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Message: [QUOTE="miamicuse, post: 3073162, member: 7237"] Mark Cuban talked about Melo and Team USA. [I]"I had to speak up for Melo. He should be on that team. Absolutely no reason for them not to have him on that team." [/I]Cuban added, [I]"As far as distractions, you've got the best coaches in the universe coaching that team, how is he gonna be a distraction?"[/I] Note that this isn't even about the 2020 Olympic team, this is for 2019 FIBA World Cup, where most star NBA players do not participate in. The big names would skip out on these games then only come in for the Olympics. Which I don't understand either, why do they have these qualifying years before the Olympics, with team members who aren't going to be in the actual Olympics. Talking about "distraction" they put Magic Johnson and Larry Bird on the 92 Dream Team back then. Magic was diagnosed with HIV and out of the NBA and Larry had a bad back and no condition to play. [/QUOTE]