Top 10 reasons why you should care about Team USA in the World Basketball Championships

10) It's a great way to see Kevin Durant, aka the only superstar that everyone is still allowed to like

9) Kind of fascinating to see what Andre Iguodala looks like with teammates, and when people care about the outcome of the game

8) Since many of the players are young, short and/or second-tier, you can talk yourself into thinking that the U.S. are plucky underdogs against those French and Tunisian bullies

7) Reminds you just why Gerald Wallace doesn't do anything for anyone but fantasy league nerds

6) It's fun to speculate if Tyreke Evans is really hurt, or just afraid that the other, better guards on the roster will show him up

5) Watching Rajon Rondo be just another player will add valuable fuel to the cause of Celtic Hate

4) Gives us all an interesting look into a Bizzaro World where the best American big (Lamar Odom) doesn't even start for his own team

3) Allows Durant to say things like "We're going to be a blue-collar team" with something close to a straight face

2) If and when they lose, we can pretend it's all Mike Krzyzewski's fault

1) Everyone knows that real basketball excitement only happens with a bigger lane, constant three pointers, wildly inconsistent officiating and more or less complete American indifference