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Originally Posted by Stay Golden
The NBA is comprised of mostly but not exclusivly Americans. Isn't it time the IOC realizes that it is not good for the "spirit" of the Olympics having this brash American celebrity Dream Team completly humiliating their opponents.
98 - 71 over France
110 - 63 over Tunisia
156 - 73 over Nigeria
Its not about only winning its about completing destroying their opponents.
They would dunk on blind children and think nothing wrong about it.
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Its a slippery slope though. In team sports it easier to see when one country is so much better than others but there are plenty of individual sports where countries like China & USA are equally as dominant as the US basketball team.
Hard to make a case to get rid of NBA players because they're too good when plenty of athletes are too good for their competition in individual sports too. They'd have to get rid of NHL players too, even though the talent is very much spread out.
They can't punish the US because other countries can't produce basketball players on their level. If they don't allow NBA players, they simply have to eliminate NHL players as well.