Whats worth more in a vacuum? An NBA championship or Olympic Gold Medal?

[Mask the Embiid]

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I dont really care what you answer….we both know the rarer one…..hehe

[Real Men Wear Green]

Guys like Jayson Tatum have both. Someone should ask him.

[Mask the Embiid]

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You cant stop the rain…..when it starts to fall

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I hope it’s starting to sink in for his haters….no country can stop this….
Can’t stop won’t stop what? Cant stop wont stop what?



Get those all time ranking list back out….we got some adjustments we gonna have to make soon. Hahhahahahhaahahaa

[SouBeachTalents]

He's gonna do it guys. Sure, it took him until 30, but he's gonna make it past the 2nd round.

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[gengiskhan]

Neither.....

NBA championship use to mean something in an ultra competitive NBA league.

Now, it can be brought thru collusion, tons of last minute trades before deadlines or simply jumping ship to a more popular city with championship DNA from before.

Olympics Gold will not mean a thing until we have 1-on-1 ala Dr J VS Kareem Pay Per View event back in the day.

The Best American 1-on-1 player should compete for Olympic gold against each countries best 1-on-1 player.

[Neal Romer]

I'm not sure how valuable either of those would be to someone in a vacuum. I think a pocket knife would have far more utility in such a scenario.

But that's just me.

[Im Still Ballin]

I'm not sure how valuable either of those would be to someone in a vacuum. I think a pocket knife would have far more utility in such a scenario.

But that's just me.


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[ShawkFactory]

Guys like Jayson Tatum have both. Someone should ask him.

Yea and some guys, particularly of the Cameroonian ilk, have neither.

[Xiao Yao You]

Gold if it is not the usa

[basketballcat]

If you win an Olympic Gold, but not with Team USA, that's worth more than an NBA championship.

If you're American, I would say an Olympic medal is about as valuable as an NBA championship.
An Olympic Gold only comes around once in 4 years, BUT you get a stacked team so it's easier.
You get a stacked team, BUT it's harder to make the team in the first place.
So it evens out.

[Manny98]

Embiid is a ****ing coward why isn't he playing for his country he's not from America he's only playing for team USA as he's basically guaranteed to win a gold medal. Winning a gold medal for a country you're not even from is meaningless


It will be so funny if team USA somehow don't win

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I dont really care what you answer….we both know the rarer one…..hehe

Is there any Olympic gold medalist who's ranked above an NBA champ just based on his olympic gold medal? Never heard an argument like: Michael Redd is greater than Shawn Marion, because he has an olympic gold medal. People wouldn't even rank him above Amare who has neither.

[ILLsmak]

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I dont really care what you answer….we both know the rarer one…..hehe

Hehe.

Haha. Nah, but the answer is simple. If you are not from US, it’s medal. If you are, rang.

And nah these dudes who mostly grew up in us don’t count. Imagine joker getting gold.

-Smak

[ArbitraryWater]

only tpols can answer that

[Wardell Curry]

The Best American 1-on-1 player should compete for Olympic gold against each countries best 1-on-1 player.

Best 1 on 1 player is not necessarily the best 5 on 5 player, which is the only thing that matters at the end of the day. Unless the sport gets changed entirely to be 1 on 1s.

[ILLsmak]

Best 1 on 1 player is not necessarily the best 5 on 5 player, which is the only thing that matters at the end of the day. Unless the sport gets changed entirely to be 1 on 1s.

Deadass, there’s no reason 1 on 1 isn’t an olympic sport. Bball is such an amazing game. Works 5v5, 3v3, and 1v1. I don’t think even soccer can go 1v1.

Of course you gotta find people with nuts, but once whoever started playing and they started winning, nba dudes would come in, even if it was bench guys.

1 on 1 bball is crazy cutthroat competition.

-Smak

[Xiao Yao You]

If you win an Olympic Gold, but not with Team USA, that's worth more than an NBA championship.

If you're American, I would say an Olympic medal is about as valuable as an NBA championship.
An Olympic Gold only comes around once in 4 years, BUT you get a stacked team so it's easier.
You get a stacked team, BUT it's harder to make the team in the first place.
So it evens out.

Usa should win so its not close to winning a ring

[Neal Romer]

Usa should win so its not close to winning a ring

A lot of NBA teams start the season in a position where they "should win."

Lebron's never have but nevertheless many others do.

[tpols]

only tpols can answer that

Correct.

These are the current odds for the Olympics.

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Those are monster blowout odds. Nobody's legacy is enhanced by winning as such huge favorites.

But it makes me think... if you threw down like 20 grand on Team USA... wouldn't that be the easiest 5 grand profit you could possibly make?

[Wally450]

Is Greece really that bad outside of Giannis?

[iamgine]

Olympic is not top level basketball. It's a bunch of guys thrown together. The level is much lower than NBA or Euroleague.

[tpols]

Olympic is not top level basketball. It's a bunch of guys thrown together. The level is much lower than NBA or Euroleague.

It definitely is top level basketball since literally every one of the best basketball players in the world are competing in it.

The problem is most of them are all on one team. So the parity is trash. USA and Europe as a whole are similar size. But Europe is split into dozens of factions which dilutes every roster.

Id like to see Team USA face Team Europe. Jokic, Luka, Giannis, Wemby, Gobert etc. That would be an awesome match to see.

[tpols]

But looking @ it even closer I think Team California could win it all quite easily. Lebron, AD, Curry, Fox, Derozan, Reaves, etc. That's pretty filthy.