2020 Olympics USA Men’s Basketball Thread

[bigeastbumrush]

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Ja pretty much told them to go F themselves.

[DaImmaculateONe]

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Man get some g-leaguers in there and call it a day. None of these nba players really care about the olympics, it's about titles and nba awards. Olympics was really meant for amatures not pros.

[NYJin2011tm]

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Game is cancelled for tonight.

As much as I would like to see Randle there I think it should be Trae Young. This team has a lot of scorers, they could a playmaker. I know Trae is a shooter/scorer too but he’s a really good playmaker too.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Man get some g-leaguers in there and call it a day. None of these nba players really care about the olympics, it's about titles and nba awards. Olympics was really meant for amatures not pros.

Does this apply for all NBA players or just the Americans?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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KD telling folks to basically relax and to apply context to the arguments regarding their slow start:

https://sports.yahoo.com/kevin-durant-on-team-usa-struggles-the-stars-were-kind-of-aligned-for-us-to-lose-early-160621684.html

[jeebs9]

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Kevin Love is out too. Not like this hasn't happen before. Just sucks trying to mix new players

[Dead2009]

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Cleveland Cavaliers' Kevin Love withdrawing from Team USA for Tokyo Olympics

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31827912/cleveland-cavaliers-kevin-love-withdrawing-team-usa-tokyo-olympics

[DieHardYankee26]

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Rest up, Randle. Remember if they call, they chose this guy over you to begin with


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[jeebs9]

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Rest up, Randle. Remember if they call, they chose this guy over you to begin with


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[DaImmaculateONe]

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Does this apply for all NBA players or just the Americans?

IMO it should be for all nba pros, but other countries will argue that they need stars to help grow their programs. but look at soccer there a reason why they have an Under 23 for the olympics and world cup for everyone else. Nba championship > conference championship > gold medal

[cima]

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I think it's fair to say our younger generations (millennials and Gen Z) aren't as patriotic as previous generations either so I'm not sure playing for Team USA means as much as it may have to the past teams.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I honestly think it’s less about Patriotism and moreso about individual brands.

[cima]

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So the replacements are Javale McGee and Keldon Johnson.
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lol

[jfsolo]

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Does this apply for all NBA players or just the Americans?

The way other countries have their basketball leagues set up it's pretty much impossible to make a rule saying "amateurs" only, but I would at least like to cap the age for Olympic basketball at 25. The US would probably only periodically win the Gold with that change, but I personally would be way more interested in the outcome if this happen.

Most people here are too young to remember it, but for me nothing will ever beat the 1984 Gold medal in hoops.

[ojandpizza]

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The way other countries have their basketball leagues set up it's pretty much impossible to make a rule saying "amateurs" only, but I would at least like to cap the age for Olympic basketball at 25. The US would probably only periodically win the Gold with that change, but I personally would be way more interested in the outcome if this happen.

Most people here are too young to remember it, but for me nothing will ever beat the 1984 Gold medal in hoops.

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