"Whether it was a symptom or the cause is a matter for debate. But of all that characterized the dysfunctional, even disgraceful, state of the U.S. men's basketball team in the 2004 Athens Olympics -- flash trumping fundamentals, internal bickering, lack of international experience, the individual eclipsing team -- nothing was more at the heart of the issue than this: More than a dozen NBA stars declined to play for the team"
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08204/898563-123.stm 
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