Have you watched Olympic basketball? Sure you have. Everyone has.

Do you really think Giannis Antetokounmpo gets a special thrill going head-to-head with Kevin Durant? Of course not.

Been there, done that.

Yes, nationalism matters in Olympic basketball. But it’s a fight best waged by the wannabes.

Be honest: Before Stephen Curry did night-night on the French in the finals, the most memorable performances in Paris were all Davids vs. Goliaths – from South Sudan’s Carlik Jones to Japan’s Kawamura Yuki to the four-point play by some guy named Marko Guduric that shockingly gave Serbia a 15-point lead over Team USA in the final seconds of the third quarter in the semifinals.

You invite some of these hometown-only heroes to Los Angeles in February to regenerate the type of emotion foreign p

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