The Japanese Olympic Men's Basketball Team only has like 2 actual Japanese players..

[nineiron]

wtf? 90% of their team are imports from other countries. wtf is this?

[rawimpact]

They qualified as a host team...

Otherwise when smaller countries host the olympics they'd never get to see their own nation represented in a majority of these events.

[getting_old]

wtf? 90% of their team are imports from other countries. wtf is this?

the rules of ancestry apply, all kinds of names seem interesting repping minor countries in the Olympics

[Spain_]

I think most of them are half Japanese.
So calling them "imports" would be inaccurate.

[Jasper]

taifu lobomski = 100% Japanese

[BurningHammer]

American soldiers impregnated a lot of Japanese women. Plus foreign influx for the last few decades. So, yeah.

[Thenameless]

100% of Team USA is not native to the land either.

[Axe]

If they're all pure, then how the hell do you expect them to compete against taller rivals if the average height of their roster is below six feet?

[ralph_i_el]

Wtf game were you watching? It was only like two guys, Rui and the guy playing center iirc

[Spurs m8]

Aren't most - if not all basically born and raised there?

Who isn't?