There have been rumors that Olympic five-on-five
basketball is being slowly phased out.,First, there’s the fact that
FIBA (the international governing body for basketball) and the IOC
(the Olympics’ governing body) have added 3-on-3 basketball to the
mix despite no apparent grassroots drive for the sport.,The United
States, the dominant power in women’s basketball, with the lioness’
share of the best players in the world, didn’t even have a team in
the 2019 World Cup.,It’s no secret that FIBA has long sought to
make the World Cup the centerpiece tournament of global 5-on-5
basketball.
