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Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by SoSoDef76, Aug 18, 2004.

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Originally posted by yipengzhao
wow... i stand corrected.

i mean the USSR --> Georgia is because the USSR ceased to exist and I'm sure their athletes were allowed to play for their former soviet republics... but I didn't think you could defect and play for another country.

interesting... who are the others?
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Getting way off topic . . . here's an article about US foreign born olympians. Some had already represented other countries in the Olympics, some haven't.

http://www.usolympicteam.com/11671_20619.htm

and defection isn't the same as immigration . . .

#41 yaomania, Aug 19, 2004

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