overcome by national pride, and actually can see that the Boomers aren't as good as Australians think they are." Lucky??? What has that got to do with luck?

As for the scoreline, it was more Croatia shooting the lights out than the Boomers stumbling (however, they were rusty).

Can you say that you can do any better? It is easy to knock someone else when they are down. What you dont realise is, its the negativity that we dont like. Barrack for whoever you like, but go toot your own horn somewhere else.

that was australias worst game of the year by far, they looked horrible and it didnt helop that our best player only disrupted our offence and threw turnovers because he was injured, its not national that makes me think they r good mate, its facts and figures, granted last night they were horrible i will admit that, but croatia also played extremely well

What I mean is that often the heart can take over the mind. I know last year I rated the Nuggets higher then what i should have because I am a fan, I even bet on them to beat the Lakers in the playoffs . My perception of them was affected by my pride in the team.


This is a great example. I'm sure in Croatia they felt that there team was UNDER-rated, and probably thought Australia were OVER-rated. All you gotta look at is the TAB, where Croatia were favourites.




Of course I can't do better, no one here can, thats a *****king stupid argument and proves nothing. I'm not trying to be negetive. Everyone on the forum was saying why Australia can win, so I gave my thoughts on why Australia won't win.. & 'Bird' shoots it down as "the most flawed theory he has ever heard"...whose the negetive one

Fair enuff. Unlike some other people, who shall remain nameless, you can actually explain yourself. Totally understand dude. All good, I apologise.