FIBA Teams and CAP's

[lebanonbball]

it is only fair to put the 24 top teams in nba live 10 right? why isnt lebanon in nba live 10 they are ranked 24th.proof:http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/even/rank/rankMen.asp. lebanon is ranked 3rd in asia. we got robbed by china.lebanon needs to be in nba live 10

[lebanonbball]

The 24 FIBA Teams reveal is the only thing that I am waiting for. I will be very angry if the 24 teams will be exactly the same as last year. I also hope that they put in the game really the best teams not top 24 from FIBA Ranking which is extremely stupid.
In My Opinion The Best 24 Teams are (in any order):

Argentina
USA
Spain
Serbia
Greece
Slovenia
Puerto Rico
Lithuania
France
Italy
Russia
Australia
Turkey
Croatia
China
Latvia
Poland
Germany
Brasil
Iran
Great Britain
Angola
New Zeland
Canada

Another thing is that last year's rosters weren't accurate. I hope they have fixed that this year

WHAT.poland are ranked 55th.ur opinion sucks weres lebanon. lebanon is ranked higher than half the teams that u think should be in nba live 10.WHAT..............................................

[POLISH_BOY]

Take it easy man. Firstly the fiba ranking is totally wrong, secondly fiba teams included in live are not even supposed to be the top24 teams of the world and finally that was just my opinion which is very subjective.

[shadowgrin]

Lebanon sucks.

[Nikolai31]

So that means that Chris Kaman is still missing on the german roster

im crossing my fingers that hes just not starting...

[Nikolai31]

the fiba ranking is based on tournament success in the past 8 years, including the u18 and u21 championships that occur every 2(?) years. regional championships are weighted fairly heavily. for example, since the Tall Blacks and Boomers are the only teams in their respective region, their ratings are a bit inflated (They are both great teams regardless btw). My point is, you cant go off the FIBA ranking system in selecting which teams are best for the game. Great Britain and the Dominican Republic are both ranked very low, but theyve had some recent NBA add ons to their rosters that make them stand out among other teams.

Despite What some of you think, Poland does deserve to be in the game. They have one of the best centers in europe in Gortat, their PF played in the nba for a while and did quite well in this years eurobasket, and David Logan, their naturalized SG(?) was one of the most productive scorers in the recent tournament. If they played in Africa or Asia, theyd be dominant, but they play in europe, where every team is competetive.

IMO the selection of which teams are included should take into account recent success (only the past two years or so) and whether they have NBA or NBA level talent. So my wishlist for next year would have to include: Poland, Israel (Casspi, and Eliyahu is a beast), Lebanon, Korea (cuz theyre at least better than japan), Dominican republic and their NBA trio, venezuela (always competetive, and they have Greivis Vazquez), Uruguay (Their center used to play in the NBA, he averages like 20 and 10 in international play), and Nigeria cuz there should be a token 2nd african team to complement Angola (Senegal or Cameroon would work here too, cuz at least they have nba players, i think)

But overall, my biggest concern is the abundance of generic player models. i saw the video, and it looked like patty mills still has the same plain player model as last year, even though hes on the Blazer's roster in the game. I remember that on Lithuania, two of their centers are identical twins, and one got a generic player model and the other was realistic. And then you have a bunch of good players, like Matt Nielson who dont look a thing like their real life counterpart. i suppose they didnt have time to build on last years player models, given all the other improvements that had to be made, so ill give it a pass this year. but i fully expect all the fiba players to have unique player models next year.

[lebanonbball]

Lebanon sucks.

you dont now wat ur taking about lebanon are one of the three best teams in asia.lebanon get robbed all the time by idiot ref. we desrve number1 rank in asia

[Andrew]

As I said in the other thread:

The producers have stated that in addition to the world rankings, they try to cater to all the different regions/markets and also make allowances based on the foreign born players in the NBA (Poland, for example, being represented by Marcin Gortat). With only 24 teams, there's going to be at least one controversial exclusion year-to-year. For that matter, unless every single country in the world is represented there'll always be complaints.

At the end of the day, they are the FIBA teams and the game is NBA Live. That's not to say no effort or attention should be given to the FIBA teams, but I don't think they should be the priority and again, I don't think they're ever going to please everyone with what they do with the FIBA license. Perhaps adding at least six more teams would cut down on the complaints but unless every country's in the game there'll always be someone who feels snubbed.

[Nikolai31]

Rubio is on spain! so now we at least know the rosters arent exactly the same as last years...

[Fozzrat]

rubio is in the spainish squad which is great but he has really light hair shade.
I think in the future live should be looking at zones in fiba oceania , asia, africa, americas, europe zone 1(west) europe zone 2 (east).Say have aus nz oceania. 6 africa teams angola,nigeria,senegal,cameroon,cape verde,tanzania. 6 asia teams china,iran,lebanon,jordan,japan,korea. 10 americas teams usa,argentina,puerto rico,canada,brasil,dom rep,mexico,uruguay,venezuela and virgin islands( if duncan and raja bell play). Europe zone 1 10 teams england,france,spain,germany,netherlands,italy,switzerland,sweden,coatia,slovenia. Europe zone 2 10 teams russia,ukraine,latvia,georgia,lithuania,poland,greece,serbia,finland,macedonia. Thats 44 teams in maybe called a fiba zone or qualifying mode. Then both oceania teams qualify,3 africa teams,3 asia teams,6 americas teams, 5 teams europe west, 5 teams europe east qualify. 24 teams you have for your fiba world champs and everyone will be happy, but the main focus is nba not fiba even though fiba is a great addition.

[lebanonbball]

rubio is in the spainish squad which is great but he has really light hair shade.
I think in the future live should be looking at zones in fiba oceania , asia, africa, americas, europe zone 1(west) europe zone 2 (east).Say have aus nz oceania. 6 africa teams angola,nigeria,senegal,cameroon,cape verde,tanzania. 6 asia teams china,iran,lebanon,jordan,japan,korea. 10 americas teams usa,argentina,puerto rico,canada,brasil,dom rep,mexico,uruguay,venezuela and virgin islands( if duncan and raja bell play). Europe zone 1 10 teams england,france,spain,germany,netherlands,italy,switzerland,sweden,coatia,slovenia. Europe zone 2 10 teams russia,ukraine,latvia,georgia,lithuania,poland,greece,serbia,finland,macedonia. Thats 44 teams in maybe called a fiba zone or qualifying mode. Then both oceania teams qualify,3 africa teams,3 asia teams,6 americas teams, 5 teams europe west, 5 teams europe east qualify. 24 teams you have for your fiba world champs and everyone will be happy, but the main focus is nba not fiba even though fiba is a great addition.

that is so true

[shadowgrin]

Lebanon sucks.

you dont now wat ur taking about lebanon are one of the three best teams in asia.lebanon get robbed all the time by idiot ref. we desrve number1 rank in asia

Proof or ban?

[Fozzrat]

does anyone know the full new zealand squad or any ratings

[Nikolai31]

does anyone know the full new zealand squad or any ratings

nope, all we know is from the videos posted by da czar and the other guy.
im getting the game tomorrow, and the first game im playing is spain vs. NZ, so if no one posts anything by then, ill post the NZ roster along with any new additions from last years rosters.

[lebanonbball]

The 24 FIBA Teams reveal is the only thing that I am waiting for. I will be very angry if the 24 teams will be exactly the same as last year. I also hope that they put in the game really the best teams not top 24 from FIBA Ranking which is extremely stupid.
In My Opinion The Best 24 Teams are (in any order):

Argentina
USA
Spain
Serbia
Greece
Slovenia
Puerto Rico
Lithuania
France
Italy
Russia
Australia
Turkey
Croatia
China
Latvia
Poland
Germany
Brasil
Iran
Great Britain
Angola
New Zeland
Canada

Another thing is that last year's rosters weren't accurate. I hope they have fixed that this year

listen. lebanon deserves to be in the game. every one knows that. polish boy you even know it. lebanon will smash poland anyday. gortat is nothing. in the nba finals i didnt even see him play. the only time i saw him play is for a couple of minutes wen howard was having a rest. listen if he was one of the best centres why is he on the bench????????????????? makes no sense. see rony fahad from lebanon. he will beat the poland team by his self. polish boy, ok you think that the crapest centre in the nba is a good player. if dat is the only reason why poland have a great chance of making the game. there is something wrong with EA.if lebanon were to play poland. lebanon will win by 50 points.easy.i cant belive poland are ranked 55th they desrve to be ranked 70th in the world.so u can cry about gortat. but poland are nothing and dont deserve to be in nba live 10.

[lebanonbball]

andrew why did u lock my topic. u can tell polish boy to stop crying and kop the truth on the chin. so can u unlocj my topic. no one told him to reply.

[Andrew]

Please don't double post. Furthermroe, I didn't lock your topic, JaoSming did. There's no need to unlock it as it's not going anywhere. There's no need to get personal with one another over the inclusion (or exclusion) of FIBA teams in a video game, so let's just leave it at that.

[lebanonbball]

thanx for every thing andrew

[POLISH_BOY]

The 24 FIBA Teams reveal is the only thing that I am waiting for. I will be very angry if the 24 teams will be exactly the same as last year. I also hope that they put in the game really the best teams not top 24 from FIBA Ranking which is extremely stupid.
In My Opinion The Best 24 Teams are (in any order):

Argentina
USA
Spain
Serbia
Greece
Slovenia
Puerto Rico
Lithuania
France
Italy
Russia
Australia
Turkey
Croatia
China
Latvia
Poland
Germany
Brasil
Iran
Great Britain
Angola
New Zeland
Canada

Another thing is that last year's rosters weren't accurate. I hope they have fixed that this year

listen. lebanon deserves to be in the game. every one knows that. polish boy you even know it. lebanon will smash poland anyday. gortat is nothing. in the nba finals i didnt even see him play. the only time i saw him play is for a couple of minutes wen howard was having a rest. listen if he was one of the best centres why is he on the bench????????????????? makes no sense. see rony fahad from lebanon. he will beat the poland team by his self. polish boy, ok you think that the crapest centre in the nba is a good player. if dat is the only reason why poland have a great chance of making the game. there is something wrong with EA.if lebanon were to play poland. lebanon will win by 50 points.easy.i cant belive poland are ranked 55th they desrve to be ranked 70th in the world.so u can cry about gortat. but poland are nothing and dont deserve to be in nba live 10.

All you are trying to do is to offend me. All your posts are offending Poland and Gortat. In my honest opinion you deserve to be banned. You are really lucky that admins here are so polite and patient...

[Andrew]

Please just leave it be. No one's done anything ban-worthy, but there's no reason for this to escalate any further.

[lebanonbball]

polish boy im not trying to offend you and ban me. i was just trying to prove a point. i just said you cant put a team in a game because of one player