[valentine]

Since it’s pretty slow between Finals games, I figured I’d throw a few hypothetical questions out there to see what you guys think relating to Olympic Basketball

Feel free to answer any (or all) of the questions…

1) What percentage chance is there that Team USA doesn’t win the gold in Men’s Basketball

2) If Team USA only sent College players, like they did back in the day…How would they fare?

3) Could Zach Lavine compete in High Jump at the 2020 Olympics if he quit basketball and started training now. Prototypical build and hops.

4) If 3 on 3 basketball was an Olympic Sport, which 3 players would you want representing Team USA?

5) Was the 1972 Gold medal game vs Russia corrupt….or just bad refereeing

6) How easily could the worlds best Volleyball players (7’1", 40" verts, 9’6" wingspan) transition to the NBA as a "rim running, shotblocking, high energy bigman"

7) Would it be better if the NBA stopped sending players from entering the Olympics & FIBA’s, and instead hosted their own "World Cup" style event (with better pay & NBA rules)

[OhCanada-Participant]

1) 20%

2) Terribly, definitely no medal

3) Im not too sure but if he dedicated his life to it I don’t see why not.

4) Curry, Green and Thompson

5) Way past my time. I’m impartial.

6) Not very easily or else it would have been done.

7) Its interesting to think of but I would hate hearing about contract negotiations to play for your country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[OhCanada-Participant]

1) 20%

2) Terribly, definitely no medal

3) Im not too sure but if he dedicated his life to it I don’t see why not.

4) Curry, Green and Thompson

5) Way past my time. I’m impartial.

6) Not very easily or else it would have been done.

7) Its interesting to think of but I would hate hearing about contract negotiations to play for your country.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[steviechillzParticipant]

) 15%, if Curry starts a trend of other players skipping the Olympics then I could see this going higher

2) If you watched any of the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s Pan American Games, you would know we would get our butts handed to us!

3) I’m with OhCanada- on this one, LaVine could probably play any sport if he committed 100% to it. His athleticism is off the charts

4) Hmm, give me LeBron, KD, Curry…three best players in the world!

5) Can’t answer, way past my time as well

6) As easy as Nerlens Noel’s rookie season went…you can be a pogo stick in the NBA, but it means nothing without fundamentals

7) I like the idea, but my favorite idea would be to send the NBA Champs of that year to the Olympics. That team will have the best chemistry out of any other options.

[steviechillzParticipant]

) 15%, if Curry starts a trend of other players skipping the Olympics then I could see this going higher

2) If you watched any of the 2015 USA Basketball Men’s Pan American Games, you would know we would get our butts handed to us!

3) I’m with OhCanada- on this one, LaVine could probably play any sport if he committed 100% to it. His athleticism is off the charts

4) Hmm, give me LeBron, KD, Curry…three best players in the world!

5) Can’t answer, way past my time as well

6) As easy as Nerlens Noel’s rookie season went…you can be a pogo stick in the NBA, but it means nothing without fundamentals

7) I like the idea, but my favorite idea would be to send the NBA Champs of that year to the Olympics. That team will have the best chemistry out of any other options.

[publius2481Participant]

 1. 10%

2. I highly doubt they would make the medal round

3. No, he would be competing against the best in the world who have trained for years to perfect their craft. Transitioning sports at this level is not easy.

4. In this format, shooting and speed matter more than size. I would take Curry, Lebron, and Durant.

5. Crooked implies it was fixed. I think the game itself was poor officiating. The rejection of the challenge was corrupt (3 communist countries voted against it).

6. Again it is difficult to transistion sports at this level.

7. I imagine it would be difficult to do and I like how you see players playing for national pride in the Olympics. An NBA "World Cup" sounds more like it is getting players to play for money.

 

 

 

 

 

[publius2481Participant]

 1. 10%

2. I highly doubt they would make the medal round

3. No, he would be competing against the best in the world who have trained for years to perfect their craft. Transitioning sports at this level is not easy.

4. In this format, shooting and speed matter more than size. I would take Curry, Lebron, and Durant.

5. Crooked implies it was fixed. I think the game itself was poor officiating. The rejection of the challenge was corrupt (3 communist countries voted against it).

6. Again it is difficult to transistion sports at this level.

7. I imagine it would be difficult to do and I like how you see players playing for national pride in the Olympics. An NBA "World Cup" sounds more like it is getting players to play for money.

 

 

 

 

 

[CameronCrazy11Participant]

Coming from a former college track and field athlete’s perspective, I’ll say that LaVine’s athleticism would definitely help him in regards to transitioning to high jump. Unless he has previous high jump experience though, he would seriously need to work on his form and approach if he wanted to compete for a spot on the USA’s Olympic team. I’ve seen countless track and field meets in my lifetime and can tell you that the top two reasons why someone messes up in high jump are mistiming their jump/steps in their approach and failing to arch their back when they are going over the bar. Athleticism can only take you so far. At some point, technique separates good from great.

[CameronCrazy11Participant]

Coming from a former college track and field athlete’s perspective, I’ll say that LaVine’s athleticism would definitely help him in regards to transitioning to high jump. Unless he has previous high jump experience though, he would seriously need to work on his form and approach if he wanted to compete for a spot on the USA’s Olympic team. I’ve seen countless track and field meets in my lifetime and can tell you that the top two reasons why someone messes up in high jump are mistiming their jump/steps in their approach and failing to arch their back when they are going over the bar. Athleticism can only take you so far. At some point, technique separates good from great.

[AwardedBallerParticipant]

 1) 10%

 2) I don’t think they’d make it to the medal rounds 

 3) I’m not sure because competing against professionals is tough, they have pretty much a lifetime advantage over him at this point

 4) I’d take Curry, Thompson and DMC

 5) Way before my time but I’ll do my research and learn more regarding that

 6) Its hard to switch over at this level I agree with the above

 7) I need more understanding of this question, because FIBA is the world’s basketball equivalent of FIFA and there’s already a World Cup.

[AwardedBallerParticipant]

 1) 10%

 2) I don’t think they’d make it to the medal rounds 

 3) I’m not sure because competing against professionals is tough, they have pretty much a lifetime advantage over him at this point

 4) I’d take Curry, Thompson and DMC

 5) Way before my time but I’ll do my research and learn more regarding that

 6) Its hard to switch over at this level I agree with the above

 7) I need more understanding of this question, because FIBA is the world’s basketball equivalent of FIFA and there’s already a World Cup.

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