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As I said, I am not going to convince you but you are showing your lack of knowledge about other sports. The NBA title is NOT the world title. It the US championship. Our basketball teams have been an embarassment lately on the international stage. Why wouldn't the Serie A or the La Liga titles be the same as our NBA title. "The 1992 Barcelona Games proved to be the turning point in the Olympic soccer tournament, when the men's tournament was competed as an under-23 event for the first time." Would Jordan be able to play if these rules were followed in Olypic basketball. Each coach is allowed to add 3 overage players to the roster. Most clubs don't like their high priced players playing in these competition because the risk of injury. It would be a great idea for basketball to try the Champions League format. Baseball did it this year in the preseaseon. Not all the best players were there but the US lost that as well. We need to take international competition more serious. Most Cup titles are competitions between club teams from different countries and you have to be in the top of your league even to be invited.

"As I said, I am not going to convince you but you are showing your lack of knowledge about other sports"

You wanna bet?
What sport you talking about

"The NBA title is NOT the world title."

#1. Perhaps, you'll show me where I said it was in my posts.

# 2. While its not the official world champiosnhip, for all practical purposes, it is the preeminent championships in basketball by far.
# 3. The NBA finals MVP, IS invariably the best player on the planet. The SIX times MJ won the NBA finals MVP, he certainly was the best player on the planet.

"Our basketball teams have been an embarassment lately on the international stage"

Our team has lost only ONE Olympic gold since the Olympics allowed in professionals in 1992, and before that we won far more Olympic basketball golds than anyone else.
And when we didn't win the gold in 2004, we still won the bronze then.
Show me any European team that has a similar record at the Olympics/World Cup in soccer.

"Why wouldn't the Serie A or the La Liga titles be the same as our NBA title"

Because it's equivalent to an NBA conference title.
You want to talk NBA champions, then we are talking European Champions League champions.

""The 1992 Barcelona Games proved to be the turning point in the Olympic soccer tournament, when the men's tournament was competed as an under-23 event for the first time."

That was 16 years ago. Zidane could easily have played since then under this clause:

While professionals are allowed in the men’s tournament, rules restrict teams to players under 23 years old with the exception of three over-age players."

There are THREE over age players allowed, and Zidane could be one of them if he's as good as you claim.

"Would Jordan be able to play if these rules were followed in Olypic basketball"

Yes.
As one of the 3 exemptions.

"Most clubs don't like their high priced players playing in these competition because the risk of injury."

Tough.
We had the same problem here, and our even more high priced Michael Jordon still played in the Olympics and won the gold.

"It would be a great idea for basketball to try the Champions League format"

Champions League is between teams of similar abilities.
Who are the top America teams going to play against here (with all respect to Europe).

That would be like MLS teams joining the European Champions League.