Androslav, I'm also really excited about this one. I like that they spread the organization over four countries and that there will be countries that got very little coverage previously (GB, Iceland, Finland, Romania and others).
I also think the competition will be tight. There are lots of teams that could end up winning the gold. To name a few: Spain, France, Turkey - the playoffs will be played in Istanbul-, Russia, Lithuania, Croatia.
Any ideas on how Croatia's starting 5 might look up in September?
Not sure about our 5 right now.
Forwards are clear, Šarić and Bogdanović, our 2 best players.
Center position IMO will go down between Planinić (good Olympics, physical rebounder, goes to and hits FT's), and Zubac (good touch inside, solid but young)
Guard position has been our trouble for a decade now. 2 will probably still be Simon's (smart, good PNR player, fairly unathletic) and PG spot is either Ukić (only a defensive contributor now, plays cause we didn't develop younger ones) or some international fast guard a la Draper (Real M, already played 2 times for us), if both sides can make it work.
There are 25 names on the list up till now, so still a long way to go.