![Rio 2016: The Sheer Excellence of American Basketball Is Both the Epitome of the Olympic Spirit and Its Opposite - The Atlantic Rio 2016: The Sheer Excellence of American Basketball Is Both the Epitome of the Olympic Spirit and Its Opposite - The Atlantic](https://cdn.theatlantic.com/thumbor/7QX4yEBbBCAvZUL0oxZp_PKj2pY=/0x133:4093x2435/720x405/media/img/mt/2016/08/AP_16221828455764/original.jpg)
Rio 2016: The Sheer Excellence of American Basketball Is Both the Epitome of the Olympic Spirit and Its Opposite - The Atlantic
![This Lakers Legend Trumped Kevin Durant in Rio Olympics 2016 Basketball Top Scorers List - EssentiallySports This Lakers Legend Trumped Kevin Durant in Rio Olympics 2016 Basketball Top Scorers List - EssentiallySports](http://essentiallysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ap_rio_olympics_basketball_men_83930660.jpg)
This Lakers Legend Trumped Kevin Durant in Rio Olympics 2016 Basketball Top Scorers List - EssentiallySports
![USA Basketball on Twitter: "Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team Roster: https://t.co/SVpGiA5Dxl #UNITE #RoadToRio #USABMNT https://t.co/hcg1tqPUOX" / Twitter USA Basketball on Twitter: "Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team Roster: https://t.co/SVpGiA5Dxl #UNITE #RoadToRio #USABMNT https://t.co/hcg1tqPUOX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cl9gDMZVEAAQ9hG.jpg)
USA Basketball on Twitter: "Meet the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team Roster: https://t.co/SVpGiA5Dxl #UNITE #RoadToRio #USABMNT https://t.co/hcg1tqPUOX" / Twitter
![RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ - 21.08.2016: RIO 2016 OLYMPICS BASKETBALL - Spain's ers ces celebrate (ESP) during the contest Bronze medal enters S and Australia Basketball Rio 2016 Olympics ics held in RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ - 21.08.2016: RIO 2016 OLYMPICS BASKETBALL - Spain's ers ces celebrate (ESP) during the contest Bronze medal enters S and Australia Basketball Rio 2016 Olympics ics held in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/GKP49R/rio-de-janeiro-rj-21082016-rio-2016-olympics-basketball-spain39s-ers-GKP49R.jpg)