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re: New age limit for 2016 olympic basketball
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:02 pm to TigerScribe
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:02 pm to TigerScribe
This is stupid.
If that happens, they are bound not to win the gold again at some point and the heat will be back on to get the best players for the next olympics.
This cycle has happened twice within the last 25 years.
If that happens, they are bound not to win the gold again at some point and the heat will be back on to get the best players for the next olympics.
This cycle has happened twice within the last 25 years.
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Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:27 pm to Broski
American NBA players don't sign different contracts than foreign NBA players.
If the NBA accomplishes what it wants, no NBA players over 23 would be playing in the Olympics. Obviously the rules wouldn't apply to Spaniards playing in Spain, Greeks playing in Italy, etc. So the Spanish, Greek, and Australian teams would be weakened less by the rules by than the Americans, but everyone would be sending sub-optimal teams, except for the countries that have no NBA players to start with (Tunisia, Angola, etc).
And in theory, the FIBA World Cup will be the true championship, and it would run after the soccer World Cup on the calendar year, every 4 years. Stern wants to make Olympic basketball as meaningless as Olympic soccer, which shouldn't even be an event anymore.
There are a lot of scenarios possible, and no sportswriter has chosen to explore them yet. I guess they prefer doing mindless shite like arguing about whether LeBron can close without using any advanced statistics.
If the NBA accomplishes what it wants, no NBA players over 23 would be playing in the Olympics. Obviously the rules wouldn't apply to Spaniards playing in Spain, Greeks playing in Italy, etc. So the Spanish, Greek, and Australian teams would be weakened less by the rules by than the Americans, but everyone would be sending sub-optimal teams, except for the countries that have no NBA players to start with (Tunisia, Angola, etc).
And in theory, the FIBA World Cup will be the true championship, and it would run after the soccer World Cup on the calendar year, every 4 years. Stern wants to make Olympic basketball as meaningless as Olympic soccer, which shouldn't even be an event anymore.
There are a lot of scenarios possible, and no sportswriter has chosen to explore them yet. I guess they prefer doing mindless shite like arguing about whether LeBron can close without using any advanced statistics.
This post was edited on 7/7/12 at 1:28 pm
Posted on 7/7/12 at 1:48 pm to Broski
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This is stupid.
Pretty much. You're effectively hamstringing yourself against the rest of the world. And giving guys only one shot to be on a team (two at the most).
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