![]() It’s not fun, but it is beautiful, beautiful basketball. Watch how brilliantly they carve up the US. They killed people in transition.īut in 2004, Argentina was supreme. Mike Krzyzewski brought a big, versatile and athletic team that pressured everyone and that could also shoot outside. ![]() ![]() When the Americans fell behind, they had no idea of how to catch up. Tue, Larry Brown (AP) USA Basketball’s senior men’s national team enters the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as beyond-overwhelming favorites to claim gold for the third straight games. The US team lacked many things, but mostly it lacked the tight cohesion of the Argentine team. Led by Juan Ignacio Sánchez, Luis Scola and the brilliant Manu Ginobli, the Argentines played basketball like Brazil plays soccer - they made it a beautiful game. The other problem it had is that it played Argentina, whose national team was at its legendary peak. The enduring memory of this team is that while opponents shot threes, the US preferred to drive and obviously threes add up faster than twos. First, it didn't really get along very well, second it was the worst three point shooting team in the field and third, Larry Brown, who had always been a solid coach, had no idea what to do with this team. It’s hard to believe that happened with so much talent, but that team had some problems. They lost to Argentina in the medal round, 89-81 and wound up winning bronze. an oral history of the 2004 Dream Team, as reported by Nate Penn, Dunk'd, GQ, July 27, 2012, www.gq.com/story/2004-olympic-basketball-dream-team. If you haven’t watched the Dream Team documentary I highly recommend it as it is one of the best pieces of basketball content ever created.In 2004, the US took LeBron James, Tim Duncan, Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Alan Iverson, among others, to the Athens Olympics. What ensued was the greatest game of basketball ever played. Not being ready to relinquish the title of ‘best in the world’ Magic took half of the 92’ team and Michael got the other. Team and Opponent Stats Table Team G MP FG FGA FG 3P 3PA 3P 2P 2PA 2P FT FTA FT ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS Team: 9: 1801: 361: 690. Magic Johnson was once the top dog in the NBA, but those days were behind him. After a lackluster performance against France, Coach Chuck Daly felt the need to pump some energy into his team. They lost 3 games during the Olympic competition, the most ever by a United. There are so many amazing stories and games that came out of these Olympics that I could leave you with but this is by far my favorite and the story goes like this. Men’s Olympic team was the least successful Olympic basketball team the country has ever fielded. In the history of the sport in Michael Jordan. You had the best of the 80’s in Magic and Larry, and the most dominant basketball player The mens national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown. This was the first USA team to be headlined with NBA stars and it was one for the ages. There is no question when ranking USA Olympic teams who sit atop the list and that is the 1992 dream team. Guards: Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Clyde Drexler, John Stocktonįorwards: Larry Bird, Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Chris Mullins, Scottie Pippen, Christian Laettner
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