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Originally Posted by G3min1
While I agree super teams do ruin true basketball, look who won the NBA finals. ... It wasn't a super team. What has actually ruined true basketball is all the rule changes that have gone into affect since the mid 90's. Wanna know why people can't play defense? Touch fouls and players exploiting movement rules (i.e. hardens double step away jumper, trae youngs foul on the back move)
I agree they are more celebrities than anything because they, like all celebrities nowadays, know that money rules everything. Protect your investment. They invest in their bodies so they can make more money. So if something comes up to where you can potentially get injured for a prize you don't even care about, for a event you don't care about, representing a country you don't care about, why would you do it?
- Why Risk getting hurt and missing out on a multi-million dollar contract or worse career ending?
- A lot of people don't support the Olympic committee anyways. This is also true for a lot of African American athletes throughout the years.
- They feel the NBA title is the more prestigious title.
- Considering the recent NBA BLM events, why would they want to represent a country that has shown time and time again that they are not equals.
- After the NBA finals this is when a lot players get to rest and spend time with their families. Why travel away again?
As much as the fanboi in me wants to see all of the US's best in the tourney I agree with not wanting to be there.
Its almost why you don't see the best soccer players in the Olympics. There are tournaments and trophies that have more prestige than an Olympic medal.
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TBF, the super teams got injured.
The olympic team is being hurt by the rules in the NBA though. All the soft foul calls they get in the NBA, they arent getting in the olympics. Refs allow a little more contact in the olympics, and its throwing these guys off.
And yes, back in the day, you didnt see many NBA players on other teams, so the USA could just toss a team together and were no match for other teams. Now, most of the good olympic teams have at least 1 NBA starter and several bench players. And, as we have all seen in the NBA, bench players can get hot and be stars when given the chance.