FIBA Teams and CAP's

[Daniel24]

For any info on the 24 featured FIBA teams including teams, players, likenesses, etc...

I also think they should let you have your CAP (create a player) in a FIBA team as well, as long as the FIBA team corresponds to the country that you put in COLLEGE when creating a player... that would be really cool.

[Andrew]

Nothing really as yet, though it sounds like New Zealand will be among the FIBA teams in this year's game as the producers were asked about the presence of Create-a-Team with the purpose of adding the Tall Blacks and the response was that Create-a-Team was not in the game but it would not be needed to play with the Tall Blacks...or at least that's the way it read, suggesting they've included this year.

[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

[Andrew]

They don't just put in the top 24 ranked FIBA teams. They do look at the FIBA rankings but they also pick and choose so that each region is represented, which is why a few unexpected teams made the cut in NBA Live 09.

[Cartar]

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

Sorry, but that is clearly a bias opinion, Poland doesn't belong to that list, also listing GB is rather shaky even with Luol Deng. If Azubuike and Gordon finally would play for them, then they could be up there.

[Daniel24]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

In all honesty, China, GB, and even Aus aren't close to being contenders on the international stage, but you have the likes of luol deng, yao ming, sun yu (not sure on spelling, he plays for the lakers), andrew bogut, david anderson, and brad newley all in the nba or signed to a team (as is poor nelweys case)..

But along with these players comes the big NBA markets, particuarly in China, which i think ultimately determines the incorporation of the country in the game.

[Andrew]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

Absolutely.

I'm guessing the rosters will at least be accurate as of the 2008 Olympics, which would still be outdated but not too bad given it's the most recent significant international basketball tournament.

[The X]

As long as they have Kirk Penney has a very good 3pt shooter then most Kiwis will be happy

I also wouldn't care if they put in Sean Marks (retired from international ball after '04 Olympics) for a cameo

[POLISH_BOY]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

Poland has a player playing in the NBA

But the list that I made is the list of the teams that In my opinion should be in Live 10 . And If you look at the FIBA Ranking (wich is stupid ) those are the best 24 teams . I know that Gabon , Hong Kong or Korea are maybe higher than some teams in my top 24 but c'mon thay aren't better teams in real life.

[Andrew]

As I said though, the FIBA ranking alone isn't what determines the inclusion of certain teams. They're referred to but some liberties are taken to appeal to certain markets.

[Cartar]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

Poland has a player playing in the NBA

But the list that I made is the list of the teams that In my opinion should be in Live 10 . And If you look at the FIBA Ranking (wich is stupid ) those are the best 24 teams . I know that Gabon , Hong Kong or Korea are maybe higher than some teams in my top 24 but c'mon thay aren't better teams in real life.

But so does 30 other countries.

I didn't base on what I said on FIBA rankings(I know they aren't very exact), but when I look at it now, I would say the first 22 place would deserve a place in the game and 2 other would be probably Latvia and/or Senegal and/or Japan and/or Dominic Republic(if you count Horford and Garcia in there). Poland isn't as good as they are(maybe yet, but probably not). I know you're going to say that they were the 10th team in the EC, but one tournament doesn't say everything and they only were there, because they were the host country, I dare to say that they wouldn't have made it there if they didn't have the spot, because the midpack in Europe is very tight(just see Italy not even getting to the tournament).

But I guess having a NBA player in the team helps getting into the game, but even then I doubt it would be enough.

[The X]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

Poland has a player playing in the NBA

But the list that I made is the list of the teams that In my opinion should be in Live 10 . And If you look at the FIBA Ranking (wich is stupid ) those are the best 24 teams . I know that Gabon , Hong Kong or Korea are maybe higher than some teams in my top 24 but c'mon thay aren't better teams in real life.

But so does 30 other countries.

I didn't base on what I said on FIBA rankings(I know they aren't very exact), but when I look at it now, I would say the first 22 place would deserve a place in the game and 2 other would be probably Latvia and/or Senegal and/or Japan and/or Dominic Republic(if you count Horford and Garcia in there). Poland isn't as good as they are(maybe yet, but probably not). I know you're going to say that they were the 10th team in the EC, but one tournament doesn't say everything and they only were there, because they were the host country, I dare to say that they wouldn't have made it there if they didn't have the spot, because the midpack in Europe is very tight(just see Italy not even getting to the tournament).

But I guess having a NBA player in the team helps getting into the game, but even then I doubt it would be enough.

You don't know basketball if you think New Zealand isn't in top 24 in the World....last time I checked they were ranked #14 & have been ranked in top 15 the last 5 or 6 years....Japan sucks....even we (NZ) kick their ass....

[Andrew]

And Australia's. I could make excuses but let's face it, Aussie basketball isn't in good shape across the board. Hopefully Bogut will be healthy on his return and have a productive year with the Bucks, Andersen will have a respectable debut filling in for Yao and Mills will catch on with the Blazers or someone else (though PT could be scarce). Hopefully he'll be available to sign in the game, I'll pick him up for my Dynasty.

[Cartar]

I think that they add teams that have an NBA prescence in them, and to aim at their markets..

Poland has a player playing in the NBA

But the list that I made is the list of the teams that In my opinion should be in Live 10 . And If you look at the FIBA Ranking (wich is stupid ) those are the best 24 teams . I know that Gabon , Hong Kong or Korea are maybe higher than some teams in my top 24 but c'mon thay aren't better teams in real life.

But so does 30 other countries.

I didn't base on what I said on FIBA rankings(I know they aren't very exact), but when I look at it now, I would say the first 22 place would deserve a place in the game and 2 other would be probably Latvia and/or Senegal and/or Japan and/or Dominic Republic(if you count Horford and Garcia in there). Poland isn't as good as they are(maybe yet, but probably not). I know you're going to say that they were the 10th team in the EC, but one tournament doesn't say everything and they only were there, because they were the host country, I dare to say that they wouldn't have made it there if they didn't have the spot, because the midpack in Europe is very tight(just see Italy not even getting to the tournament).

But I guess having a NBA player in the team helps getting into the game, but even then I doubt it would be enough.

You don't know basketball if you think New Zealand isn't in top 24 in the World....last time I checked they were ranked #14 & have been ranked in top 15 the last 5 or 6 years....Japan sucks....even we (NZ) kick their ass....

You misunderstood me, New Zealand is nr 13 on the FIBA rankings, I said that the all the top 22 teams deserve to be in the game, hence I think they should be in the game(e.g. they're one of the top 16 teams in the world). I was speaking about Poland not deserving, not New Zealand. Same goes for Australia.

[The X]

Cool, sorry about that. I just took it as the top 22 teams on that list

A good chance for me to plug NZ bball again though

[The X]

I can confirm that New Zealand is in Live '10. I was watching one of Czar's videos and he scrolled through the teams.

They are as follows:

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Croatia
England
France
Germany
Greece
Iran
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Mexico
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
USA

I can confirm also that they have inaccurate rosters such as Steve Nash as Canada's starting PG. Hopefully Sean Marks is NZ's starting C too

[Andrew]

Shame you don't have a 360, X. We could hold a rematch of Australia vs New Zealand...perhaps I could re-write history and salvage some pride.

[Joe K]

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

[POLISH_BOY]

I can confirm that New Zealand is in Live '10. I was watching one of Czar's videos and he scrolled through the teams.

They are as follows:

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Croatia
England
France
Germany
Greece
Iran
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Mexico
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Russia
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey
USA

I can confirm also that they have inaccurate rosters such as Steve Nash as Canada's starting PG. Hopefully Sean Marks is NZ's starting C too

Dammit !!! At least 3 teams worse than Poland !

[Andrew]

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

Quite possibly.

[POLISH_BOY]

If you want to see some Live 10 videos including FIBA Teams and player editing search on youtube. After watching those videos I can say that FIBA teams rosters are same as last year. Even Diawara is on France Starting Lineup instead of Batum also Jimenez is in Spain S5 instead of Fernandez. I don't know what inaccuracies are in Australia's roster but I'm sure that Andrew will have something to say about that.

[Andrew]

I can live with it, to be honest. It would be better if they were completely up to date of course or even just more up to date than last year, but the FIBA teams aren't the main attraction for me.

[The X]

Shame you don't have a 360, X. We could hold a rematch of Australia vs New Zealand...perhaps I could re-write history and salvage some pride.

I definitely would've been keen to show you Kirk Penney's 3pter up close But you can blame Microsoft for not being able to. I had a 360 at one point & the simple fact is I thought it was a better (& cheaper) gaming console than the PS3. I prefer the 360 controllers to PS3 ones. But the simple fact is Microsoft didn't make the 360 a region free console & left it up to developers to choose whether to region lock games. So to get College Hoops, I had to make the switch. Only other benefits of PS3 is that the console is slightly more stable & also has free online, which more or less means the extra cost of the console pays for itself after a while on savings from Xbox Live.

I'm hoping NCAA Basketball '10 is solid bball title, which it is more likely to be since it's based on Live '10 gaming engine with college tweaks. If it is, then might take a look at that for PS3, especially if you can import draft classes into NBA Live '10.

[Andrew]

Oh, I'm certainly keen to blame Microsoft for anything I can.

[Fozzrat]

They are the exactly the same rosters and faces as last year except nba players or the usa team, and new zealand has replaced korea which is a great move. Im dissapointed i cant play with bruton, ingles, barlow and jawai for the aussies. Hopefully sean marks and kirk are on kiwi roster and upcoming youngster like pledger.