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Originally posted by AdultNex
Exactly.
What benefit does losing or winning the Olympic gold serve you as an NBA professional? They still get to go back to the states, play on their team, sit back and count the millions that they are paid.
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You can bet it matters to them. They and their couch have been humiliated. Losing twice EVER in the Olympics. You saw the way they walked off the court, heads down in shame. They know they should have destroyed Lithuiania and Puerto Rico. You can bet they're going to try their best not to lose again.
They lose face. They lose the prestige that says US basketball is the best in the world. That image is becoming increasingly tarnished and it started from the previous Olympics.