Just this once, the NBA is hoping that what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas.
A dozen of its top stars and role players are gathered there under the banner of Team USA for most of the next two weeks hoping to lock up a guaranteed spot in next summer's Olympics. Judged solely by their debut- a 112-69 pounding of hopelessly undermanned Venezuela - qualifying shouldn't be a problem.
Then again, only the two teams that meet in the FIBA Americas championship game Sept. 2 can book their tickets to Beijing. That Team USA even had to qualify only hints at how far basketball's mightiest superpower has fallen.
Americans once took Olympic gold for granted. That sense of …
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