Olympic basketball should just be amateurs

[MikelArteta]

Scust

 

[Prez]

I disagree. Every country should be putting up their very best.

 

[Malta]

You'd still see some ugly scores like that, our U18 teams usually crush teams as well.


The US is just so far a head of the curve @ basketball.

 

[Edi]

if we truly had amateurs it would be uglier

because the best Europeans between 18-22 play professionally

 

[jfkennedy]

But you're Canadian bruh, you don't have our best interests in mind lol.

We need to send the very best. And even when we sent pros two Olympics ago we could only get Bronze. Just because we mop the floor with Nigeria other countries want us to tone it done? Nah.

(I still think of mixture of Kentucky/Duke/etc. players could win anyway)

 

[PortCityProphet]

3 pros and 12 amateurs. why you ask? idk i just wanted to post something

 

[tremonthustler1]

(I still think of mixture of Kentucky/Duke/etc. players could win anyway)

Them beating a bunch of pros? Nah. Them winning a game in pool play? Perhaps.

 

[Amare's Right Hook]

Nah, I want to see the best play for the US.

 

[jfkennedy]

Them beating a bunch of pros? Nah. Them winning a game in pool play? Perhaps.

If they were all rookies, maybe not. But 3 or 4-yr. college players might have a chance.

 

[Malta]

If they were all rookies, maybe not. But 3 or 4-yr. college players might have a chance.

Nah, we had to switch to pros to begin with because the college kids couldn't compete.


And 3 or 4 year college players wouldn't even be that good, considering all the best players come out Fresh/soph year.

 

[DeVanteSwing]

worst country gets LeBron at the next Olympics

 

[tremonthustler1]

Nah, we had to switch to pros to begin with because the college kids couldn't compete.


And 3 or 4 year college players wouldn't even be that good, considering all the best players come out Fresh/soph year.

A junior/senior squad would look like

C Tyler Zeller /Arnett Moultrie
PF Thomas Robinson /John Henson
SF Jae Crowder /Darius Miller
SG John Jenkins /Jared Cunningham
PG Damian Lillard /Tyshawn Taylor

against pros? Good luck.

 

[L&HH]

If they were all rookies, maybe not. But 3 or 4-yr. college players might have a chance.

But you're Canadian bruh, you don't have our best interests in mind lol.

We need to send the very best. And even when we sent pros two Olympics ago we could only get Bronze. Just because we mop the floor with Nigeria other countries want us to tone it done? Nah.

(I still think of mixture of Kentucky/Duke/etc. players could win anyway)

Spain team has Both Gasol brothers, and Ibaka amongst other pros aint no way college players beating them

 

[jfkennedy]

Spain team has Both Gasol brothers, and Ibaka amongst other pros aint no way college players beating them

I don't think they'd win it all. But I could see a bronze.

 

[superunknown23]

Impossible... unless you wanna see Euro pros killing our amateurs again (1988-1991)
There's no college hoops in Europe. They're all pros.
Spain, Argentina, Lithuania, Greece, France, Russia, Brazil, etc would feast on our college players.