The 2006 FIBA World Championship Thread

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I think that's because the scouts are lazy and would

rather travel from college to college instead of from

country to country..

this is somewhat true...most scouts are pretty old guys and they had their careers start in a united states college so they feel somewhat partial to getting alot of those guys a shot in the NBA...not to mention the money floating around to all these schools when guys go pro and the money these scouts make off them if they do pan out...but all the teams in the NBA have overseas scouting operations and constantly have guys over there watching those players....the NBA the last few years has really opened up to alot of euro guys tho if you watch the draft and it is only going to increase...

[RumPuncher]

like that Italian guy the Raptors picked up.

[Tesseract]

you are right i am ignorant on basketball in other countries for the most part...other countries have a few guys that come in and are stars in the NBA but for the most part the best players in the NBA are born and raised in the US..

Houston Rockets Roster

 

 

 

2006-07 Roster

NUM PLAYER POS HT WT DOB FROM YRS

12 Rafer Alston G 6-2 170 07/24/1976 Fresno State 7

Kelenna Azubuike G 6-5 220 12/16/1983 Kentucky R

Shane Battier F 6-8 220 09/09/1978 Duke 5

40 Ryan Bowen F 6-9 220 11/20/1975 Iowa 7

9 Rick Brunson (FA) G 6-4 190 06/14/1972 Temple 9

Lior Eliyahu ** F 6-9 225 09/09/1985 R

14 Richie Frahm (FA) G 6-5 210 08/14/1977 Gonzaga 3

44 Chuck Hayes F 6-6 242 06/11/1983 Kentucky 1

2 Luther Head G 6-3 185 11/26/1982 Illinois 1

5 Juwan Howard F 6-9 230 02/07/1973 Michigan 12

15 Maciej Lampe F 6-11 275 02/05/1985 Poland 3

15 John Lucas III G 5-11 165 11/21/1982 Oklahoma State 1

1 Tracy McGrady F-G 6-8 210 05/24/1979 Mount Zion Christian Acad. HS (NC) 9

55 Dikembe Mutombo C 7-2 265 06/25/1966 Georgetown 15

Steve Novak F 6-10 220 06/13/1984 Marquette R

Kirk Snyder G 6-6 225 06/05/1983 Nevada-Reno 2

Vassilis Spanoulis G 6-4 195 07/08/1982 Greece R

3 Bob Sura G 6-5 200 03/25/1973 Florida State 10

7 David Wesley (FA) G 6-1 203 11/14/1970 Baylor 13

11 Yao Ming C 7-6 310 09/12/1980 China 4

 

 

if we entered the detroit pistons or the miami heat into this kind of a contest they wouldnt lose a game...the greek team and most other teams for that matter play together (in your euroleague) all year round while we throw a team together 2 weeks before the contest and almost win the whole thing...basketball in this country is a lot better than anywhere else in the world but as i said its getting way too much into a run and gun dunk competition on a nightly basis with everyone trying to get on sportscenter instead of caring about winning the game...granted this years team did play some pretty good defense and i think if we stick with the guys long enough they will be dominant with some time to mesh...

 

As for that,its true and you can blame hip hop for it.

[RumPuncher]

and that's why steve nash is the best team player - because he has a soccer background.

 

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i do blame hip hop...i knew that guy sounded familiar in the box score

[Right Said Fred]

after comming in 3rd in the last olympics and now getting knocked out of this fiba shit by fuckin greece of all countries i quarentee that america will dominate basketball in the 2008 olympics and if they dont then fuck america

[Weapon X]

I'm watching the repeat right now..

[eye for an eye]

damn i was hoping to see usa vs. argentina at least.