Perot4Prez
08/09/12 10:37 pm
The championship comes around every year, the Olympics every four. There are far fewer Olympians wearing medals for representing the USA in basketball than there are NBA players wearing championship rings.
To me, THAT makes the Olympics a more distinguished honor.
dogsaver new Jersey
08/08/12 6:51 am
It's pathetic that we sent pro basketball players to play in the olympics! Even more so, is that they are having trouble winning! Pathetic!
scubaagb
08/08/12 6:00 am
The fact that this was so close is insane. In the NBA you are playing against the best competition money can buy. In the Olympics you are playing against everyone who couldn't make the NBA.
emsies Seattle
08/08/12 12:18 am
Hey, I play basketball and an Olympic medal falls so far above the NBA (in my case WNBA) ring. It's international! You're the best team IN THE WORLD.
08/07/12 11:28 pm
Well the map clearly shows where true patriotism lies, all other "patriot" banter is just politics plain and simple.
pe1017 San Antonio
08/07/12 7:06 pm
If you are from the USA and selected for the Olympic team, money is certainly not your driving factor. It's all about the honor of winning for your country. Go for the gold.
alfy21
08/07/12 5:32 pm
Usually the best is selected to go for the gold, but you can sit on the bench all year and still get a ring
Zod Above Pugetropolis
08/07/12 2:39 pm
Winning the NBA championship means beating the second best team in the world. Winning basketball at the Olympics means beating a team that may not even be average for the NBA with a team that might not be better than average for the NBA. The Olympics is not the pinnacle of many team sports.
Planoneck Guam
08/07/12 12:18 pm
Karl Malone, John Stockton, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing. Four players who have a gold medal but no championship ring. There's no doubt in my mind that they'd trade one for the other if they could.
CSGraham
08/07/12 12:12 pm
No one believes a gold medal in basketball is achieving the highest level of the sport; a ring is, thus more important.
Nerdz Texas
08/07/12 12:03 pm
Well, the NBA championship lasts a year and the Olympics is every 4 years so I think winning a gold medal has more honor than winning a ring.
SoL Ohio
08/07/12 11:30 am
In the NBA you're playing against the best in the world anyway. Other countries just don't provide the same competition. Then there's the money aspect.
08/07/12 10:08 am
Gold means your the best jn the world. I'd rather have the pride then some extra cash,
08/07/12 9:22 am
well if you win an Olympic gold it means your one of the top players in the Nba ..... who knows if you win a ring you could be the worst on the team .... so gold for me
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