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» NYCScribe - Mission Accomplished (at last) After seven defections from the original roster and seven more rejections of its invitations, USA Basketball has announced the final five players to fill out the roster for the men's team at the Olympics in Athens. Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Lamar Odom, Carlos Boozer and Emeka Okafor were named to the team, joining Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson, Stephon Marbury, LeBron James, Richard Jefferson, Shawn Marion and Amare Stoudemire. This is the youngest US men's Olympic basketball team since the NBA began sending pros to the Games in 1992. Players on the latest Dream Team are an average 23.6 years of age. Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady, Jason Kidd, Ray Allen, Mike Bibby, Jermaine O'Neal and Karl Malone are the defectees from the original roster, and subsequent invitations were declined by Shaquille O'Neal, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Kenyon Martin, Elton Brand, Ben Wallace and Richard Hamilton. American officials and basketball fans are now left to hope that youthful exuberance will serve just as well as experience and All-Star resumes.-- posted by NYCScribe » NYCScribe - Basketball Dynasty In Jeopardy? The U.S. basketball team fell 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever, and first since adding pros. The Americans shot only 35 percent, finished 3-for-24 from 3-point range and had nearly as many turnovers (22) as field goals (26). American teams had been 24-0 since the professional Olympic era began with the 1992 Dream Team, but now there is a blemish on their record to go with two losses to the Soviet Union in the 1972 gold medal game and the 1988 semifinals. The U.S Olympic team's overall record now stands at 109-3.-- posted by NYCScribe » NYCScribe - Another point of view Mark Cuban's explanation for why there are no members of his Dallas Mavericks on the U.S. Olympic basketball team"When the NBA was broadcast on NBC, it was far less of an issue. With NBC as the home of the Olympics and the NBA broadcast partner, there were a ton of cross promotional and selling opportunities. NBC could promote the Olympics in NBA games, and promote the NBA in the Olympics broadcasts. NBC could require advertisers to buy NBA advertising in order to get Olympic advertising,or vice versa. There were untold win -win scenarios by having both the Olympics and the NBA together at NBC. That obviously is not longer the case. The NBA is now on ESPN/ABC and TNT. They are paying us a lot of money in a deal that has been working well for all involved. What in the world are we doing helping our partners competition ? Why are we giving our most valuable manpower to a huge business, the Olympics so they can try to take revenue away from the NBA and our partners?" -- posted by NYCScribe
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