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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Even after that team, many of the All-Stars of the entire league were on the USA team and this is why it took last Olympics to lose a game.
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Um, no, the 2002 team had Tracy McGrady, Elton Brand, Reggie Miller, Jermaine O'neal, Paul Pearce, Ben Wallace, Michael Finlay and Baron Davis. All were NBA all-stars. That team lost to Argentina, Yugoslavia and Spain...and barely beat Greece by 6....and finished sixth in the Worlds Championship. And they played in Indy too iirc.
How many NBA all-stars are on the teams that are beating these NBA all-star teams now? Greece, for instance? Greece didn't even have an NBA player, let alone an NBA all-star.
Know what is funny? I'd rather watch an NBA all-star team play in the Worlds Championship than watch an NBA ball game. To me, it just kinda seems more like..... basketball.
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http://www.suntimes.com/output/telan...pt-rick03.html