First Loss for the USA.

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by theboys
The game continues to point out how far international basketball has come.

Don't you think that the international game has come so far in large part b/c of the influence of the NBA talent in international competition? Many countries used pro players long before the US ever did; and our college boys stilled whipped their butts. But since the US introduced pro players into the competition, other countries have worked a lot harder to reach the higher "bar" set by the NBA talent. Plus the NBA has brought a lot of talented "foreign" players into the league, making them even better when they go home to play for their own countries. That's the theory I've heard. It seems pretty reasonable.

Chuck