[jojodamofo]

Well, having NBA players in the Olympics isn't wrong for the simple reason that they are professionals. It is because NBA basketball has totally bastardized the sport -- they travel halfway down the court without getting called, their talent is measured by the spectacular nature of their dunks, etc etc.

It is like having Hulk Hogan enter the greco-roman wrestling competition. This is pretty much a foregone conclusion.

[PogySailor]

It is because NBA basketball has totally bastardized the sport -- they travel halfway down the court without getting called, their talent is measured by the spectacular nature of their dunks, etc etc.

Yep.

[Law is not justice but process]

"It is like having Hulk Hogan enter the greco-roman wrestling competition."

You summed up my feelings about the "Dream Team" exactly, JoJo! They are not a team, they are five guys on the court doing their own thing. That may work in swimming or sprinting, but it is fatal in a team sport.

The USA Basketball team needs a total egoectomy.

[NHResident]

Aren't MOST of these competitors 'professionals' by any reasonable definition? Calling a dog's tail a leg, doesn't mean the dog has 5 legs.

[Yardstick]

It is like having Hulk Hogan enter the greco-roman wrestling competition.

You captured it perfectly.