Why were NBA players allowed to play in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics?

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Why were NBA players allowed to play in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics?

2006-06-28 05:14:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Basketball

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No current NBA players participated in the 1976 Summer Games. FIBA allowed professional athletes to play in international competition for the first time in 1989 and the next Olympics was in '92.

2006-06-28 05:29:41 · answer #1 · answered by chairman_of_the_bored_04 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋

The Soviets were allowing professional age players and the thinking was America had to make par with the Russkies.

2006-06-28 12:17:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

past is past let's move on. US lost in the last olympics right?

2006-06-28 12:22:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋