About eight months later, the rules were changed and NBA players became eligible to play in international competition. So the assumption by a large segment of the media was that American basketball officials were angered by the loss, and thus decided to declare NBA players eligible so the U. That would seem to make sense - except that it is not true.
When the U. So were many others. So he decided a change was needed and he led the movement to change the rules. When the vote to change the rules was taken, in fact, the U.
They were content for the U. Once the rules were changed, however, the NBA was invited to become a part of USA Basketball, and it was determined that NBA players would play in the Olympics and World Championships with college and other young players continuing to represent the U. What is even less known, however, is that in - two years before Americans lost in '88 - the rules were nearly changed. Stankovic introduced the resolution for open play at a FIBA convention, and the vote to allow all professionals to play was At the time, Stankovic said 18 or 19 countries abstained from voting, but if only five had changed and voted "yes," the resolution would have passed and the original Dream Team could have debuted in rather than The truth, however, is puzzling.
Why would international executives who want to win gold medals change a system after they won a gold medal? That seems immoral. The second is very simple. Our feeling is that only by playing with the best players in the world can everyone else make progress.
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Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Single Accounts Corporate Solutions Universities. Published by Christina Gough , Apr 29, Today the NBA as a whole generates around eight billion U. All other teams in the NBA generated more than million U. The New York Knicks are the most valuable franchise of the league with a total value of around five billion U. All other NBA franchises have a value of at least 1.
The least valuable franchise is the Memphis Grizzlies with a value of 1. On average, NBA franchises have an estimated value of around 2. In comparison, the average franchise value in the NFL was just over three billion U. During the NBA regular season, a league wide total of 1, games are played, with each team playing 82 games.
The honor of highest paid player in the league in was shared among five players, four of whom played for Phoenix Mercury. One of these players was Skylar Diggins-Smith, who has twice won the Nancy Lieberman Award for the best point guard in the country, and took home , U.
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