RIO 2016:See Why American Basketball Team Will Stay on Water, not in the Athletes' Village

Forget the athletes' village, we're staying on a CRUISE LINER! Team USA basketball millionaires reject shared bedrooms for luxury life with spa, shops... and 7ft beds.

Team USA's men's basketball stars arrive in Rio de Janiero but are not staying in the athletes' village, instead they have chartered the Silversea Silver Cloud, which is normally used for luxury cruising. It has room for almost 300 guests but will accommodate a fraction of that and is moored under armed guard. On board stars including Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant have access to pool, gym, spa and even a cigar lounge. Special seven foot beds have been installed to give them a comfortable night's sleep. One official said they would have been pestered for autographs and selfies in the athletes' village.

But two NBA stars are in the village sleeping on single beds - Australians Matthew Dellavedova and Andrew Bogut

Instead of the athletes' village, this is the luxury cruise liner where the NBA's stars playing for Team USA will stay. It is moored in the Port of Rio and watched round the clock by police from sea and land.

Under guard: A bulletproof glass fence has been built and given an extra layer of security to keep intruders at bay.

Brazilian police watch over the ship that will house the U.S. basketball teams during the Rio Olympics.

The top deck pool and hot tub are among the facilities on offer to the NBA stars.
The cruise liner has had its normal beds (pictured) removed and seven foot ones installed.

The cruise liner boasts a wrap-around open deck for enjoying the sunshine between training sessions.

While the NBA players of Team USA enjoy their sevenfoot beds, these are the sleeping facilities for ordinary contestants in the athletes' village.

Matthew Dellavedova (right) is sleeping two to a room, with his Australian teammate Ryan Broekhoff.

Explorers please do a find.did the USA government sponsor that cruise or the NBA themselves.. and why did
Matthew Dellavedova and Andrew Bogut not with them..

The village's buildings are divided between teams with the flags and names of the countries marking each block which their teams use, including (from left) Argentina; Australia; Armenia, Andorraand Ukraine; Germany; and Hungary and Poland.

The communal areas of the Olympic village are designed for athletes to come together - but the NBA stars are not going there because, team bosses fear, they would be mobbed for selfies and autographs.

Athletes, including Brazilians, are staying in hotels rather than the Olympic and Paralympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, because of problems such as blocked toilets and leaky pipes

They're at the peak of physical fitness and are ready to compete in theworld's most prestigious sports event. Pictured, members of the US Olympic team.

DeMarcus Cousins, centre right, and Carmelo Anthony, of the United States men's basketball team, board the Silver Cloud cruise ship upon arriving for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016.