Consequential basketball games in late August and September? FIBA bestows the sport's die-hard followers with the ultimate largesse every four years. The Summer Olympics fill in those two-year gaps. In the remaining summers, the organization uses regional clashes to determine the entrants for each competition.
Late summer hoops matches cure monotony and build the brand. The 2010 World Championship has provided a respite from the deluge of exhausted offseason debates.
How many more articles can Bleacher Report members publish about LeBron James' tarnished image, Kobe Bryant's legacy, where Andrew Bynum ranks among the top centers, and a projected Los Angeles Lakers vs. Miami Heat NBA Finals?
I shudder at the thought.
The final scores matter--unlike in Las Vegas, where what happens on the UNLV Campus stays there--and the tournament winner can call itself the "world champion" without sounding pompous or uninformed. The gold medalist secures an automatic berth in the next Olympics. The field of contenders in Turkey hoping for that lone guaranteed pass to London is deep and unpredictable.< ...
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