Created Sun 22nd Jun 2008 4:34am PST by

pitchedoutsideleg Level 18, Megadubber (H$2,574,157)

Who will win the men's basketball at the Beijing Olympics?

Settled as USA

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C92C/BKM400000.shtml#BKM400101

Background:

Background: So, the USA have won gold five out of the last eight Olympics, but faltered embarrassingly last year to claim bronze (the first time gold has not been achieved in the professional era). Can this year's Dream Team (dubbed "The Redeem Team" by the media to imply the team's ambition to reinstate the U.S. dominance in international Basketball) achieve their mission? Let's see if the likes of Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James can produce the goods.

For those of you who reminisce on possibly the greatest ever Dream Team from '92, here's a little video treat:

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Forecast history %

USA

87%

Spain

10%

Argentina

Russia

Lithuania

Greece

China

Slovenia

Croatia

Others

Settled as USA on Sun 24th Aug 2008 6:52am PST

Activity: H$35,120
Predictions: 68
Comments: 1

Suspend date: Sun 17th Aug 2008 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Sun 24th Aug 2008 6:52am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 17th Aug 2008 7:59am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: USA: 55%, Spain: 19%, Argentina: 8%, Russia: 5%, Lithuania: 5%, Greece: 2%, China: 2%, Slovenia: 1%, Croatia: 1%, Others: 2%

Action history:

Created Sun 22nd Jun 2008 4:34am PST by

pitchedoutsideleg Level 18, Megadubber (H$2,574,157)

Suspended Sun 17th Aug 2008 7:59am PST : Suspend date reached

Settlement requested Sun 24th Aug 2008 4:05am PST by

pitchedoutsideleg Level 18, Megadubber (H$2,574,157)

: USA

http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C73/BKM400101.shtml#BKM400101

Settlement requested Sun 24th Aug 2008 6:45am PST by

zane

: http://www.usabasketball.com/

Settled as 'USA' Sun 24th Aug 2008 6:52am PST by

mrperfkt [Admin]

: http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/BK/C92C/BKM400000.shtml#BKM400101

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Predictions (68)

1 year ago

shatta360 Level 2, Novice (H$1,025)

predicted USA (H$100 at 87%)

1 year ago

xxxjetxxx Level 1, Newbie (H$208)

predicted USA (H$450 at 87%)

1 year ago

cognos Level 14, Prophet (H$146,283)

predicted Spain (H$100 at 9%)

1 year ago

timmy2000k Level 1, Newbie (H$657)

predicted USA (H$200 at 83%)

1 year ago

aland

predicted USA (H$300 at 82%)

Comments (1)

coolkraft Level 14, Prophet (H$129,172)

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/basketball/columns/story?columnist=sheridan_chris&page=beijingpredictions-080808&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab1pos1

posted 1 year ago

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