FIBA World Championship

Why are so many superstars dropping out the tournament. What happened to national pride. Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Mehmet Okur, Manu Ginobli. This list is endless. I can actually understand why some of the older guys would not play. They don't want to get injured and it simply doesn't mean the world to the country like the soccer world cup does. But when a guy like Joakim Noah drops out to focus on a new cotract.  I mean come on his dad is famous and very wealthy tennis player so its not like he needs the money. Go and compete for country. Same with Tony Parker. Play a couple of games and with these two on the french side they could have a very good team. Same with many other players. It frustrates me to see all the big name foreingh players not go because it takes the fun out of the tournament. And Mehmet Okur, the tounament is in Turkey. How could you not play when your the host? Oh well, Spain vs USA should be a pretty good game to watch and i'm excited to see if young Ricky Rubio is the real deal. To rank the top countries right now i would say 1. USA 2. Spain 3. Greece 4. Brazil 5. Serbia 6.Argentina 7.Turkey 8.Lithuania 9.Israel 10.Italy  http://nbaguru.yolasite.com/