Olympics may add 3-on-3 basketball to the 2016 Olympics

Just another way for US padding gold medals

1 on 1 BB
2 on 2 BB
3 on 3 BB
4 on 4 BB

you'll get 8 Gold medals from those alone

 

Maybe not the first tier but what about people who didn't make the team this year? Rondo, Rudy Gay and Cousins for quick example wouldn't be a squad? This was a quick example by the way. I'm sure better teams could be put together.

 

When expectations are tempered appropriately, almost anything can be a "go".

If Olympics wants to add a 4th tier event with 4th tier athletes and everyone's expectations matches accordingly to that and its not a strain on anything else, then whatever.

 

Outdoor/half-court...

 

FIBA Secretary General and IOC member Patrick Baumann confirmed that there will not be a 23 and under rule change for the 2016 Olympics.

"From a global perspective, the progress of the talent in all other countries doesn't go at the same speed or the same pace as the USA," said Baumann. "They don't all have a school system like the USA. So the ability for the rest of the world to produce a lot of talent is not the same as the USA. As a result of that, lowering the age to U23 at the Olympics could actually widen the divide between the USA and the rest of the world.

"There is also a more general issue of what the Olympic Games represent. The NBA, the IOC and FIBA, we have all earned a lot - not just in financial terms - from professional athletes being at the Olympics since 1992. This is the case with regards to the way basketball has grown, from where we were then to where we are now.

"So it would be premature to make changes in the quality of basketball at the Olympics, especially before having maximised the potential of the World Cup. So it's too early to make any changes in the Olympic program."

FIBA will, however, propose changes to the Olympics for 2016.

"We will certainly submit two proposals," said Baumann. "The first is we want to move from 12 to 16 teams. As a consequence of that we would be able to promote the game in four more countries and reduce the length of the competition.

"The second proposal would be to introduce 3x3 in the Olympics following its successful introduction at the Youth Olympic Games in 2010 in Singapore and the start of our first full 3x3 season this year."

Via RealGM Staff Report


Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta..._No_Age_Limit_For_2016_Olympics#ixzz23tBvmoyJ

 

how about a 2v2 beach basketball event?

 

This would be a good format for the select team to get some Olympic run.