Comments on: FIBA head says no to under-23 Olympics basketball http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/ Basketball - NBC Sports Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:10:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: florida727 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124474 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:34:44 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124474 How about an under-50? (Damn, I still don’t qualify.)

]]> By: florida727 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124473 Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:32:49 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124473 Agreed. Glad to see I wasn’t the only one with a grin on my face when reading that FIBA essentially told David Stern to shove his idea up his @$$. Can Stern be any more self-serving?

]]> By: niubears http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124143 Sun, 19 Aug 2012 13:50:47 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124143 Wait. 3-on-3 Olympic basketball? That would be awesome to watch.

]]> By: sageandjudahsdad http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124048 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:14:01 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124048 Even if FIBA doesn’t do it. America still should!!!

]]> By: charlescub80 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124027 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 15:37:58 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124027 How about under 28?

]]> By: rajbais http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-124003 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:18:21 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-124003 David Stern, it’s time to retire!!!!

You want an age 20 draft rule that likely will not get passed in this current collective bargaining agreement and possibly for another 10 years (because that is how long the CBA is) and you want 23-year-olds in the Olympics???

You want to know why the Olympic age limit is a bad rule, check out Anthony Davis!!!! He was so stellar!!!

Another thing, ban players who never stepped on a NBA floor!!! Emeka Okafor, Christian Laettner, and Anthony Davis are probably three of the most unproductive players in the dream team era!! That is why college players are bad for the Olympics particularly when young players’ fundamentals are at an all-time low!!!

Wow you are retired take Jerry Colangelo with you too!!!

]]> By: zblott http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123997 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 11:24:09 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123997 Too bad we don’t have a time machine to play all the possible Dream Teams ever against each other if NBA players were allowed in from the beginning. If so, 1968 would win gold, 1984 would take gold, and 1992 bronze. Check out the arguments:

http://www.behindthebasket.com/btb/2012/8/18/best-possible-dream-team-ever-1968-1984-or-1992.html

]]> By: icdogg http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123984 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 06:40:30 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123984 That may be true but big corporations profit from it. And the IOC guys are living the good life from it.

]]> By: barbeaux http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123982 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:27:52 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123982 As far as the Rbio example okay that’s one in one country. How about all the others?

]]> By: barbeaux http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123981 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:25:14 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123981 They “play for free” for their countries. Let’s not be capitalist pigs about everything.

]]> By: icdogg http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123979 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 05:22:33 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123979 Mark Cuban was on Bill Maher talking about it tonight. He said you pay these guys 15 million dollars a year to play, and then they go and play for free for NBC?

]]> By: monkeyhateclean http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123975 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:50:30 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123975 How about an over 23 team AND an under 23 team? The 2 teams can scrimmage against each other, with the older team being the official Olympic representative, while the younger team gets some FIBA experience and is groomed for the following Olympic games.

]]> By: detroit20iron http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123974 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 04:44:44 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123974 David Stern can shove it.

]]> By: censoredpost http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123966 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:10:24 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123966 That Idea is almost as crazy as Ad space on the NBA Uniforms…Wait a second.

]]> By: ambitoos http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123965 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 03:08:33 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123965 The NBA needs to stay as far away from the Olympics as possible. The coaches and players are free to do as they like in the off season. David Stern can go where the sun don’t shine.

]]> By: eugenesaxe http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123947 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:45:52 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123947 “They don’t all have a school system like the USA.”
No, but don’t the Euro “club” teams have players not even old enough to go to college? Didn’t Rubio start his pro career at 14? Not exactly a valid argument when they have freshmen playing against grown men on a regular paid basis.
And our players and the rest of the world will go for it once the $$$ becomes too hard to ignore.

]]> By: BigBeachBall http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/17/fiba-head-says-no-to-under-23-olympics-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-123946 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 01:42:28 +0000 http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=171879#comment-123946 get rid of the vets imo… the rising stars inevitably overplay and hurt themselves… example: Griffin
a team of 22 year old rising stars is adequate and the injuries from overplaying will be held in check.
not sure if griffin will even be ready to start next season..

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