Team USA just flat out dropped an atom bomb on Nigeria at the 2012 Olympics, and there’s really not a nicer, more politically correct way to describe what happened in London.

Destroyed is to soft a word. Obliterated just isn’t harsh enough.

156-73. That was the final score. Nigera lost by 83 points.

What this proves to me, is that if this USA basketball team was firing on all cylanders and everythign went right for them, they could certainly beat the Dream Team.

Basketball blasphemy, I know.

Get over it.

People on the other side of the argument act like this group of players are nothing but a bunch of scrubs.

They’re not.

You could talk matchups all you want; Who would guard Ewing? Who would guard MJ?

All you have to do is look at a game like the one USA just played to figure things out.

Sure, the Dream Team would beat this one 60 or 70 percent of the time, but if Melo, Kobe, Westbrook and co. were on their game like they were today, the Dream Team would have a tough time getting things done.

Do you think 2012′s Team USA could EVER beat the Dream Team? Let us know in the comments section.

What the hell's goin on here! We got who? What? No Dwight? Mo' Dwight?. Mandatory Credit: Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE

After saying he couldn’t see himself in a Lakers jersey, Steve Nash is now their point guard.

After saying they’d match any offer for Jeremy Lin up to “$1 billion”, the Knicks will probably let Linsanity flow out of Houston.

It is “highly doubtful” NY will match Jeremy Lin’s offer sheet with HOU, source tells Y! Sports. NY likely to wait 3 days before declining.

— Marc J. Spears (@SpearsNBAYahoo) July 15, 2012

Dwight Howard trades to LA, Houston and Brooklyn have been “imminent” a dozen times, Ray Allen is on the Heat and Landry Fields got $20 million to play in Toronto.

With Nets out of the Dwight Howard sweepstakes, Rockets have emerged as the front runners.

— Legion Sports (@MySportsLegion) July 12, 2012

The 76ers waived Elton Brand and let Lou Williams walk to Atlanta. Speaking of the Hawks, they did the unthinkable and managed to find a team willing to take on Joe Johnson’s contract; The Nets.

The Charlotte Bobcats got a first round draft pick AND Ben Gordon out of Corey Maggette from the Pistons.

Eric Gordon spoke glowingly about Phoenix after receiving a max contract from the Suns only to have New Orleans match it.

Eric Gordon: “There is always a business element to the NBA when dealing with contracts but I never lost my appreciation for the NOLA fans.”

— Doug Mouton (@DMoutonWWL) July 14, 2012

Kyrie Irving broke his hand slapping a wall (and called out Kobe Byrant) and Blake Griffin hurt his knee with team USA.

Cavs’ Kyrie Irving breaks hand slapping wall padding. espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id…

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) July 15, 2012

And that’s not everything that went down.

Holy crap.

This summer has been far from slow for the NBA, after last summer ceased to exist.

It has to be a given that the upcoming season will be just as wild, right?