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Canada only bringing 7 NBA players. Not just Murray and Wiggins missing but guys like Brandon Clarke, Trey Lyles, Mathurin, Nembhard, Brissett, Cory Joseph, Sharpe, Boucher, and top Euros like Pangos and Wiltjer. The current squad is definitely their "best ever" like you said but could be WAY deeper and a lock to medal if more players would have shown up.
Do you have any guesses on why they don’t show up? And why too guys decided to show up now for a World Cup and not the Olympics? Cause I always thought it was kinda tragic how Canadá had many guys who could help make them a lock for a medal, but they never did
@joao-pa-fernandes Well recently it has a lot to do with the Canadian program deciding to require a 3 year commitment from the players. A number of guys said they weren't willing to make that kind of commitment including Wiggins, Clarke and a few others. Before that I think it came down to a number of things such as guys being in between contracts, injury issues and probably some guys just not interested in playing "for free" in their off-season. I understand some of the reasons but it's become a trend that is pretty concerning. At least now we have such a large pool of players that the absences don't hurt as much but still, Canada has ended up floundering mainly because of the lack of buy-in from our top level talent imo.
@BasketNews_com Good question. If they stick to their original plan of only accepting 3 year commits then no because of the guys who've committed we're only only missing Murray, Brissett and Joseph. So that makes 10. But if they decide to all of a sudden accept guys who didn't commit then I suspect guys like Wiggins, Clarke, Mathurin, Lyles, Nembhard etc to be very interested in playing. To his credit Nembhard has played for Canada relatively recently and I have no idea why he's not on the roster at the moment.
@@BasketNews_com I think this is a high probability. The stakes are higher and the stage grander. Wiggs and Murray have both verbally committed to the Olympics. Round it out with some of the kids in Mathurin, Sharpe and Nembhard and some vets in Boucher and Clarke and that's a nasty team.
USA actually has four all stars in Edwards, Ingram, Jackson, and Halliburton, as well as one of the better all star snubs in Jalen Brunson. The two guys you would really need to be afraid of is edwards and Brunson, because they both have shown a high level of elevation in clutch moments and in the spotlight
@@kamelkamel647 I wanna see Embiid and Siakam playing for Cameroon ! Apart from speaking French, Embiid has no connection with France. I find it sad that no all-star African player has ever played for his country of origin after joining the NBA.
@@patfarget-nm3mt like you said lot of the teams don`t have their best , so if Murray was there and maybe even Wiggins, how can you say that wouldn`t be enough,lol. Not saying they would win for sure , but they would have darn good chance. Who do you have doing well. i have 6 teams with chance to win. USA,Australia,Canada,Germany,France and Spain are the teams with best chance.
@@mindaugaszilinskas3940last european tournament was Lost by Slovenia since they was drunk, otherwise they win Gold. Germany now Is One of the best team as single player value, but tale a look on spain and Italy which can make the difference in creative plays
it’s crazy to see Canada FINALLY has a competitive roster, i’ve waited so long for this day man. the dark ages of canadian basketball are finally over & the world is finally recognizing us 😭
Schröder did meant it different, he meant in like that he can’t just sign up whenever he feels like playing for the German team and that they made clear that not committing last tournament can mean not playing for the next big tournament. They are building more in Team chemistry then only individual performance
As an angolan, I think you should have at least taken some time to mention the main players of the team. I know it isn't a big squad but it would have been nice to see, for example you talking about Bruno Fernando, drafted in 2019, our first and only player in the NBA. or the angolan legend Carlos Morais, who wasn't selected for the squad, fact that caused furor all over social media and TV (in Angola). I mean, you don't have to get in details, but at least talking a bit about it. I know it takes a lot of work to make a video like this and go search for players from such a random country, I totally comprehend why you didn't do it, but again, it would have been nice. It's a great video anyway!
Glad to see our videos reaching fans in Angola! Like you mentioned yourself, it's hard to include everyone and we try to include the biggest/most recognisable names, so that's why some of these players don't get a mention. Good shout on Bruno Fernando, remember him from the Hawks a few years back!
Philippines will beat Angola. Jokes aside. All teams this FIBA are hella good. Esp with more NBA players showing up this time around is a treat for all basketball fans worldwide❤️ Good games to all nations
@@zenitsuthunder3946 and guess what? We beat Philippines 🤷♂️ We may not have the best team in comparison past years, but you just cannot discard Angola like we are nothing, when it come to Africa we have a quite good mark/historic
I believe that Germany will once again suprise the world. Led by the Wagner bros, Schroeder and Daniel Theis the team also consists of six more elite euroleague players which already play with each other for years so they have a incredible team chemistry and know their roles. And remember that they lead with 16 points in a back to back game against team usa in the second half before edwards turned into prime mj lol
@@ayidonno nice, I also see Schroeder becoming a mini Lebron once again and leading them to the final 4. The Wagner brothers are even more experienced and their coaching stuff is high level. Lets see.
I'm just happy that my country has been selected to stage the later part (semis to finals). Seeing international players in these level of competition is a dream for any basketball fan. I will not miss this chance to watch it in person. Already bought the tickets for USA vs GRE and will buy whatever team will go to the finals. Let's go!!!
Hello, just found out about this channel and subbed. As a Latvian, it would be a blast to have KP for the tournament. We also lost two other front line keynote players prior to that.
I love watching these tournaments. Kinda like the fact that the USA team has a ton of up and coming players who have a chance to really set themselves up for big NBA seasons with a possible Gold performance in this tournament.
Lebanon was fantastic at the Asian Cup, it wouldn't surprise me much if they will get some unpredicted wins. MVP star man Wael Arakji can do wonders. Go Cedars! 🇱🇧
Wait, so 2022 eurobasket champions and 2019 world champions are...not in the bracket? Man, respect Spain. They're clearly one of the most motivated and grinder teams, with expiriencie and a coaching staff that's out of this world. But the most important is the heart, even without Bronw or Yellow (rubio, jk) they will surely make it to the bracket
I see everyone doubting us (Spain) because we have a lot of young players with not really big names and some veterans in the last stages of their carrers, but I fully trust that we AT LEAST get to the top 8 teams and I think we have a very underrated roster that can easily get a medal and even win it all to be honest. Plus Willy and Juancho would be playing better than ever to show everyone in the NBA that they deserved more trust, and Garuba and Aldama have a lot to prove too. I expect that and the leadership of our veterans to push us far in this World Cup.
It's interesting to see that Spain doesn't count again. With those same expectations they won last EuroBasket, last Basketball World Championship and are current FIBA number 1. The Whole is more than the mere sum of its parts.
it's his predictions, he didn't say it was written in stone, he doesn't read into the future 😂 and you saying that Spain could be world champion either... each in his own opinion. and as far as the world rankings are concerned, belgium in football has been ranked 1st in football for years without ever winning any title and ireland in rugby currently has been for 2 years and it will probably not win the world cup I think this year... it's a world cup, not a graduation ceremony at the end of the university year 😂
We will see... it's sport and that's why we love it ❤🏀 everyone knows that Spain plays basketball well don't worry, and that Spain is a great sporting nation in general... my mother's name is Contreras but I'm French sorry 😂 🇪🇦❤🇫🇷
@@patfarget-nm3mt Not only his predictions. FIBA, and others, predicts the same. It's curious when they also didn't count Spain for the medals in the last tournaments and they won Gold once an again. With similar teams to the one Spain will play with they are FIBA number one. I'm not worrying, mate, just saying.
@@omenow Personally I have always respected Spanish basketball, I can't answer for the others... they are still predictions, the players will answer on the basketball court if they were wrong to forget them.
@@omenow if you want to have a more convincing inventory, look at the online betting sites... spain is in 6th position for the final victory, that's not bad already with almost the same betting odds as the team placed 3rd 👍 only the USA really stands out
It's FIBA fever here in the Philippines today and the atmosphere is electrifying... I very much agree with your gold, silver, and bronze prediction... I have the same one... USA - gold, AUS - silver, and SERBIA - bronze... however, your statement is worth noting... a single different outcome in the group stage which starts today might give us a different result... Enjoy the games everyone!!!
I'm really surprised that a Lithuanian guy believes that Greece will defeat Lithuania in the round of 16. Because of the absences of Giannis and the other players you've mentioned here in Greece we are less optimistic than previous tournaments. Nevertheless Itoudis is a great coach and i hope that new stars will emerge through this tournament for Greece like Lountzis, Rogavopoulos and of course Walkup
@@milikas We don't believe in Greece and the Lithuanians don't believe in Lithuania lol in any case I think Greece won't be able to beat both Lithuania and Montenegro, we will even find it a bit difficult to beat New Zealand in the first round.
I actually really like this squad from the us. They're not the absolute best team they could assemble, but they're young and likely to be better individually next year, so it's great to put reps on them as a team already. They could win it all, but if they don't, it's better to put in a new team this than next year.
My prediction 🏅USA 🥈France 🥉Canada (my dark horse) 4. Australia 5. Serbia (since France is the host, possibly the 5th placer will be advance to Olympics) Finishers: Asia - Philippines (my country) Africa - Cape Verde Europe - Germany Americas - Dominican Republic
Kostas Antetokounmpo is not playing this summer for Greece either. In terms of the predictions, I sincerely doubt Australia can throw Serbia/Canada out.
@@TMPOUZI We have the star power to beat them, but its super unpredictable, we were 100% a better team than italy, all it took was one quarter of insane shot making to throw us out, if we won that match, im sure we wouldve won the entire tournament.
The last time Australia didn't make the semis in a World Cup or Olympics was 2014. The last time Canada made the semis of a World Cup or Olympics was 1984. They have a talented group but they're really unproven at the highest international level.
I’d bet France, and if your bracket comes through, that semi final is going to be VERY feisty. We need the NBA and FIBA to work things out. The World Cup with all the nba talent available would be AMAZING.
Hey man, Soudan is a great team with Wanyen Gabriel, Nuni Omot and Marial Shayok. Also Puerto Rico has Tremont Waters, Conditt and a huge tradition of basketball in the whole country. I think that China is not as safe as you think, to get the 2nd position in the group.
Shai Gilgeous Alexander is going to go off. I think Canada can surprise and finish first in the group and make it to at least the semifinals. Barret is going to be defending all over the court
Nice video.Agreed with the most of your predictions but I think you overestimate the Greek team. I'm Greek but I realy believe we will have problems to overcome the New Zealand team at the 1st stage...and even if we qualified and despite we have one of the easiest roads a team could ask to be at the quarterfinals (prob two matches against Lithuania and Montenegro at stage 2) I will be surprized if we win even one match against those two
I wouldn't bet on it, they just haven't been there. They haven't made it out of the groups since 2000, they don't really have a good international program in place historically, and these guys have barely ever played FIBA together at all. Like Shai, Barrett, Alexander-Walker have never played in a senior FIBA tournament except in qualifiers. Give them time to grow, they should get out of the first round which would show massive progress with the Olympics on the horizon next year.
@@badaboum2 good luck with that. If Shai grows any more he’s a top 5 player in the NBA let alone a Fiba tournament. You should probably stick to watching stats and not writing novels
Nice to see my german Team getting some love. Sadly Schröder just couldnt shut up and Maxi wont complete the team. With him instead of Thiemann, our FC would be one of, if not the best in the tournament. That being said, the 3 man rotation of Voigtmann/Theiss/Mo Wagner should be enough. I am a bit worried about our Guard rotation though. Weiler-Babb as a good 3&D guard is injured (replaced by a more offensive minded guard in David Krämer). And Maodo Lo looks out of form. I miss his energy and offensive punch right now . But that is desperately needed to give Schröder at least some breathers during games. Schröder just works in this system, and Obst is one of the best shooters in the tournament. But behind those 2 I have a lot of questions. Overall, I think the US will win this tournament without big problems. But after that, basically every team can beat each other. Spain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany... throw a coin. Your guess is as good as mine!
Schröder hat da schon iwo nen punkt aber find diese Streitigkeit übel peinlich und unnötig. Denke die zwei werden insgesamt auch schon vorher paar Meinungsverschiedenheiten gehabt haben. Glaube echt dass ohne babb mit maodo unser team tatsächlich entweder steht oder fällt. Kriegt dennis keine guten Pausen in denen maodo nicht konstant agiert haben wir wie gegen usa zu sehen nen problem. Bin da mit lo aber ehrlich gesagt echt zuversichtlich bin mir sicher der spielt eine solide wm. Will mich wirklich nich zu weit ausm fenster lehnen aber glaube deutschland schreibt mit etwas glück Geschichte 🤫
@@patrickliebert5174 klar hat Schröder einen punkt. Angeblich ist sein Vater ein weisser Deutsche? da bin ich etwas skeptisch aber für ihn ist das so, jedenfalls ist er halb-halb in diesem sinne. er ist patriotischer unterwegs als Kleber und das ist auch gut so, Deutschland braucht keine anti-deutschen (davon hats schon genügend). Ist schön zu sehen das einer mit Wurzeln abseits Detuschlands mehr für Deutschland zu geben hat als ein "Vollblut" deutscher. ist aber auch komisch.. jedenfalls, man sollte für sein Land spielen wenn man dies auch wirklich will, da gebe ich Herrn Schröder in jedem belangen recht..
Don't you rate Thiemann? I really like him. A versatile and a tough big capable of being involved in playmaking. In my eyes, while it would've been nice to have Kleber in the team, Germany won't really miss him. Regarding frontcourt, I'm more worried about rim protection. Germany doesn't have a big like Gobert or Milutinov but obviously good team defence can make up for it.
I wish playing for your country in basketball was taken as seriously as playing for your country in football. I mean it should be a privilege to be able to represent your country in the biggest stage of international basketball and possibly put it at the top of the basketball WORLD.
It depends on the country you're from, if you're from a basketball country like China, Philippines, Lithuania etc. U will most likely want to play for your country
for me i see : QF1 Serbia-Lithuania, QF2 USA-Italy, QF3 Australia-Spain, QF4 France-Slovénia. SF1 Serbia- Australia, SF2 USA-Slovénia. champion : Australia, 2nd USA and third Serbia.
Huertas will probably not see a lot of minutes once the tournament starts. Neto and Yago are great point guards, and Yago will start his european career. Also, benite and mendl are playing great. This is the best brazilian team I have seen in a while. Caboclo is amazing. We will surprise spain for sure We also beat australia in the friendly game and Neto didnt even play that game
Good video. Quick note on Markkanen. the idea that he is dedicated to his country for going to the army is kinda wrong. Finland has full male conscription, Markkanen has to do his service. Perhaps he could worm himself out of it, but that would destroy his reputation in Finland completely.
i actually think the world cup in the coming years is gonna become a much more coveted trophy to have. Players should start caring about international competitions because the level of skill globally has exploded.
Love your recommendations BasketNews👍👍🇦🇺. As an Aussie supporter with our best line up in ages, ages..silver would be an enormous achievement 👏. USA for gold. Dark horse 🐎 you've brought up a good point..um, Germany, France or Slovenia. Greece 🇬🇷 definitely if the Greek Freak was playing . God bless 🙌 the best FIBA tournament in ages. Appreciate
As Serb, I would be more than happy if we get the bronze. With Joker we could aspire final, but this team realistic achievement is quarter finals. Who knows, maybe "Automatic" and one of kids go completely crazy and we really win a medal. However, if get to play Australia, I think we shall pass them!
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I'm not trying to be biased, but imo, if only jordan clarkson was granted as being local by fiba instead of being naturalized player, since JC is half-filipino, philippines could've naturalized another nba calibre player to make our matches against italy and dominican republic more interesting.
As a German: This group Scares me a bit, because while i think we have a Good Roster overall, Japan as a Host Nation will be a Hard out as a "last-seed", and Markannen has a different Gear for Finland. And then there is Australia. And Australia is Hard as is, but then also FIBA-Patty-Mills is somehow always a World Class Player.
As a Turkish basketball lover i missed the Turkish NT in this World Cup. Turkey should be here because Turkey is very colorful team in Fiba games i will my NT so much in this WC.
Great video, been watching your channel for a while and the content is amazing. Just a quick note, I think Lebanon got unfortunate in a group of death, they placed 2nd in the last FIBA asia tournament while Wael Arakji being named the tournament’s MVP. Mark my words Lebanon might snatch a win against Latvia and watch out for Wael Arakji. Thanks again for the amazing content.
@@Sam-xx2dv You should watch out of Žagars, he at one moment had nba draft predictions but due to injury and then later on at club another early injury, he did not have a chance to establish himself but now he has his first real chance to make a name for himself and he is struggling a litle bit but he is showing eanormous potential and i really wish he succeeds. For now his biggest achievment was leading Latvia to second place in u18 european tournament and he was the main reason
Im from Germany and watched the matchup against the US. I have to admit i sleeped on Isaac Bonga, he is the real deal. I don't want to take anything away from Team USA, but the comeback run started when bonga went to the bench.
Hast iwo schon recht. Bonga hat in dem Spiel mit seiner aktiven und ständigen präsenz auf dem feld nen entscheidenden unterschied gemacht aber befürchte ehrlich gesagt dass bongas lack an skillset wie auch schon in der letzten bayern saison und den jahren davor in der nba/g league einfach nich gut genug ist sodass er unfassbar inkonstant spielt sodass man in der offense abgesehen von seinen offensive rebounds manchmal gefühlt zu 4 spielt und defensiv musste mal drauf achten wie schlecht er leider trotz seiner möglichkeiten off ball verteidigt. Nichtsdestotrotz hoffe ich mal dass ich falsch liege und bonga rasiert weil ich ihn sonst eig feier haha
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South Sudan will beat China easily. They have a bunch of quality young players.
@@robspunkno debate, they are way too athletic for the Chinese
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And from a very superficial online research, it appears that I am not the only one. So ..... please, it's the exact opposite of premium. Stop misleading people.
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My prediction France Gold, Canada Silver, USA Bronze
Canada only bringing 7 NBA players. Not just Murray and Wiggins missing but guys like Brandon Clarke, Trey Lyles, Mathurin, Nembhard, Brissett, Cory Joseph, Sharpe, Boucher, and top Euros like Pangos and Wiltjer. The current squad is definitely their "best ever" like you said but could be WAY deeper and a lock to medal if more players would have shown up.
Do you have any guesses on why they don’t show up? And why too guys decided to show up now for a World Cup and not the Olympics?
Cause I always thought it was kinda tragic how Canadá had many guys who could help make them a lock for a medal, but they never did
@joao-pa-fernandes Well recently it has a lot to do with the Canadian program deciding to require a 3 year commitment from the players. A number of guys said they weren't willing to make that kind of commitment including Wiggins, Clarke and a few others. Before that I think it came down to a number of things such as guys being in between contracts, injury issues and probably some guys just not interested in playing "for free" in their off-season. I understand some of the reasons but it's become a trend that is pretty concerning. At least now we have such a large pool of players that the absences don't hurt as much but still, Canada has ended up floundering mainly because of the lack of buy-in from our top level talent imo.
Do you think they would have 12 NBA players in the Olympics?
@BasketNews_com Good question. If they stick to their original plan of only accepting 3 year commits then no because of the guys who've committed we're only only missing Murray, Brissett and Joseph. So that makes 10. But if they decide to all of a sudden accept guys who didn't commit then I suspect guys like Wiggins, Clarke, Mathurin, Lyles, Nembhard etc to be very interested in playing. To his credit Nembhard has played for Canada relatively recently and I have no idea why he's not on the roster at the moment.
@@BasketNews_com I think this is a high probability. The stakes are higher and the stage grander. Wiggs and Murray have both verbally committed to the Olympics. Round it out with some of the kids in Mathurin, Sharpe and Nembhard and some vets in Boucher and Clarke and that's a nasty team.
USA actually has four all stars in Edwards, Ingram, Jackson, and Halliburton, as well as one of the better all star snubs in Jalen Brunson. The two guys you would really need to be afraid of is edwards and Brunson, because they both have shown a high level of elevation in clutch moments and in the spotlight
ppl sleeping on Brunson
Mikhal Bridges is really good as well.
And bridges,people really sleeping on this team
@davidmontgomery1442 does that matter tho? The only “superstar” actually playing is luka
@davidmontgomery1442 a lineup full of stars tho. Put this lineup against any NBA team n I bet they win
Clarkson ain't getting the biggest help from Kai, it will most probably be coming from their point guard, the Philippine League MVP
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Why isn't this mvp in the NBA?
@@Mr.XY3too small and not NBA standard strong.
@@Mr.XY3that's gotta be the dumbest question ever
@@Mr.XY3 Size and age, also a late bloomer
Damn imagine Canada having Jamal and Andrew. Could definitely see them winning it all
not all the favorites have their best players... starting with the USA as always, otherwise Murray wouldn't have been enough anyway...
Also Chris Boucher. I think he could be a important addition to this team.
@@kamelkamel647
I wanna see Embiid and Siakam playing for Cameroon !
Apart from speaking French, Embiid has no connection with France.
I find it sad that no all-star African player has ever played for his country of origin after joining the NBA.
Imagine Serbia having Nikola Jokić,Vasilije Micić,Pokuševski...
@@patfarget-nm3mt like you said lot of the teams don`t have their best , so if Murray was there and maybe even Wiggins, how can you say that wouldn`t be enough,lol. Not saying they would win for sure , but they would have darn good chance. Who do you have doing well. i have 6 teams with chance to win. USA,Australia,Canada,Germany,France and Spain are the teams with best chance.
Great video! Great job at explaining the teams and who to watch for!
Much appreciated! Make sure to check out BasketNews.com before, during and after the World Cup, all of the important stuff is there 😊
I also think that the German team is the darkhorse of the tournament. They have a really well-rounded roster
In my opinion ,germany is the best team in europe,they should won last year euros,just one bad game and they didnt,so for me they aint dark horse
@@mindaugaszilinskas3940last european tournament was Lost by Slovenia since they was drunk, otherwise they win Gold. Germany now Is One of the best team as single player value, but tale a look on spain and Italy which can make the difference in creative plays
I think dark horse means a team , that could win it all, even when nobody excpects @@mindaugaszilinskas3940
they are looking so nice too
Germany is never a darkhorse wtf :D
it’s crazy to see Canada FINALLY has a competitive roster, i’ve waited so long for this day man. the dark ages of canadian basketball are finally over & the world is finally recognizing us 😭
And they miss a bunch of the players. Just imagine if they will have almost everyone in the next tournament 🤯
Schröder did meant it different, he meant in like that he can’t just sign up whenever he feels like playing for the German team and that they made clear that not committing last tournament can mean not playing for the next big tournament. They are building more in Team chemistry then only individual performance
As an angolan, I think you should have at least taken some time to mention the main players of the team. I know it isn't a big squad but it would have been nice to see, for example you talking about Bruno Fernando, drafted in 2019, our first and only player in the NBA. or the angolan legend Carlos Morais, who wasn't selected for the squad, fact that caused furor all over social media and TV (in Angola). I mean, you don't have to get in details, but at least talking a bit about it.
I know it takes a lot of work to make a video like this and go search for players from such a random country, I totally comprehend why you didn't do it, but again, it would have been nice.
It's a great video anyway!
Glad to see our videos reaching fans in Angola! Like you mentioned yourself, it's hard to include everyone and we try to include the biggest/most recognisable names, so that's why some of these players don't get a mention. Good shout on Bruno Fernando, remember him from the Hawks a few years back!
Philippines will beat Angola. Jokes aside. All teams this FIBA are hella good. Esp with more NBA players showing up this time around is a treat for all basketball fans worldwide❤️ Good games to all nations
He does not know what is talking about. Bro did not bother to do his own research about Angola. Choosing Italy hahaha funny guy
@@zenitsuthunder3946 and guess what? We beat Philippines 🤷♂️
We may not have the best team in comparison past years, but you just cannot discard Angola like we are nothing, when it come to Africa we have a quite good mark/historic
I believe that Germany will once again suprise the world. Led by the Wagner bros, Schroeder and Daniel Theis the team also consists of six more elite euroleague players which already play with each other for years so they have a incredible team chemistry and know their roles. And remember that they lead with 16 points in a back to back game against team usa in the second half before edwards turned into prime mj lol
I honestly have Germany winning it all
@@ayidonno nice, I also see Schroeder becoming a mini Lebron once again and leading them to the final 4.
The Wagner brothers are even more experienced and their coaching stuff is high level.
Lets see.
I wouldn't be surprised this time
@@ayidonnoyooooo
I'm just happy that my country has been selected to stage the later part (semis to finals). Seeing international players in these level of competition is a dream for any basketball fan. I will not miss this chance to watch it in person. Already bought the tickets for USA vs GRE and will buy whatever team will go to the finals. Let's go!!!
Wow, your France prediction was so off. Good call on Germany initially though. Should have committed to that in your end prediction. ;)
Seeing France lose so bad to Canada, they’re making 2nd or 3rd
Great video! Just a correction, Kostas Antetokoumpo couldn't make it for Greece.
My bad! Thanks for the correction 🙏
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As a Latvian, it would be a blast to have KP for the tournament. We also lost two other front line keynote players prior to that.
I love watching these tournaments. Kinda like the fact that the USA team has a ton of up and coming players who have a chance to really set themselves up for big NBA seasons with a possible Gold performance in this tournament.
The format makes FIBA tournaments very exciting
Lebanon was fantastic at the Asian Cup, it wouldn't surprise me much if they will get some unpredicted wins. MVP star man Wael Arakji can do wonders. Go Cedars! 🇱🇧
Ensa
nah, after -39, i doubt that
Nah..gilas is the name
39 pt margin loss to Latvia 😆
Ha, ha…pretty sure today your predictions would be very much different.
nice analysis
you went to the obvios.. i will just go to my wish!
Cape Verde .. Servia .. USA
in that order
Wait, so 2022 eurobasket champions and 2019 world champions are...not in the bracket? Man, respect Spain. They're clearly one of the most motivated and grinder teams, with expiriencie and a coaching staff that's out of this world. But the most important is the heart, even without Bronw or Yellow (rubio, jk) they will surely make it to the bracket
Hey from Latvia! :) I guess we both like that your predictions were wrong :) Excellent game against the USA!
That Italian coach should be in the NBA. He's too great. Pop-like greatness.
He's great 😂
Great vid!
I watched many prep games for this tournament, but I learned a lot from this vid🏀🏀🏀
Happy to hear that ✌️
N THEN CANADA BEATS FRANCE BY 30
I see everyone doubting us (Spain) because we have a lot of young players with not really big names and some veterans in the last stages of their carrers, but I fully trust that we AT LEAST get to the top 8 teams and I think we have a very underrated roster that can easily get a medal and even win it all to be honest.
Plus Willy and Juancho would be playing better than ever to show everyone in the NBA that they deserved more trust, and Garuba and Aldama have a lot to prove too. I expect that and the leadership of our veterans to push us far in this World Cup.
It's interesting to see that Spain doesn't count again. With those same expectations they won last EuroBasket, last Basketball World Championship and are current FIBA number 1. The Whole is more than the mere sum of its parts.
it's his predictions, he didn't say it was written in stone, he doesn't read into the future 😂
and you saying that Spain could be world champion either... each in his own opinion.
and as far as the world rankings are concerned, belgium in football has been ranked 1st in football for years without ever winning any title and ireland in rugby currently has been for 2 years and it will probably not win the world cup I think this year...
it's a world cup, not a graduation ceremony at the end of the university year 😂
We will see... it's sport and that's why we love it ❤🏀
everyone knows that Spain plays basketball well don't worry, and that Spain is a great sporting nation in general...
my mother's name is Contreras but I'm French sorry 😂
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@@patfarget-nm3mt Not only his predictions. FIBA, and others, predicts the same. It's curious when they also didn't count Spain for the medals in the last tournaments and they won Gold once an again. With similar teams to the one Spain will play with they are FIBA number one. I'm not worrying, mate, just saying.
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Personally I have always respected Spanish basketball, I can't answer for the others... they are still predictions, the players will answer on the basketball court if they were wrong to forget them.
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if you want to have a more convincing inventory, look at the online betting sites... spain is in 6th position for the final victory, that's not bad already
with almost the same betting odds as the team placed 3rd 👍
only the USA really stands out
It's FIBA fever here in the Philippines today and the atmosphere is electrifying... I very much agree with your gold, silver, and bronze prediction... I have the same one... USA - gold, AUS - silver, and SERBIA - bronze... however, your statement is worth noting... a single different outcome in the group stage which starts today might give us a different result... Enjoy the games everyone!!!
I'm really surprised that a Lithuanian guy believes that Greece will defeat Lithuania in the round of 16. Because of the absences of Giannis and the other players you've mentioned here in Greece we are less optimistic than previous tournaments. Nevertheless Itoudis is a great coach and i hope that new stars will emerge through this tournament for Greece like Lountzis, Rogavopoulos and of course Walkup
Yeah, they doesn’t even believe in their own team anymore. 😃😃 50/50 for Greece and Lithuania I think, it’s going to be a very interesting game though.
@@milikas Matches between Greece and Lithuania are always interesting to watch.
@@milikas We don't believe in Greece and the Lithuanians don't believe in Lithuania lol in any case I think Greece won't be able to beat both Lithuania and Montenegro, we will even find it a bit difficult to beat New Zealand in the first round.
I'm giving 51% for Greece :D
here after canada beat france
I actually really like this squad from the us. They're not the absolute best team they could assemble, but they're young and likely to be better individually next year, so it's great to put reps on them as a team already.
They could win it all, but if they don't, it's better to put in a new team this than next year.
You are talking about Team USA?
As a graduate of Purdue University, I would interested to see Big Zach Edey get some playing time against Rudy Gobert in the Canada vs france matchup.
i feel like valanciunas is one of those guys that if he cared he d be a mega star.. but hes just chilling enjoying life... type of thing
My prediction
🏅USA
🥈France
🥉Canada (my dark horse)
4. Australia
5. Serbia (since France is the host, possibly the 5th placer will be advance to Olympics)
Finishers:
Asia - Philippines (my country)
Africa - Cape Verde
Europe - Germany
Americas - Dominican Republic
Kostas Antetokounmpo is not playing this summer for Greece either.
In terms of the predictions, I sincerely doubt Australia can throw Serbia/Canada out.
Australia definitely can beat us. I am Serb.
@@VladimirVučinić-p2w yes they can beat us, but if they play canada first they r out.if we play greece first we win 100%. canada taking gold
@@David-wo9lu Australia is extremely experienced. Canada will choke. Australia - Serbia is 50-50%
@@TMPOUZI We have the star power to beat them, but its super unpredictable, we were 100% a better team than italy, all it took was one quarter of insane shot making to throw us out, if we won that match, im sure we wouldve won the entire tournament.
The last time Australia didn't make the semis in a World Cup or Olympics was 2014. The last time Canada made the semis of a World Cup or Olympics was 1984. They have a talented group but they're really unproven at the highest international level.
So you have France over Canada eh?
Awesome video, realistic predictions. I hope my Serbia takes gold 🇷🇸 ❤
Thank you!
Anthony Edwards will say otherwise. 🌲🐺🌲🐺🌲
Solid Pre-WC video man!
Thank you. You earn another subscriber!
I’d bet France, and if your bracket comes through, that semi final is going to be VERY feisty.
We need the NBA and FIBA to work things out. The World Cup with all the nba talent available would be AMAZING.
Too bad the Americans don't care about the world cup
This aged like milk 😊
@@justinherrera3722 Austrália then.
Hey man, Soudan is a great team with Wanyen Gabriel, Nuni Omot and Marial Shayok. Also Puerto Rico has Tremont Waters, Conditt and a huge tradition of basketball in the whole country. I think that China is not as safe as you think, to get the 2nd position in the group.
Honestly, I've been having second thoughts on that prediction 😄
I was thinking the same about South Sudan
Thanks man, I needed this info and you put it all together for me. Good video from Los Angeles, CA
4:50 Thomas Walkupoloulous. 🤣🤣🤣
This prediction already aged like warm milk in the sun.
Shai Gilgeous Alexander is going to go off. I think Canada can surprise and finish first in the group and make it to at least the semifinals. Barret is going to be defending all over the court
One of the contenders for sure
Hey, this video was great! Got me caught up for the World Cup! Thanks, pal!
EXCELLENT WORK!
So much needed rundown!
Nice video.Agreed with the most of your predictions but I think you overestimate the Greek team. I'm Greek but I realy believe we will have problems to overcome the New Zealand team at the 1st stage...and even if we qualified and despite we have one of the easiest roads a team could ask to be at the quarterfinals (prob two matches against Lithuania and Montenegro at stage 2) I will be surprized if we win even one match against those two
Kyle Anderson playing for China must be the most random thing I've seen this year lol
Thanks for the breakdown
To be honest, i have Germany on the podium for either 2 or 3, daniel theis and Schroeder are genuine forces to be reckoned with on the FIBA level
Canada is definitely earning a medal this year
To do that you have to beat Australia, Serbia and France. Good luck doing so
@@TMPOUZI My Serbia is done. Has a good chance against Australia and by me it's 50-50 vs France.
canada scary fr
I wouldn't bet on it, they just haven't been there. They haven't made it out of the groups since 2000, they don't really have a good international program in place historically, and these guys have barely ever played FIBA together at all. Like Shai, Barrett, Alexander-Walker have never played in a senior FIBA tournament except in qualifiers. Give them time to grow, they should get out of the first round which would show massive progress with the Olympics on the horizon next year.
@@badaboum2 good luck with that. If Shai grows any more he’s a top 5 player in the NBA let alone a Fiba tournament. You should probably stick to watching stats and not writing novels
I enjoy the view and information given fr gets me more hyped to see others love Fiba too🙏🏾
Let's goooo
Ha! Latvia third! HOW DEAR YOU TO UNDERRATE US!!!
EZ TOP 16!!!
Underrating bralukas
I'd say he underrated his own, Lithuania too... then again USA and Greece are tough opponents...
As a Canadian, W Latvia see y’all in the next round
Annnnnd Canada absolutely smacks France and now they're eliminated 😂🇨🇦
And down goes France
Davis Bertans just ended France - Wembanyama where you at?!
USA Gold, Serbia Silver, Canada Bronze. 👌
Nice to see my german Team getting some love. Sadly Schröder just couldnt shut up and Maxi wont complete the team. With him instead of Thiemann, our FC would be one of, if not the best in the tournament. That being said, the 3 man rotation of Voigtmann/Theiss/Mo Wagner should be enough. I am a bit worried about our Guard rotation though. Weiler-Babb as a good 3&D guard is injured (replaced by a more offensive minded guard in David Krämer). And Maodo Lo looks out of form. I miss his energy and offensive punch right now . But that is desperately needed to give Schröder at least some breathers during games. Schröder just works in this system, and Obst is one of the best shooters in the tournament. But behind those 2 I have a lot of questions.
Overall, I think the US will win this tournament without big problems. But after that, basically every team can beat each other. Spain, Canada, Australia, France, Germany... throw a coin. Your guess is as good as mine!
You almost beat USA in the friendly match, don't miss the chance next time, USA has lost the gold with much better players (2006,2019)
Schröder hat da schon iwo nen punkt aber find diese Streitigkeit übel peinlich und unnötig. Denke die zwei werden insgesamt auch schon vorher paar Meinungsverschiedenheiten gehabt haben. Glaube echt dass ohne babb mit maodo unser team tatsächlich entweder steht oder fällt. Kriegt dennis keine guten Pausen in denen maodo nicht konstant agiert haben wir wie gegen usa zu sehen nen problem. Bin da mit lo aber ehrlich gesagt echt zuversichtlich bin mir sicher der spielt eine solide wm. Will mich wirklich nich zu weit ausm fenster lehnen aber glaube deutschland schreibt mit etwas glück Geschichte 🤫
@@patrickliebert5174 klar hat Schröder einen punkt. Angeblich ist sein Vater ein weisser Deutsche? da bin ich etwas skeptisch aber für ihn ist das so, jedenfalls ist er halb-halb in diesem sinne. er ist patriotischer unterwegs als Kleber und das ist auch gut so, Deutschland braucht keine anti-deutschen (davon hats schon genügend). Ist schön zu sehen das einer mit Wurzeln abseits Detuschlands mehr für Deutschland zu geben hat als ein "Vollblut" deutscher. ist aber auch komisch.. jedenfalls, man sollte für sein Land spielen wenn man dies auch wirklich will, da gebe ich Herrn Schröder in jedem belangen recht..
@@patrickliebert5174Schröder hat da gar keinen Punkt gehabt und ist einfach ein Asi. Kleber war dann aber auch fein damit 😂
Don't you rate Thiemann? I really like him. A versatile and a tough big capable of being involved in playmaking. In my eyes, while it would've been nice to have Kleber in the team, Germany won't really miss him.
Regarding frontcourt, I'm more worried about rim protection. Germany doesn't have a big like Gobert or Milutinov but obviously good team defence can make up for it.
I wish playing for your country in basketball was taken as seriously as playing for your country in football. I mean it should be a privilege to be able to represent your country in the biggest stage of international basketball and possibly put it at the top of the basketball WORLD.
It depends on the country you're from, if you're from a basketball country like China, Philippines, Lithuania etc. U will most likely want to play for your country
for me i see : QF1 Serbia-Lithuania, QF2 USA-Italy, QF3 Australia-Spain, QF4 France-Slovénia. SF1 Serbia- Australia, SF2 USA-Slovénia. champion : Australia, 2nd USA and third Serbia.
The haka isnt a "fight dance", its a ceremonial dance, a celebration of life.
Keep seeing high predictions for Australia. Making me nervous. Hoped we would keep low profile. We’re better as underdog.
to me USA, Canada, Spain and Germany are the best 4 teams of this worldcup
Is that the instrumental to on the street playing in the background
Huertas will probably not see a lot of minutes once the tournament starts. Neto and Yago are great point guards, and Yago will start his european career. Also, benite and mendl are playing great. This is the best brazilian team I have seen in a while. Caboclo is amazing. We will surprise spain for sure
We also beat australia in the friendly game and Neto didnt even play that game
Still crazy that he's still playing!
Good video. Quick note on Markkanen. the idea that he is dedicated to his country for going to the army is kinda wrong. Finland has full male conscription, Markkanen has to do his service. Perhaps he could worm himself out of it, but that would destroy his reputation in Finland completely.
Walkupoloupolos was hilarious 😂😂😂
Quality vid
i actually think the world cup in the coming years is gonna become a much more coveted trophy to have. Players should start caring about international competitions because the level of skill globally has exploded.
Great video! Go Canada!
Knowing that nba players are involved this World Cup is gonna be better than the entire nba history
Love your recommendations BasketNews👍👍🇦🇺.
As an Aussie supporter with our best line up in ages, ages..silver would be an enormous achievement 👏.
USA for gold.
Dark horse 🐎 you've brought up a good point..um, Germany, France or Slovenia.
Greece 🇬🇷 definitely if the Greek Freak was playing .
God bless 🙌 the best FIBA tournament in ages.
Appreciate
As Serb, I would be more than happy if we get the bronze. With Joker we could aspire final, but this team realistic achievement is quarter finals. Who knows, maybe "Automatic" and one of kids go completely crazy and we really win a medal.
However, if get to play Australia, I think we shall pass them!
The best breakdown thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I like that Italian coach 😂 Literally after he lands to Manila Airport his searching for Manny Pacquiao LOL
USA, CANADA, GERMANY
Well.. Au revoir, France!
Spain is so underrated, they dont have the best players, but in overrall they are the 2 or 3th team, and the best international coach
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I'm not trying to be biased, but imo, if only jordan clarkson was granted as being local by fiba instead of being naturalized player, since JC is half-filipino, philippines could've naturalized another nba calibre player to make our matches against italy and dominican republic more interesting.
Facts. People are talking about Brownlee being able to play with JC and Sotto.
Latvia beat France 💪🏼❤️
Llllaaaattttviiaaaaa sends france home
Where can I get the lituania jersey
Hey great video, I decided to subscribe. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the sub! 🙏
As a German: This group Scares me a bit, because while i think we have a Good Roster overall, Japan as a Host Nation will be a Hard out as a "last-seed", and Markannen has a different Gear for Finland. And then there is Australia. And Australia is Hard as is, but then also FIBA-Patty-Mills is somehow always a World Class Player.
Hehe, Latvian here, we made the France predictions age terribly🥶
Canada just blewout france by 30
As a Turkish basketball lover i missed the Turkish NT in this World Cup. Turkey should be here because Turkey is very colorful team in Fiba games i will my NT so much in this WC.
How would Embiid play on France someone please explain
he is now a naturalized French i think
3 passports... cameroonian american and french
I see him playing for Team USA one day, like Banchero... he's the one who will decide if he wants to play FIBA or Olympic tournaments already.
Great vid!
Thank you! ❤
It's Thomas Walkupopoulos.. 😊
In its greek version, Thomas has its "Th" pronounced like in Theodor, thematic.
Great video, been watching your channel for a while and the content is amazing.
Just a quick note, I think Lebanon got unfortunate in a group of death, they placed 2nd in the last FIBA asia tournament while Wael Arakji being named the tournament’s MVP.
Mark my words Lebanon might snatch a win against Latvia and watch out for Wael Arakji.
Thanks again for the amazing content.
No chance in hell bro. have you seen Latvia's record lately? they've won 19 of their last 20 games. NINETEEN!
@@carloregalado7751 I know it might sound crazy , but take into consideration that Latvia’s guards Strelienks and Lomazs are missing due to injuries
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@@Sam-xx2dv You should watch out of Žagars, he at one moment had nba draft predictions but due to injury and then later on at club another early injury, he did not have a chance to establish himself but now he has his first real chance to make a name for himself and he is struggling a litle bit but he is showing eanormous potential and i really wish he succeeds. For now his biggest achievment was leading Latvia to second place in u18 european tournament and he was the main reason
@@Sam-xx2dv I told you bro. Latvia is still strong despite the injuries to some of their key players.
Latvia made this age terribly :D
kinda good predictions... but Latvia will be in a medal contest :)
Having Puerto Rico getting knocked out in groups was such a miss in this video
Missed on your Canada prediction bruv we cooked France
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Im from Germany and watched the matchup against the US. I have to admit i sleeped on Isaac Bonga, he is the real deal. I don't want to take anything away from Team USA, but the comeback run started when bonga went to the bench.
Hast iwo schon recht. Bonga hat in dem Spiel mit seiner aktiven und ständigen präsenz auf dem feld nen entscheidenden unterschied gemacht aber befürchte ehrlich gesagt dass bongas lack an skillset wie auch schon in der letzten bayern saison und den jahren davor in der nba/g league einfach nich gut genug ist sodass er unfassbar inkonstant spielt sodass man in der offense abgesehen von seinen offensive rebounds manchmal gefühlt zu 4 spielt und defensiv musste mal drauf achten wie schlecht er leider trotz seiner möglichkeiten off ball verteidigt. Nichtsdestotrotz hoffe ich mal dass ich falsch liege und bonga rasiert weil ich ihn sonst eig feier haha
is alex poythress also ivory coast?
the Canada vs France prediction didn't age well 😅
France already blasted a big part of the prediction 😂😂