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NBA players first Olympics was the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona and NHL players first Olympics was the 1998 Winter Games in Nagano.
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The officials call a violation, and possession is handed over to the opposing team.
Five players per side...two teams equal ten players
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17 including coaches
Technically yes. Ricky Rubio played for the Spanish National team as a teenager. Basketball teams that make the Olympics usually have older and better players than 16 year olds, however. Some Olympic gymnasts and divers are 16 year olds, but generally no basketball players are.
There are many, many people that play basketball, including elementary school kids, middle school kids, high school kids, college basketball players, NBA players, WNBA players, female players in schools, other countries, etc.
There can be up to 8 players but only 5 from each team on court at a time
Nowadays foreign players are better at basketball compared to the US. The Olympics can not be ruled by the US any longer because countries have played more and more basketball. Soon a lot more team will have foreign born players.