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[QUOTE="Kolumbo, post: 5058035, member: 4613"]
Just my opinion but I'm surprised so many people are that interested in Olympic Basketball. I am not a huge follower of the NBA but the Olympics, no interest whatsoever. Just my opinion and I'm probably in the minority. I think they should go back to amateurs only if they want to keep basketball. The Olympics are for young guys, not 39 year old locks for the hall of fame.

What really irritates me is referring to these NBA players as great Olympians. Olympian athletes from around the world train for years and years and the Olympics is their Holy Grail. The ultimate goal. Any NBA player can be plugged into the USA line-up and win a medal. They do this for a living, competing in the NBA for an NBA championship. The USA should be an automatic gold, no question. I was just reading a list which had Jordan as one of the greatest Olympians of all time while it exccluded Vasily Alekseyev! I mean, come on man!

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