Why does USA basketball never stay in the Olympic Village? 🤔

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[kaimulligan]

The volleyball team has the same issues in terms of size of the beds, but doesnt have the funding for hotels 😭😭

[bilogskii]

The whole US basketball team lineup can finance the whole US Olympic lineup on their own.

[lightsviewpodcast]

Hotels rubbing their hands when they see the US basketball team

[Notxactly]

Why? Because they have a combined net worth of $10B?

[bran]

"Why dont millionaires stay in some shitty non ac single bed having room" lmfao

[JC-huwg]

KD surely roaming around the Olympic village getting ready to make the next generation of athletes if you know what I mean lol

[jr.]

If you're making 30M+ a year, and everyone in the WORLD is expecting nothing less than a GOLD medal, it makes sense to seek comfort and luxury to ensure your body and mind is well rested for games.

[realalbertan]

2014 Olympics they added an extension to Chara's bed

[pathlessflyer]

Lmao KD walking around the village looking for something but it ain’t sports

[justified]

Other countries do this as well. High-profile athletes get special accommodations because security is another factor. Basketball also has a large support staff, and we did this for some of our other sports like weightlifting and gymnastics. Great Britain, Italy, China, and some others have done this to a lesser extent. Even if someone is staying in the village, many counties brought their own AC units, mattresses, and food.

[wilt]

Well this year the reasons are much better like no air conditioning or access to protein rich foods. They were trying to feed a largely plant-based diet to athletes who are VERY specific about their diets for obvious reasons

[samlunan]

KD enjoy walking around the village checking out the other girls you mean😂

[samuelculper]

They can’t do it on those card board beds

[abhisheksathe]

Giving cardboard beds and No AC to athletes should be a crime fr

[flipflopsneeded]

Anyone notice who KD daped up at the end? :) hint he's a legend in Cali and played two sports at the highest level. 😊

[comedicpsychnerd]

The card board beds are actually designed specifically for the individual Olympians. they measure them so that they get the right size and proportions. At least that’s what I heard.

[Chke]

Checking out the other sports ❌
Checking out others ✅

[Dtrix_Lotus]

Some of the other nations do this as well, mainly to have their own chefs etc because they aren’t allowed in the Olympic village.

There they can only eat the food provided.

I know e.g. the danish handball teams did this because they brought the competing danish national chef team to cook for them.

That way each single athletes food is individually custom made for that person.

[Topeq_Fiasco]

"NBA stars attracted the most attention"

Then, out came the French Olympic Football team..

[donaldcampbell]

What is the point of the Olympics today? Used to be for amateurs only. The amateurs only ride was why they took out the things like town planning, painting, sculptin, poetry etc al. Because these were considered to be jobs and the competitors were paid in their everyday life for doing the same thing as they were doing in the competition. Hiw is that any different to the over paid NBA players on the American team or the All Black's on the New Zealand team or a lot if other athletes?