If the Americans, who face Lithuania in a semifinal Saturday, win the FIBA World Championship gold medal Sunday at the Sinan Erdem Dome, they will clinch a berth to the 2012 Olympics in London.
But if Team USA falls short and an NBA lockout prevents NBA players from participating in an Americas qualifying tournament next summer in Argentina, there could be some anxious moments. With many observers believing there will be a lockout, FanHouse two weeks ago looked at what could happen if the Americans don't win the Worlds gold.
"If we can come away with a championship, it would clarify things for us next summer,'' USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo said in an interview Friday with FanHouse. "It's not a matter of urgency. What it is is reality. The reality is if you win, you don't have to be concerned with next summer because you've automatically qualified. If you don't win, everything is up in the air because you don't know what's going to happen next summer (with the NBA collective bargaining agreement expiring June 30, 2011).
"I know the easiest thing for me is, let's win. And then we can kind of ride the storm out, whatever that storm is. ... The easiest path is win, and then everything else takes care of itself.''
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