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    I rule the local playground ukfan22's Avatar
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    Default Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    thought this would be interesting. I'll go 3 deep at every position just for fun, even though the roster will only be 12

    Irving/Rose/Westbrook
    Harden/Gordon/Beal
    Lebron/Melo/MKG
    Durant/Love/Griffin
    Howard/Cousins/Davis

    Left off guys like Wade and CP3 due to chronic injuries. Young guys like Monroe and Paul George were tough to leave off. Also a bit of a homer pick with MKG, so sue me.

    yours?

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Westbrook/Maynor/Harden
    Harden/Cook/Fisher
    Durant/Durant/Durant
    Jones/Ibaka
    Perkins/Collison


    You can fill in the blanks if you want, but I feel like these are locks barring injuries.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Kobe will be brought in as the Kidd vet.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Shabazz Muhammad as team USA's 2 guard. He's a better more athletic version of Harden.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    monta ellis will probably be there.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Most of the team probably isn't in the league yet. Olympics most likely moving to a 23 and under format.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Quote Originally Posted by Quotable
    Shabazz Muhammad as team USA's 2 guard. He's a better more athletic version of Harden.
    Came here to post this , i think the hype is real on this kid.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Aren't they going 23 and under after this Olympics?

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcastic
    Aren't they going 23 and under after this Olympics?
    That'd be interesting

    But why 23?

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Who knows what kinda players we'll get in the league in 4 years?

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Quote Originally Posted by Sarcastic
    Aren't they going 23 and under after this Olympics?
    I hope they do, I am tired of seeing USA killing teams by 30 points I want to see more competition.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    F - Blake Griffin/Thomas Robinson
    F - Kevin Durant/Micheal Kidd-Gilchrist
    C - Anthony Davis/Greg Monroe/Nerlens Noel
    G - Russell Westbrook/Brad Beal/Shabazz Mohammed
    G - Derrick Rose/Avery Bradley/Brandon Knight

    I don't know if the 23 and under thing will work.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Quote Originally Posted by Perry Jones III
    I hope they do, I am tired of seeing USA killing teams by 30 points I want to see more competition.
    You're showing your age.

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    That would be Melo and LeBron's 4th Olympics!


    That has to be a record

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    Default Re: Predict the 2016 Olympic Team

    Quote Originally Posted by Maniak
    That'd be interesting

    But why 23?
    In Football/Soccer at the Olympics, the rule for a team's whole squad is only players who are 23 or under apart from 3 players who can be any age.

    I hope the rule doesn't come into effect for Basketball, considering international matches happen a lot less often than for Football, who have international friendly matches throughout the year. It's once in a blue moon you get to see a team of all-stars come together (ASW aside of course) and play together. Not excluding teams not from the US!

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