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I say this everytime the subject is brought up. Basketball is an AMERICAN game invented by a CANADIAN.
The game is obviously still better in the US than anywhere else. But while young Americans are focusing on dunking and dribbling between the legs, kids in other countries are working shooting and passing. They're catching up real quick.
In 1972, Canada almost lost the hockey Summit Series to Russia. It was a wake up call to go back to the basics of skating and passing instead of focusing on the rough stuff. Last year's Olympic debacle for the US should perhaps be looked at that the same way instead of focusing on the fact that it was not the 12 best Americans that were on the team. It had Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson, these were not college guys playing against pros.
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