Why does USA basketball never stay in the Olympic Village? 🤔
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The volleyball team has the same issues in terms of size of the beds, but doesnt have the funding for hotels 😭😭
no one watch vollyball
@@Shay16000 coming from a guy that spelt volleyball wrong
@@eleventeenn shut up bruh pull up any time ill drop the addy rn you ain’t bout it
@@Shay16000bro he pointed out your spelling mistake, u don’t gotta get mad about it, esp after you insulted (maybe) his sport
Volleyball a cool sport they deserve it
The whole US basketball team lineup can finance the whole US Olympic lineup on their own.
😂😂
Bron is a billionaire so they literally could
@@047Kennyfirst billionaire to play in the Olympics it’s insane
@@CaseyBrown-ti1luoh I thought that was Michael Jordan.
@@stevena.6760 he wasn’t a billionaire while playing in the Olympics brother. He was a multi millionaire tho
Hotels rubbing their hands when they see the US basketball team
😂😂
Money talks
Charging beds by the foot.
Like birdman😂
😂😂 and licking the corners of their mouths 💀💀😭
"Why dont millionaires stay in some shitty non ac single bed having room" lmfao
Fr
It’s not like the hotel rooms also don’t have ac, or that the village is still equipped with proper cooling/climate control
@@tuurderom2017the gold medalist swimmer wouldn't agree with you
@@nointernet1034you mean Leon marchand ? Literally everyone said it wasn't true lol
+ one BILLIONAIRE lol
Why? Because they have a combined net worth of $10B?
they aren’t worth $10 billion and it’s not really a matter of money lol. there are plenty of athletes not even worth $50 million who are living outside of their respective villages
@@rhocloudsLeBron and Curry are billionaires just by themselves, I would be if you factored all the career earnings and endorsements all 12 players have earned combined, I'd bet they're pretty close to $10B, maybe like $7B or 8B.
@@rhocloudsthe entire USA Olympic basketball team is worth over 5 billion with the only net worth I can find and combine
@@UNITED_STATES._______________8 according to forbes, they've made $2.7 billion from NBA salary. and curry is worth $200 million max. according to watchmarket, they've made $4.7 billion. either way, that's far off from what is stated in the original comment. $10 billion =/= $4.7 billion
@@metaLungiez stop making up stuff and throwing random numbers for no reason.
KD surely roaming around the Olympic village getting ready to make the next generation of athletes if you know what I mean lol
Not a lot of black women in the Olympic village 💀 other races are not prime athlete material. I’m sure he’s having fun though, just no babies😂
Was looking for this comment🤣🤣
I don’t know what you mean
@@Commentator488you’re too pure
@@Commentator488He's spreading his seed
If you're making 30M+ a year, and everyone in the WORLD is expecting nothing less than a GOLD medal, it makes sense to seek comfort and luxury to ensure your body and mind is well rested for games.
Not even that man. These guys are all worth hundreds of millions. The Olympic village probably looks like a concentration camp compared to what they’re use to
USA > WORLD 😢
@@poutinegod2564use to? You realize most of them come from humble beginnings lol
Why is germany basketball world champion?
Listen to yourself. Yeah imagine just going to the Olympics and having be about the country and not you. They’re are NBA players playing for other countries in Paris. These cats are entitled pricks. Can’t be staying with normal ppl and lower their standards.
2014 Olympics they added an extension to Chara's bed
2014?
@@jms6945the winter olympics bro
@@jms6945Sochi winter olympics
@@kevinqu2093 thank you. I forget about the winter Olympics sometimes
Lmao KD walking around the village looking for something but it ain’t sports
It’s cardio alright
Other countries do this as well. High-profile athletes get special accommodations because security is another factor. Basketball also has a large support staff, and we did this for some of our other sports like weightlifting and gymnastics. Great Britain, Italy, China, and some others have done this to a lesser extent. Even if someone is staying in the village, many counties brought their own AC units, mattresses, and food.
Two of which are useless unless you are extremely specific about the firmness of the mattress, or if you want to have your room cooled by a loud wasteful machine hanging on your wall instead of the normal thing
@tuurderom2017 Actually, they aren't useless when you realize that the French aren't providing A/C in the Olympic Village and the beds are made of cardboard. These athletes have been training for years, and if they are comfortable and well rested, it could affect their performance and recovery. It was up to 90 degrees Fahrenheit some days in Paris and imagine being a 290-lbs weightlifter or 7 foot basketball player on a cardboard bed. Don't get me started on the plant based diet that they are providing
@@justified004 do you sleep on your bed without a matras? Because it’s a cardboard bedframe not matras.
Furthermore the whole village is equipped with a geothermal temperature management system so the lack of ac doesn’t mean anything.
@tuurderom2017 you're missing the point. It's about comfort, and Paris has been experiencing a heat dome. The geothermal system didn't impress numerous countries, so they brought their own AC units. It was reported that Australia, the UK, Denmark, and Italy are just some to bring them beforehand. Jamaica added them after their athletes complained.
Yes, the bed is made of cardboard, not the MATTRESS, but many of these athletes aren't sleeping on a generic mattress on a cardboard bed for 2+ weeks, especially the million dollar athletes. I'm pretty sure France didn't provide Sleep Numbers. Also, it is widely reported that many athletes and teams are staying in hotels. Golfers, tennis players, basketball teams, and weightlifters are just some of them.
@@justified004 because their events are a multi hour drive from the village, you don’t expect the surfers to fly in from Tahiti just to sleep i Paris do you?
Paris right now is relatively cool for the time of year, so lucky break for the org that more people didn’t bring their own ac because of it. Though you are right that they’re clearly unimpressed by the geothermal system.
Well this year the reasons are much better like no air conditioning or access to protein rich foods. They were trying to feed a largely plant-based diet to athletes who are VERY specific about their diets for obvious reasons
Wtf are you taking about there is meat at olympic village + its made to fit athlet macro + its healthy food not like USA hormones beefs
No ac, just good climate control, how dare they
Wahh no AC, most of Europe doesn't have it and apparently they used a different method to cool.
Wahh LESS meat, the food was replaced with plant based+ vegetarian options, both of which can be high protein.
You wanna stop lying, they didn't even get rid of meat just doubled the non meat supplied, which wouldn't be a large amount to begin with
Worst Olympic ever
Bro we don’t use ac in Europe cause we don’t need it something Americans fail to understand outside of like Spain it doesn’t get that hot in Europe from what I’ve seen
Giving cardboard beds and No AC to athletes should be a crime fr
vegan is worse
Imagine living outside the us
@@sustrackpointus8613 yeah you should probably travel a bit more too, it might help you to stop being so condescending.
We British think it's bizarre.
No the world ha beds made up of wood. This is just cheap@@sustrackpointus8613
Maybe getting out in the sun sometimes , could evaporate away the entitlement with yall "developed" countries. Seriously living with ac won't kill them 😭
KD enjoy walking around the village checking out the other girls you mean😂
They can’t do it on those card board beds
The only true reason they complain about them
@@tuurderom2017or because these 6'8 + athletes can't fit on them
@@yesyesyesyesyesyes2021 they must have messed up when filling in the form then, the beds are made to size
@tuurderom2017 oh I didn't know that, then yeah that's the only reason
Those guys are multimillionaires
LeBron is a billionaire
Curry is on his way and I wouldn’t be surprised if KD gets close during retirement.
Simone biles is too she stays at the village
They could've flown home in their private jets just to sleep in their own bed every day if they wanted to 😂
You know they don't just sleep all day til their match? They warm up and train. Not to mention the weather is not always reliable so being that far away has its consequences such as not being able to fly to Paris in time and miss the match. Also why go home when they can spend a week in luxury in Paris while at the same time watching and supporting their other athletes.
@@firstlast-ep5ruyou missed the point
@@yesyesyesyesyesyes2021 No I didn't. I was just explaining to this person that going back and forth is not a luxury but too much work and stupid. I was explaining why they would never do that. The point was that they are super rich. I was adding my opinion.
@@firstlast-ep5ru I agree
"NBA stars attracted the most attention"
Then ,out came the French Olympic Football team..
The best French footballers don't play in the Olympics lol
They don’t attract the most… Simone biles does
Smug and satisfied giants 🤣🤣🤣 they're famous because of marketing. Still, not many know or care about them outside North America 😅😅😅
@@aqilatayi4889 They are popular outside America specially in Asia. Maybe for other European countries where basketball is not that popular, people from those countries may not know other NBA players.
@@cristiano7ronaldoTHEGOATYou don't even believe that. 😂😂😂 look at your name ffs.
I'm sorry, but in Europe, no one knows these guys. Like, maybe LeBron would get recognized, but Steph Curry went on vacation in GB and no one went up to him😂
Any European soccer players could go unnoticed in the USA.
@@bigdawg7405 have you seen the video of Jack Grealish in NY? He basically got swarmed by people as soon as he walked out of his hotel. And he's not even a starter for man city🤣
@@Kluck0816I just Googled the guy to see who he is. NYC is an international city with tons of Europeans. The real America has no clue who he is and you know it.
@@bigdawg7405 okay, so basically the parts of America that don't know him is the part that don't know him. Gotcha. Easy to win an argument if you only choose the parts you want🤣
@@bigdawg7405 also, this has nothing to do with the video. It was about Europeans recognizing NBA players😂
The card board beds are actually designed specifically for the individual Olympians. they measure them so that they get the right size and proportions. At least that’s what I heard.
Checking out the other sports ❌
Checking out others ✅
It’s odd as nobody outside of America knows who they are!!!
Literally the whole point of France making all those sacrifices like no AC, cardboard beds, or nasty ah food is to show no that they dont favor athletes. This completely contradicts that point and just proves its France wanting to save a few bucks by cutting corners. Rules for thee but not for me.
Nah, it's for green protesters😂. They are winning in France.
They spent billions on a river, money isnt the issue. Pipe down child and wait till ur brain grows a bit before speeking
Cardboard bedframes that break if to much horizontal action happens that have been in use for multiple Olympics.
The ac whose job is done by a more efficient geothermal system.
The food that the athletes wouldn’t have been eating anyway.
Long live Israel.
You have a Palestinian flag. Your opinion is irrelevant 😂😂😂
These guys make $40M a year plus incentives, sponsors, and personal finances that’s why.
They're nobodies outside the US. Football players are far more well known and some earn considerable more. Messi Ronaldo or Mbappe would get recognised anywhere.
@@milesmason1343 "nobodies" is a bit much....quick question: are any of those players you mentioned playing in the games and if so are they staying in the village?
Cause thats what we're discussing. And even if "fans" arent there, the media sure is... 😂😂😂
@@milesmason1343actually nba athletes earn the most out of any professional league on average 🤷🏾♂️
It's funny people are complaining about the cardboard frame, the mattress is really what matters. 😊
I bet you don't know how abnormally big and tall a basketball player, especially an NBA player, is, right? 😂😂😂
Oh and they are heavy too😅
You can make a flexible bed from wood or steel and you a design rigid bed from cardboard. I am talking about the frame
The weight or height does not matter. There are a lot of ways to get cardboard structures very stiff and still keep the weight of the bed very low
People are focusing way too much much on the card board beds they’re not that bad lmao
You don’t even sleep on cardboard bed and you’re an NPC.
@@curtiszyr most people don’t sleep on a bare bedframe, they still have mattresses
US basketball players living in hotels is because of their celebrity status would be true only in USA because outside USA not everyone watches basketball
just stop
That one US track guy that’s so bitter and envious of NBA guys , hahaha enjoy this
He just won the 100m
He’s not bitter lmao Noah Lyles is at the peak of his sport, and technically he was spitting facts. When the 92 dream team went to the national stage, they faced 18 NBA retired or current players.
Now the 24 team faces 60 some NBA current or past players. The US is no longer able to proclaim the same dominance over the sport, especially when some of your greatest players aren’t American anymore.
I think you are the one who is a bitter here.😂😂
That one bitter American world champion saying if you win a national tournament you aren’t a world champion like you know everyone outside America agrees with like nobody is calling Manchester City world champions and only partially cause everyone hates them other than people from Manchester which is fine cause everyone hates them as well
I don’t think any Olympic athlete from any country deserves such conditions.
Most Soccer players are more world wide famous than American basketball players
Not the conversation.....
I mean its a choice to have your top professional athletes sleep on a cardboard bed with no a/c
This players are mostly under 23 years old.
@@iluvdissheetin France in summer ac is not required like seriously what is this obsession
basketball is more popular than soccer and its not even close
@@RAGNAROKXNEXTGENERATION-by4kh I’m sorry what are you smoking lion up which has more viewers the nba or the World Cup
Celebrity status? 😂😂
Actually yeah. I personally have no interest in basketball but these guys are famous bc I know every single one of them. Ppl go crazy for these guys. They are in fact celebrities
Basically, yeah.
@@Honey-rp6zxyeah not in Paris
Anyone notice who KD daped up at the end? :) hint he's a legend in Cali and played two sports at the highest level. 😊
Not to mention that most hotels in Paris and most hotels of the European world don’t have ac’s. Ive never been to Western Europe but places like the Uk, France, Spain, Germany, italy, Greece ( which is where I vacationed/stayed at from 2022-2023 didn’t and is they did they had select time in which they be put on ) The study by Washington post that was conducted in 2022 said that only 20% of European living spaces have air conditioning while that number is 90% for the U.S. And another survey reported on by the euronews done by the IEA says that only 10% emissions by air conditioned units in the world is done by Europe.
Cap
Cap
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My guy you are delusional, ive been in 5 countries every single house, flat, buildings have ac's
@@BaggxDNo you are. I'm French and if you go above Bordeaux you will most likely never see AC. It's rare because it's expensive and used only for the summer. Most of Europe doesn't have ac unless they are in the south. Never speak again especially if you are not European
Because people are afraid they will steal
Steal their women
Outside of USA, people don’t know who these basketball players are
They actually do know who some of the players are
Yes we do.
I know Lebron Jane and Steph curry I guess I doubt I’d pull them out from a crowd though if lebron walked by me I’d be like yep that tall black guy sure did walk past like I wouldn’t really take note
Yes they do 😂
I live in Australia 🇦🇺 and I know 90% of NBA players
He checking out the poor village 😂
Only usa basketball treat the Olympics like it's the biggest stage for basketball.
It is.
@@Donjuanantoine why is fiba world cup not bigger than olympic basketball?
@azzateidin most us players treat NBA as more important than FIBA or even the Olympics. This Olympics is the first time Stephen curry is participating. Even though he has been one of the best NBA players for a long time.
@@Kevinongfrfrfr I'm aware of that. That's why there's an American t&f athlete mocking the nba players for saying world champions by only winning the nba. It's a matter of opinion i suppose.
@@azzateidin bro it's literally the Olympics. It's the best of the best of the best. It's the greatest stage on earth. ITS THE OLYMPICS.
Ban professionals from the olympics
Lol NBA players weren't even recognized in Paris. Do Americans really think 300M people make up 7B humans
The USA gymnastics and USA basketball teams were the most viewed in the whole Olympics 😂
@@Trxllzyeah cause 300 million is bigger than most nations have and seen as cricket isn’t in the Olympics Russia is banned and china forces people to do crazy hours america had some of the highest population there all of which only could name like 5 sports
When you're 6'5 you are going to stand out more. Even many in France will still recognize the bigger nba stars.
Ur telling me lebron isn’t the most famous person at the Olympics im not American and I know him
@dark_winter8238 KD is 6'11, Bron is 6'8, Embiid is 7'0.
Wait till the USA basketball team meets the Indian Cricket team in the next Olympics
Celebrity status? Bro, no one knows them outside of the US.
Did you not see videos of all the athletes wanting to take pics with the nba players.. even the table tennis players were huge fans of curry and those ppl were from Asia
A lot of them are huge celebrities wdym? Everyone was so excited to see them team up for this Olympic tournament and play in front of fans in Europe.
😂😂😂😂
The screams they'll make would wake everyone up at night
Wtf celebrity status? Outside America? What a joke.
Basically the whole world. Everybody knows who Lebron James is
@@1thechosenjuan1a Parisian would t recognize him on the street
@1thechosenjuan1 I've heard of him but only recently. Couldn't tell you what sport but I see its basketball. I don't follow minority sports.
@@milesmason1343 basketball is a minority sport? It’s pretty international now
@@1thechosenjuan1no not really I mean like football cricket tennis are all bigger globally boxing might be as well basketball is Americas only internationally respected sport people don’t just think it’s a knock off of other sports but it’s still not internationally popular which is a shame cause it’s pretty cool just take out the ads and it would probably do well internationally (oh and make the sport’s culture more like the rest of the world)
Those Olympic villages get frisky
When "checking out" the other sports, be careful in the gymnastics section jailbait is real
lol comfort. USA basketball team aren’t the only tall ones. Literally all the basketball teams have tall players
THIS! 😂 Everyone on the comment look clueless about it.
Celebrity status? Not at the olympics. Sure there may be some basketball fans but aside from them not a lot of people really care about Olympic basketball.
1. They're filthy rich unlike most of the other athletes
2. They're global celebrities and dont wanna get mobbed by every single participant 24/7
NBA players bigger than soccer players? Yall wildin
Definitely they aren’t bigger or more well known than soccer players but they aren’t far behind
Who said they were "bigger" 🤔
BTW....the appropriate term is footballer 😉
The part you're missing.....not alot of almost 7' men walking around Europe so they are BIGGER 😂😂😂
@@iluvdissheet lol I see what you meant now. I’m tripping. Super pause.
@@1thechosenjuan1They aren't even in the same conversation when it comes to football players. People really are stupid. These Americans really are deluded.
The best soccer players hardly participate in the Olympics because fifa doesn’t want to diminish the popularity of the World Cup
A question everyone knew the answer to already 😂
“Celebrity” status? You’re in Europe we couldn’t care less about the NBA
Yeah lol couldn’t name a single player other than Lebron
Funny because the games are packed by NBA fans and they're not all Americans out there.....
Imagine kd, lebron and curry sleep in the same small room with a cardboard bed like a broke college students 😂
I genuinely can't name a single basketball player outside of LeBron and Steph Curry. On the contrary I know plenty of international football/soccer players who are playing at the Olympics, most of whom aren't even top footballers. NBA players really are nobodies outside of America lmao
Maybe in countries where basketball is not that popular. In our country, basketball is the most popular and we know most of the players from all basketball teams playing in Olympics. In our country, its the opposite. Most of our countrymen dont know even the most famous football players in the world. lol
Are you from a country where football is the most popular sport? If so then your answer is biased. The same way most Indians don’t know about football or basketball stars as cricket is the biggest sport in their country
Another reason, some pro teams will not allow their players to do international assignments unless they are well-protected
"they are celebreties", nobody outside the US nobody knows them😂
Dumb take
@@nofalsetto5834still true
Trust me. A lot of people outside USA know these athletes.
@@Pranav-rp8widisliked
@@Pranav-rp8wiIndian
Imagine if FIFA and OIC amend the rules about comeback of Men's Senior's Football National Teams. The World's most popular Sports Athletes are there.
In europe noone cares about basketball so if someone would see one of the basketball stars they wouldnt even notice. The only 2 that i know are lebron and steph curry the rest of them are without cameras for me normal people
That’s for you tho? You’re forgetting ppl all over the world are coming for this event
I’m pretty sure people in Europe know who lebrons james, Steph curry and kevin Durant are. Maybe not some of the others
@@Honey-rp6zxAND THE OLYMPICS ARE WHERE RIGHT NOW???
@@1thechosenjuan1”the only two that I know are lebron James and Steph curry” and trust me nobody knows who Kevin Durant is here I literally couldn’t pull him out a lineup
@@Honey-rp6zxyes but the highest amount of those people will be French people then Western Europe then the rest of Europe with money so the only some of the balkans (the only place in Europe where basketball is popular) would be able to come Americans would have to do a lot of work to come
We would protest our government if our NBA stars get anything less than this treatment.
Wait for cricket to be added in the Olympics😂
lol cricket players have no where near the amount of money nba players have
Cricket🤣🤣
From 2028 Cricket will be joining Olympics and you will see similar things from Indian cricket team.
That has to be the weakest excuse ever given by KD about why he's snooping in the Olympic village lmao
Because a multi-millionaire basketball player has a problem getting it 😂 come on bruh
@noirekuroraigami2270 no one said anything about difficulty. Quality lol
The real reason they think they’re better than the other sports don’t even try to deny it the big four (I’m including Murray cause he was kinda really good at the Olympics for some reason) in tennis could all easily afford their own room but they don’t cause you know they aren’t rude
Adding pros to the Olympics was just one more thing that ruined the games
this might be the dumbest sentence ever uttered in human history😭
Well Since bolt retired you can maybe say basketball maybe the most watch game but the hype for everyone is mainly for 200 100 400 Meter
They just don't care. Even if they lose, they'd still be richer than most of the athletes. It literally doesn't matter to them
They are only famous in America. Most in Europe have no idea who the et are.
Deluded Americans think the Olympics are all about them cause they pump cash in it
You’re a dummy, basketball is the 2nd most popular sport in Western Europe, and the most popular sport in a lot of Eastern European countries, most popular in China and Philippines, these guys are International stars in every sense.
😂😂 sure, basketball is king in Eastern Europe, and a very strong following all throughout Western Europe, on top of being the no.1 sport in the Philippines and china, these men are international stars
@@Banktella54 truest me it is not all Western Europe and eastern eyrope is more than Serbia, Hungary and Poland.
Lol sure they don’t.
LeBum will say it’s like prison in that yacht
U know nothing about LeBron shut up bro
Because they think they are better and they are 7 feet tall
They ARE better
They're the best players in the best team for a reason
@@theguywhoasked2957haha, no they’re not😂
@@itskartikaysharmabro is clueless
@@itskartikaysharmathe 1992 USA olympic team was the best basketball team ever assembled in history. It was American for a reason
Well they are better, literally.. and they can afford it... They want to spend the money so they do.. don't hate the player, hate the game.
Olympic village of ORGY
We ALL wish we were there 😂😂😂😂😂
Sorry but the football ⚽️ players are the biggest stars at the games
True but not the Olympics, the men’s teams are U-21 only with the exception of 3 players who can be over 21 years of age so not many stars come. Also, not every club releases their players because the Olympics are not considered an international competition (not owned by uefa or fifa) so clubs don’t have to let their players compete.
@@andresvarela4039It’s U-23 not U-21 and the NBA players are the biggest stars either way. Maybe not in Europe but NBA players are more famous in China, Philippines, Japan, North America.
Europe isn’t the center of the world. It’s a continent that’s in chronic decline economically and demographically. America and East Asia rule the world
No one takes Olympic football seriously😂😂😂
Even football players don’t take playing in the Olympics as something worthwhile, no stars play there
Messi and Ronaldo. Are way bigger than LeBron. Football is a way bigger sport around the world. I mean look at the World cup. U Americans blinded
Most guys on the team make over $100M a year.
All the men's soccer/football have more fans 😂 probably rugby too
The people who play soccer at the olympics aren’t actual good footballers. It’s only under 23 and people who don’t play in euros or Copa
Yet somehow they have less funding ☹️
Soccer team in the Olympics is a under 23 years old so it does have all the famous players
Name one big football player playing in the Olympic pussio tell me
Antoine dupont is the goat.
Wait for 2028 when cricket enters Olympics with Indian Cricket Team!
Footballers are richer and more famous.
In your country yes but not ours
@@emperorpalpatine7557he talking about in the world. The olympics is all the world. Not just USA. They ain't famous like Messi or Ronaldo
I literally said that they may be famous for them but in the us nobody cares
Nobody cares about eurotrash
Not the ones that go to the Olympics
With every member of USA Basketball on a max contract, they can afford better accommodations. The Olympics isnt going to complain with the ratings and money they bring in.
Safety is the main issue ,that USA logo do attract haters
I hadn't realized it but the water polo athletes are pretty tall too.
You gotta realize that a lot of athletes go knowing they won’t win so they partake & then party. These guys need sleep, they’re not running 100m once & then leaving.
Outside USA no even knows them
I know them
KD tryna find a back up team if the US doesnt win gold
Some of the other nations do this as well, mainly to have their own chefs etc because they aren’t allowed in the Olympic village.
There they can only eat the food provided.
I know e.g. the danish handball teams did this because they brought the competing danish national chef team to cook for them.
That way each single athletes food is individually custom made for that person.
Team USA is the only national team that could literally pay to stay at those places out of their own pocket 😂
Can you imagine the WNBA USA team in the Olympic Village because they didn’t want Caitlin Clark? 😂😂😂
When Indian cricket team will go for Olympic it will be a scene to see
Basketball guys are not that famous outside the usa but still better for them to stay out of the village.
Buddy, only in USA the most famous athletes are the basketball team, but to the rest of the world they’re just millionaires playing with a ball
There is nothing worse than being in a lousy hotel. They spend the days burning energy and go back to cardboard beds and no air conditioning. Sad state of affairs.
Celebrity status 😂😂😂
If cricket was in the Olympics, The indian cricket team would be staying in Palace of Versailles 💀
One dude is a Billionaire.....that's why.
What is the point of the Olympics today? Used to be for amateurs only. The amateurs only ride was why they took out the things like town planning, painting, sculptin, poetry etc al. Because these were considered to be jobs and the competitors were paid in their everyday life for doing the same thing as they were doing in the competition. Hiw is that any different to the over paid NBA players on the American team or the All Black's on the New Zealand team or a lot if other athletes?
Can you imagine someone like lebron james having to live in the same way normal people do. Insanity
These guys are NBA players. They are multi millionaires. Each of them gets pay more than 30 million each year. They want luxury, comfort, security and they can pay all of this by themselves.
KD is not even invited to play US team in the 2024 olympic lol
Their net “worthiness” deserves n requires respect 💯
15 million for hotelrooms!? These people aren't made from fragile platinum sheets this is ridiculous
Believe me in the Olympics the 100 m runners are more of a celebrity then the US basketball team
Here's a thought; exclude professionals from competing like in the old days. The Dream Team is shameful.
I mean if I earned 30 million a year I’d refuse to sleep in that village. I’d pay for hotels myself
I guess this is the only time WNBA players get to be catered to like NBA players. Both teams stayed on a luxury ship during the Rio games.
Also fun fact USA basketball team is only one that is guaranteed by some country and athletes aren't tested for dopping drugs