When most Olympians are preparing for this to be the pinnacle of their lives and you're, well, sort of chilling…it's absurd to go too far in heralding your competitive fire for participating.
Just ask Carmelo Anthony, who has played his role as "old head" almost too grumpily amid the veritable party the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team has been throwing while beating teams by 50 points in exhibitions leading up to its Rio debut against China on Saturday.
With little hope that some moderately talented team such as France or Australia might be able to shock the world and make the U.