Rick Barry’s son the best player. How are these guys chosen? Can pro players be used for the 3-man teams? Big man was awful and the other player wasn’t that good either.
SIAP Why is USA 3-man Basketball team so bad?
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Because the players suck ass. How is this even an Olympic sport anyway? So damn random.
I read that to be eligible you have to compete in a 3X3 circuit. So, none of our decent players are available.
Seems like lately they are trying to create weird stuff just to add more to the Olympics, both summer and winter. Needs to stop as they're making a joke of what the Olympics really were intended to be. Might as well add hopscotch and tiddly winks as medal opportunities. I exaggerate but you get what I mean.
We need to bring back some of the classic random Olympic sports of yesteryear. Thinks like chess, kite flying, bowling, fire fighting, tug of war, and art competitions.
It's rigged so USA can't send even decent pro level players. It's a joke.
They set it up so USA can’t dominate. We can’t just say hey Mr. NBA all star who didn’t make the Olympic team wanna play? They have a point system and that requires a player to play 3 on 3 tournaments all year to gather enough points to qualify. What we need to do is get 3 16-18 year old players about to enter college who are like Cooper Flagg who can make money off sponsorships and the reputation boost they gain to represent the USA. They can play summer tournaments and be on the same team a couple years before the games. It’s a win win for the USA and the players. Pros wouldn’t get the blessing or have the time to do that.
Pretty much, they have freaking break dancing this year but not baseball.
We can get 3 guys from Rafters and at least compete, in my opinion. lol
The weird sport I like to watch at the Olympics is badminton.. lol Strangely entertaining!
The weird sport I like to watch at the Olympics is badminton.. lol Strangely entertaining!
It's not "rigged." The other countries' top pros don't play either. The rules are the same for everyone.
So if we don't play it, and other countries don't play it.. then why is it an event to begin with?
Man, me and some of my Gus Macker boys will go! Gus Macker was the ISH! Did they have GM down in Kentucky? It's def all around Indiana and Michigan. Giant 3 on 3 tourney with different ages and classes. Was a blast!
We need drone racing in the Olympics. That stuff is wild!
Nope, it starts the 2nd to last day of the games on the 11th I believe.
https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/sports/breaking
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Drone racing is awesome, I worked for a hobby shop that sold a lot of drones and we had a set of demo goggles and stuff. So much fun. I used to fly our drone over the shop and take it down by the bridge overlooking the Ohio, it had over a mile range for video, hit a button and it would GPS back and land on its own where I took off from.
They should add a brawl competition. Have like thirty of your countries meanest bastards just throw down. Last man standing wins it all. Would definitely be better than watching a 10k meter swimming event.
It's stupid and pointless. People want to see the best compete, not some church league atmosphere.
It sure seems like IOC wanted to give other countries and opportunity to compete in this sport, by picking something that no one seems to play.
I’ve been saying the same thing too for the last couple Olympics. At one point they even dropped wrestling as a permanent sport and made it one of the rotational sports like ribbon twirling; even tho its one of the most original events
Get back to the bread and butter from the original Greek concept being measures of pure athleticism or combat oriented skills. It needs to just be Track & Field, Wrestling, Fencing, Boxing, cycling, Swimming, gymnastics, rowing, sailing, shooting etc. …….then add in the Uber popular team sports like basketball, soccer, cricket, Rugby, baseball, volleyball (indoor and beach), tennis, golf ——wrap it up and call it a day
If you google 1908 summer Olympics events (the original summer Olympics crafted after the Greek games with some additions)…the event list should look almost identical plus a couple team sport additions
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That does make the whole thing seem rather pointless.
If the best in the world can't participate--why is it an Olympic sport?
If you have to make up sham rules to keep 1 country from dominating it--then it really shouldn't be an Olympic contest.
I like your idea very much. Get rid of the fluff stuff and concentrate on the main events such as you listed. That would be plenty to fill two weeks of TV coverage and we'd all get some awesome events to watch every day.
In theory we could just that our pros won’t take the time or probably be allowed to play enough to qualify. All we need to do is take is take our best U18 players and have them play over the summer and participate in the next games coming up. Do it a year or 2 before to get some cohesion and go from there. If those guys don’t make the NBA they can continue representing the US and making money that way. Even during the summers away from overseas deals which they can probably easier negotiate to play. Our best player is Jimmer and he’s 35 years old now. 3 on 3 is asking for the best iso players in my mind. A Jamal Crawford or someone in that vein would dominate IMO.
I read that the host nation can pick and choose some sports they want and don’t want. Since France sucks and has no baseball infrastructure they kept it out. It was a sport during the Tokyo Olympics and a couple others. I’d assume in LA it will return.
2020 seems to be the year they added the random stuff. Since then, they have added:
2020
3v3 basketball
Skateboarding
Climbing
Surfing
2024
Breakdancing
2028
Flag Football
Lacrosse (last played in 1908) - I'm good with this one
Squash - I'm good with this one
Between 1992 - 2020, they added the following (which all seem like legit additions:
Badminton
Baseball
Golf
Rugby 7's
Softball
Triathlon
I read this after you posted:
"But it's not just the IOC calling the shots. A host city can also play a role in the decision, and push for a particular sport for the year that they are hosting. For a real-world example, look no further than the 2024 Games to be held in Paris, which will see the debut of breakdancing as an Olympic sport."
You are correct about baseball and softball. Stadiums to host such a major sport do not exist to the capacity needed to host the events.
Guessing next up in 8 years will be pickleball. I played that for first time last week. Wow, it was fun!
Paddle (Padel) Ball is more popular in Europe than Pickleball I think. Similar game but different balls
