3x3 basketball. So now there's a gold medal for sub elite scrubs

Surely you're joking

Looking forward to more of your fallacies

I like it. I liked Olympic basketball better when we sent college players. Obviously that's not feasible anymore in regular basketball. A similar thing happens in doubles tennis. Many doubles players are people you only know of if you're a real serious fan. For me watching Canon Barry shooting underhand free throws has been a highlight of Olympic watching so far.

As to getting a regular job, does this count?

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Full-time scientist and part-time basketball player Canyon Barry chases gold in 3×3 at Paris Games

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Canyon Barry is a part-time basketball player. His full-time job is system engineer for a defense and space contractor.

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3x3 at the olympics is not real street ball, it's a ridiculously physical game meant to have a country other than the US win the gold medal. If they took real street ball legends and put them out there in a full court game or did a half court game with real NBA players the US would win easily.

3X3 looks like a bunch 40 year old has beens playing a pickup game at the Y

Skateboarding is one of the better recent additions to the Olympic schedule. It's easily accessible with very little equipment, which fits the spirit of global competition, and it makes for compelling TV. I watched the street competition and the format is a bit like a combination between gymnastics and field events, where they first have to do a full run, then continually try to one-up each other with harder single tricks.

If we're looking at sports to get rid of, race walking seems like an obvious choice, and then there's flag football slated for 2028

Not if they are going to call palming / traveling.

USA men fall to 0-4.

The US doesn’t fund their athletes. There mother of a US silver medalist in short track wrote a great essay on the very difficult decision to leave to Hungary, because she was having to mortgage her homes and everything just for an Olympic dream.

i also have interviewed Olympic historian David Wallechinsky, the president of IOC’s historical branch, he said that patriotism among athletes have Lways flag jumped and in his years covering the Olympics since 1984, he never felt like patriotism was rhe motivating factor behind the thousands of athletes he spoke with.

lastly, why can’t ppl be loyal to two countries?

But this is bizarre, he never played NCAa basketball even? Aren’t there tons of dleague, nba players or ncaa players who’d love to go?

I think Clark and Reese in a team would make great 3x3 teammates. Reese's rebounding and Clark's passing would be great. Heck throw Buckets on there and they'd really rock.

I don't know if skateboarding or surfing works THAT well, bc those sports don't really lend themselves to competition. Most ppl skateboard as a form of expression or hanging out.

It's like parkour

You're not wrong but as a casual basketball fan, I find it more interesting to watch than full court.

Are there eligibility rules explaining why we didn’t send NBA players? Or do the qualifying processes conflict with the season?

So-called "gymnastics" should add a slam-dunk competition.

There very much is. Countries cannot just place anyone on the team. In short...there is required previous participation in 3x3 events which do not attract any talent male or female at all. The list of US men who could be selected was laughable. As much as Jimmer Fredette was known and known to be well down the list of players most would choose, he was THE name in the group.

Makes sense that there are qualifying rules. Wonder when HVL had time to make the women's team? And if she could as a collegiate, seems like male collegiate a could too. Some small school D-1 sharp shooter would certainly help the US cause.