{"id":2962,"date":"2016-08-07T01:03:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-07T06:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2962"},"modified":"2017-07-08T13:05:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T18:05:28","slug":"usachina-olympic-basketball-game-a-complete-and-utter-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fredsportsextra.com\/?p=2962","title":{"rendered":"USA\/China Olympic Basketball game a complete and utter joke…….."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The United States Olympic basketball team beat China’s best\u00a0today in Rio de Janeiro.\u00a0The some of the best players in the world who represent\u00a0Team USA\u00a0dominated in a contest\u00a0I would call a glorified exhibition, and that is being too kind.\u00a0\u00a0 What a waste of fine natural basketball talent.\u00a0 Men against boys would not\u00a0be telling the truth.\u00a0The Olympic basketball set-up with professional basketball players is a joke.\u00a0 Let the non-professionals in this sport\u00a0participate, and make an age limit of 22, stopping countries to\u00a0pretend that their 35 year old players are not professionals.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
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