Canada just setting up for their usual 4th place finish, as expected. At least they got their Olympic quota....where they will finish 4th.
Even if Canada ends 4th it will be a big success. The main objective was achieved and the team made its appearance to the top of world basketball after decades. Canada dont have experience from semifinals in big competitions. Serbia is an experienced team with big wins in the past against tough opponents, this game will be a lesson for the future.
Also the team needs an additional high class point guard (Jamal Murray) because we saw that SGA should do everything by his own, scoring, passing, rebounds etc.. and 2 more talls as well (Birch, Boucher??, Lyles???) in the place of Edey and Kyle Alexander
My point was that they (as far as i know) can still participate in the OQT and therefore could potentially eliminate a team like Latvia, but maybe i was misinformed.
οf course not. As i said above OQT spots are already fixed. 24 teams , 6 teams in each OQT. There cant be 25 teams
we arent favorites even with Giannis.. also i wouldnt underestimate Americas teams. Brazil could be a favorite if they host an OQT, and Bahamas will be very strong if their NBAers participate
While that's true, the women, in spite of being qualified, still play at the Qualification Tournament. So I can say, how OlympicFan got the idea, that the men can take part at the Qualifier as well. Even if they don't. It's a very odd rule by the FIBA.
How could take part in the OQT since the spots are already fixed? 24 teams , 6 teams in each OQT
Latvia is a weak team. They got thrashed by Canada and in most of their matches against the other good teams they were down by 10+ points and only came back because those teams took it easy. Germany tried to lose today (only explanation for why Schröder was allowed to be a -20 and go 4/26) and Latvia still couldn't win. Too bad that Turkey won't participate, but France can participate, so of course Latvia could finish lower than France. I didn't say that France will qualify over them. Lithuania (if everyone plays), Slovenia, Spain, Greece (if everyone plays) and possibly Italy all have stronger teams. You probably missed it, but Slovenia is already out (which of course was completely expected).
France has already qualified for Olympics as a host
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also submitted a bid to host one of the four FIBA 2024 OQT
bids also
is going to bid 
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