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Message: [QUOTE="Aluminny69, post: 3997182, member: 103"] Before the Dream Team, there were quite a few Greats who never played in the Olympics, led by Lew Alcindor and Wilt Chamberlain. (I brlieve it was Einstein who said, the next best thing to knowing something, is knowing where to find it.) In terms of his playing on the USA Olympic team, Alcindor decided to not take part in the 1968 tryouts. [URL='http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1908&dat=19680327&id=wJofAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aNQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4976,4197616'][I]The Nevada Daily Mail [/I]reported[/URL] on March 27, 1968: [HEADING=2][URL='https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1276498-top-10-college-basketball-players-who-never-played-for-team-usa-in-the-olympics']Top 10 College Basketball Players Who Never Played for Team USA in the Olympics[/URL][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]