Professionals started participating in 1994. Since then, the U.S.A. has won exactly once (in 1994). If you look at team photos of recent medalists, you will see many pigmentally challenged individuals (Spain, Greece, Argentina, Yugoslavia, etc.).
Further anecdotes: the last three NBA MVP awards went to a white German guy (one time) and a white Canadian guy (two times).
When this comes up, I always like to point to this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA_World_Championship
Professionals started participating in 1994. Since then, the U.S.A. has won exactly once (in 1994). If you look at team photos of recent medalists, you will see many pigmentally challenged individuals (Spain, Greece, Argentina, Yugoslavia, etc.).
Further anecdotes: the last three NBA MVP awards went to a white German guy (one time) and a white Canadian guy (two times).