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If the 2008 U.S. Olympic basketball team played a full NBA season, what would their record be?
Assume that the rest of the league's talent is NOT diluted by being without their Olympic players. If it makes it easier to visualize, imagine that every Olympic player is just a clone, and the original copy still plays on their NBA team (e.g. clone Kobe plays for the Olympic team and original Kobe plays for the Lakers).
Most of the answerers so far don't seem to understand the question.
The Olympic team would be PLAYING IN THE NBA. I only brought up the clone thing, because otherwise a dozen NBA teams would be without their star player, which would throw the whole question out-of-whack.
Keep in mind that, despite the fact that they're the best players, past Olympic teams were defeated by other countries with vastly inferior talent.
10 Answers
- larryLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
I think they would be undefeated if they were to stay healthy the entire season. A dream team is a dream team. They should never lose..
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Source(s): cap - 5 years ago
I agree with fez and jack. The other teams would lose their best players because they would be playing on team USA, and I also think they beat the Bulls record. That said, Houston, Boston, Detroit, San Antonio, and Dallas (if they found a replacement point which they need to do anyway based on the play of the corpse-formerly-known-as Jason Kidd) don't loose their best players and all would pose a serious threat. I think they go 74-8 depending on which conference they are in. You also have to account for longer games in the NBA, injuries, suspensions, and the occassional coach K brain farts.
- Cheese BobLv 51 decade ago
Umm, I'd like to go with 70-12. This is because most teams have established a stronger chemistry within their starting lineup and bench than the OIympic teams had. Like I'm willing to say that the Kobe-Gasol combination is much stronger than the Kobe-Bosh or Kobe-Howard. The same could be said about the Jason Kidd PG, with Chris Paul being definitely better, and I can safely say that Mo Williams or Rajon Rondo could size up to Chris Paul when the time calls for it. Not to mention, you also have to face up against KG and Duncan who didn't play for the Olympic team, and are 2 of the best PFs in the game.
- nba_gswLv 71 decade ago
Well it depends on how many games they would be playing.
If lets say the Olympics had 82 games, I guess they would win like 70+ of them.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
82-0. The only way I can see them losing is if they played Jordan's Bulls or the Lakers 3peat team. Did you see the way the U.S team destroyed the world's competition?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They would probably do pretty well considering that they are the best players in the country
- 1 decade ago
68-14, losses mostly due to inevitable injuries. Oddly, I think the salary cap would hinder this (awesome) hypothetical situation more than, say, cloning. :\
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Are you into Star Trek?
- 1 decade ago
undefeated no matter what even though theres NO CHANCE AT ALL THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN
