Thread: Men's Basketball - Gold medal game (USA vs Spain)
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Old 08-24-2008, 04:02 PM   #259
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Originally Posted by LonghornDub
I'm trying to wrap my mind around exactly what about Team USA's patriotism is "fake."

I just have a hard time imagining a bunch of young multimillionaires being genuinely patriotic. Someone like Carmelo Anthony comes to mind.

I guess it depends on the definition of patriotism. My opinion is that most of the team USA members do not fit my definition of the understanding!

Melo, Kobe, Whistle, CP3... these are players I don't root for in the NBA, so it translates over to international level. I wouldn't call it anti-American or distasteful or anything, we're talking about a basketball game here, not a war!
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