U23 for basketball in the Olympics after London (like in football). That's what David Stern thinks. Check it out (3:35).
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Stern: age limit on Olympics basketball
Collapse
X
-
Stern: age limit on Olympics basketball
Tags: None
-
No surprise there, with injuries mounting you know NBA owners with stars headed to the Olympics are concerned about them potentially getting injured. Stern's just voicing their doubts. Barring more changes to the CBA the owners really can't do much at this point aside from piss and moan about it (See Marc Cuban).
The growing dissent among sports media here is far more interesting, there's a lot of nostalgia for the pre dream team days amongst sports pundits that seems to grow each year.Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
-
Originally posted by JGX View PostCan't see the IOC going for that.
He provides the example of football, but you can't compare the culture of football and basketball as far as the Olympics is concerned. Those are two different realities.
Comment
-
Originally posted by rikhardur View PostActually it's not clear (at least to me) if he's talking about just the NBA or the entire Olympic tournament. But I agree, I also fail to see the IOC or FIBA going for that.
He provides the example of football, but you can't compare the culture of football and basketball as far as the Olympics is concerned. Those are two different realities.Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
Comment
-
It would suprise me if something like that happened. Anyways, they can only apply this to US players since I doubt that FIBA would accept having no international NBA players in the Olympics. Even the players would oppose something like that.
I suppose that they are trying to get something from IOC in exchange of having all the US stars there, since the dream team is the attraction of the tourney. But its presence is not so strong that it can erradicate the importance of the competition meaning that all the other teams would "kill" for an olympic medal, so they would present their absolute best teams, with international NBA stars included.
Comment
-
While this may be in the interest of the NBA, it sounds like a good idea to me. As a basketball fan I will miss a summer of high level basketball, but this is one of the best things that can happen for the World Championship as well as the Continental Championships. Twelve European federations have opted for a Eurobasket every four years as well. This means that we'll have one big tournament every two years. That's enough and it sounds good to me. This is the best way to minimize absentees of top Euroleague and NBA players in those competitions.
I remember a remark Peja Stojakovic made some years ago when reporters asked him why he wasn't part of the Serbian NT. His reply was: "There's always another tournament next year, or the year after that...., there is never a break"PAO EUROPEAN CHAMPION 1996 - 2000 - 2002 - 2007 - 2009 - 2011
Comment
-
Originally posted by rikhardur View PostActually it's not clear (at least to me) if he's talking about just the NBA or the entire Olympic tournament.Originally posted by Dtown View PostGoing by the flow of the conversation I believe he's talking about NBA playersOriginally posted by FedfanMost ppl get childish when they lose.Originally posted by GuTOrefs in games of Spain walks with literally poop in his pants afraid of the Spanish players
Comment
-
The problem is not the Olympics, the problem is the NBA competition system.
You can´t play more than 80 games of 48 minutes in 6 months, it is insane for a human body, that´s why so many players get serious injuries, not for playing 15 days in a summer tournament in games of 40 minutes.
Ricky Rubio played in NBA untill he get injured, as much time as in 2 years in Barcelona (Spanish and Euroleague)
They are humans not robots, yes I know it is a bussiness but this year with the blockout, maybe has been much better for the most of the players.
Olympics should be always with the best players, in my opinion, if don´t it will be as atractive as archery.
Comment
-
Originally posted by Sykes View PostThe problem is not the Olympics, the problem is the NBA competition system.
You can´t play more than 80 games of 48 minutes in 6 months, it is insane for a human body, that´s why so many players get serious injuries, not for playing 15 days in a summer tournament in games of 40 minutes.
Ricky Rubio played in NBA untill he get injured, as much time as in 2 years in Barcelona (Spanish and Euroleague)
They are humans not robots, yes I know it is a bussiness but this year with the blockout, maybe has been much better for the most of the players.
Olympics should be always with the best players, in my opinion, if don´t it will be as atractive as archery.
Comment
-
Actually there have been more high profile injuries this year with the 66 game schedule, though that's because it is so condensed and lacked a proper training camp.
In either case while the NBA could probably benefit from a 60 game non compacted schedule it will never happen because it's too much of a loss of revenue.Pistons: 2021-22 Let the Motorcade begin!!
Bronze medal 2013 Eurobasket prediction Game.
Comment
-
Originally posted by Sykes View PostThe problem is not the Olympics, the problem is the NBA competition system.
You can´t play more than 80 games of 48 minutes in 6 months, it is insane for a human body, that´s why so many players get serious injuries, not for playing 15 days in a summer tournament in games of 40 minutes.
Ricky Rubio played in NBA untill he get injured, as much time as in 2 years in Barcelona (Spanish and Euroleague)
They are humans not robots, yes I know it is a bussiness but this year with the blockout, maybe has been much better for the most of the players.
Olympics should be always with the best players, in my opinion, if don´t it will be as atractive as archery.
Stern wants the best for his league (NBA), more money and etc.
Comment
Comment