[McDunkin]

 On Friday, FIBA released its first “power ladder” (a.k.a. “power rankings”) for 2012 Olympic basketball; BallinEurope therefore thought to post a list of the seven Continental team rosters – plus, as a measuring stick, the pool for Team USA – as they currently stand.

 

Team rosters with last professional club alongside each player and coach are listed below in order of their FIBA ranking in parentheses. The FIBA system does come with a couple of caveats: 1) Not all teams are listed with Korea, Jordan, New Zealand (What? Come on, some respect for Kirk Penney!), Nigeria and Venezuela omitted; and 2) the rankings are based solely on wins and losses with no regard to level of competition. In the top spot is Nigeria, whose seemingly impressive 7-0 start represents seven mostly blowout wins against Chinese club teams. BiE reckons it’ll be quite some time before another table with Nigeria and Australia in the top spots, with France, Spain and Team USA in the cellar.

1. (4) Greece – Vassilis Spanoulis, Georgios Printezis, Kostas Papanikolaou, Kostas Sloukas, Evangelos Mantzaris (Olympiacos); Ioannis Bourousis, Antonis Fotsis (Olimpia Milano); Nikos Zisis (Montepaschi Siena); Nick Calathes, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Ian Vougioukas (Panathinaikos); Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Kostas Vasileiadis (Gescrap Bilbao Basket); and Michael Bramos (Gran Canaria); head coach Ilias Zouros (Anadolu Efes)

Notable no shows: Dimitris Diamantidis (Panathinaikos) due to retirement; Kostas Koufos (Denver Nuggets) and Sofoklis Schortsanitis (Maccabi Tel Aviv) due to injury.

2. (5) Russia – Semen Antonov (BC Nizhny Novgorod); Sergey Bykov, Maxim Grigoryev (Lokomotiv Kuban); Sasha Kaun, Viktor Khryapa, Andrei Kirilenko, Anton Ponkrashov, Alexey Shved, Eugeny Voronov, Andrey Vorontsevich (CSKA Moscow); Sergey Karasev (Triumph Lyubertsy); Timofey Mozgov (Denver Nuggets); Sergey Monya, Vitaly Fridzon, Dmitry Khvostov (BC Khimki Moscow region); and Artem Yakovenko (Unics Kazan); head coach David Blatt (Maccabi Tel Aviv)

Notable no shows: None.

3. (6) FYR Macedonia – Pero Antić (Olympiacos BC); Gjorgij Chekovski, Todor Gechevski, Aleksandar Kostoski (MZT Skopje); Marques Green (Scavolini Siviglia Pesaro); Vlado Ilievski, Djeremaja Timoteus Mejsi (Lokomotiv Kuban); Bo McCalebb (Montepaschi Siena); Dimitar Mirakovski (Rabotnicki); Kiril Nikolovski, Marko Simonovski, Darko Sokolov (Feni Indistrija Kavadarci); Predrag Samardziski (Lietuvos Rytas); Damjan Stojanovski (Lukoi Academik); Vojdan Stojanovski (BC Donetsk)

Notable no shows: None.

4. (7) Great Britain – Kieron Achara (Assignia Manresa); Ogo Adegboye, Kyle Johnson (APOEL BC); Robert Archibald (CAI Zaragoza); Eric Boateng (Peristeri); Matthew Bryan-Amaning (Hacettepe Üniversitesi); Daniel Clark (CB Estudiantes); Luol Deng (Chicago Bulls); Joe Freeland (Unicaja Malaga); Ben Gordon (Detroit Pistons); Mike Lenzly (ČEZ Basketball Nymburk); Andrew Lawrence (College of Charleston); Alex Marcotullio (Northwestern University); Pops Mensah-Bonsu (Beşiktaş Milangaz); Byron Mullens (Charlotte Bobcats), Nate Reinking (Sheffield Sharks); Ovie Soko (University of Alabama Birmingham); Andrew Sullivan (Leicester Riders) and Devon Van Oostrum (Caja Laboral Baskonia); head coach Chris Finch (Houston Rockets assistant)

Notable no shows: Sullivan Phillips (BC Prievidza) ruled ineligible due to past play with Team Bermuda; Ryan Richards (Gran Canaria) to play for Team Jamaica.

5. (8) Lithuania – Tomas Delininkaitis, Paulius Jankūnas, Mantas Kalnietis (Žalgiris Kaunas); Deividas Dulkys (Florida State University); Simas Jasaitis (Lokomotiv Kuban); Šarūnas Jasikevičius (Panathinaikos); Adas Juškevičius (BC Rūdupis); Rimantas Kaukėnas, Jonas Mačiulis (Montepaschi Siena); Antanas Kavaliauskas (VEF Rīga); Linas Kleiza (Toronto Raptors); Martynas Pocius (Real Madrid); Darius Songaila (CB Valladolid); and Jonas Valančiūnas (Lietuvos Rytas); head coach Kęstutis Kemzūra (Team Lithuania)

Notable no shows: Donatas Motiejunas (Asseco Prokom Gdynia) declined invite due to NBA commitment.

T6. (T11) France – Andrew Albicy (Paris Levallois); Nicolas Batum (Portland Trail Blazers); Nando De Colo, Florent Pietrus (Valencia BC); Boris Diaw, Tony Parker (San Antonio Spurs); Antoine Diot, Charles Kahudi (Le Mans Sarthe); Mickael Gelabale (Asvel Villeurbanne); Rudy Gobert (Cholet Basket); Ian Mahinmi (Dallas Mavericks); Joakim Noah (Chicago Bulls); Kevin Seraphin (Washington Wizards); Steed Tchicamboud (Chalon-Sur-Saône); Ali Traore (Lokomotiv Kuban); Ronny Turiaf (Miami Heat); and Ludovic Vaty (Gravelines Dunkerque); head coach Vincent Collet (Asvel Villeurbanne)

Notable no shows: Rodrigue Beaubois (Dallas Mavericks) declined invitation; Mahinmi may also decline, while Noah may bow out due to injury.

T6. (T11) Spain – Jose Calderon (Toronto Raptors); Juan Carlos Navarro, Victor Sada (FC Barcelona); Sergio Rodriguez, Sergio Llull, Felipe Reyes (Real Madrid); Rudy Fernandez (Denver Nuggets); Rafa Martinez, Victor Claver (Valencia BC); Fernando San Emeterio (Caja Laboral Baskonia); Pau Gasol (Los Angeles Lakers); Marc Gasol (Memphis Grizzles); and Serge Ibaka (Oklahoma City Thunder); head coach Sergio Scariolo (Olimpia Milano)

Notable no shows: Ricky Rubio (Minnesota Timberwolves) out due to injury; Nikola Mirotic (Real Madrid) not named on Scariolo’s short list.

USA – Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler (New York Knicks); Chris Bosh, Lebron James, Dwyane Wade (Miami Heat); Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers); Anthony Davis (University of Kentucky); Kevin Durant, James Harden, Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (New Orleans Hornets); Blake Griffin, Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Lamar Odom (Dallas Mavericks); and Deron Williams (New Jersey Nets); head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University)

Notable no shows: Andrew Bynum, Dwight Howard, Kevin Garnett and Rajon Rondo, maybe…?

http://www.ballineurope.com/national-teams/rosters-european-usa-olympic-teams-9433/

[SubZeroParticipant]

My roster if I was picking for USA:

PG: Chris Paul/Russell Westbrook/Deron Williams

SG: Kobe Bryant/Dwyane Wade/Eric Gordon

SF: Kevin Durant/Carmelo Anthony/Andre Iguodala

PF: Lebron James/Blake Griffin

C: Kevin Love/Tyson Chandler

I would like to see James Harden if we didn’t have so many great SGs though. I think his game would translate well to the way the Euros play. And I would also like to see how Anthony Davis would fare, but there just isn’t enough room. I couldn’t even decide who to take off this list to make it only 12 players

[NbanflguyParticipant]

Why is Lamar Odom on there?

[NbanflguyParticipant]

No way he stays on the team. I mean he got traded by the Lakers. There is no coming back from that. Plus playing with Kobe would probably bring back old memories and I think it would just be too painful for him.

[HaleParticipant]

Because he was on the last Olympic team and he can play all 5 positions, which is extremely useful. It’s doubtful that he’ll stay on the roster though because he sucks now.

[bball89Participant]

What about Australia? They have the guy from Houston Rockets, Kyrie Irving, Andrew Bogut, and Patty Mills from the Spurs.

[Memphis MadnessParticipant]

I think the only bigs that are set (other than LeBron and Carmelo who will both play some 4) are Tyson Chandler and Kevin Love. Then they have to decide between Blake, Bosh, and Anthony Davis. Maybe two of those three get picked.

If D Wade can’t make it due to his knee injury then it will come down to Iggy, Eric Gordon, and Harden with two of those three perhaps making the team.

I have Kobe, Chris Paul, D Will, and Westbrook as locks at guard with Durant as a lock too if D Wade isn’t there.

My locks: Chris Paul, D Will, Westbrook, Kobe, Carmelo, Durant, LeBron, Love, and Tyson Chandler. I am not including D Wade. I think he should rest his knee.

My last wing player in is Iggy. He is a small forward but he can also play some 2 plus some stretch four. He is a good defensive player, a glue guy, and a finisher. Having another true shooting guard behind Kobe isn’t important since they can put Westbrook at the 2 and even D Will.
Then I have Bosh over Blake as the 4th big. Bosh is great in international play. He has a great skill set including some range on his shot and he can also play center. My last guy in is Anthony Davis. He can run the floor and play above the rim. He can be effective without scoring which will be important here. He gives them another shot blocker beside Tyson Chandler and the third guy (Bosh too) who can play center. He is also long and agile enough to get out and guard some wings. Davis would be great as a defensive role player who can also do some damage in the boards. He can also give the team some alley oop dunks but is not a defensive liability like Blake Griffin.

So if Wade can’t go this is my roster with Blake Griffin, Eric Gordon, and James Harden barely missing the cut.

[European BallerParticipant]

What about Australia? They have the guy from Houston Rockets, Kyrie Irving, Andrew Bogut, and Patty Mills from the Spurs.

 

Australia’s team is like this:

 

PG Patrick Mills/Adam Gibson

SG Brad Newley/Mathew Dellavadova/Peter Crawford

SF Joe Ingles/David Barlow

PF Matt Nielsen/Mark Worthington

C David Andersen/Aleks Maric/Aron Baynes

 

They have a very good roster.

[Author]

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