They Said They Were The Greatest Team Of All-Time...

“Lebron is 30, this fuckery won’t go on for much longer, thank God”

the fact that the ‘92 dream team had to play against 8 international nba players and the ‘24 team has to play against 61 nba players is crazy

The 92 team was like if they sent FBI agents to catch a guy stealing canned beans at the local market

These Olympics have just gone to show that Embiid relies so heavily on soft NBA refs and THAT is why he fails in the playoffs EVERY year

Fun fact: the Lithuanian taking pictures of USA team is current Executive Vice President of Chicago Bulls Artūras Karnišovas

2016 could've been one of the best USA teams ever. LeBron, Curry, KD, Kawhi, Harden, Kyrie, Dame, Klay, Dray, AD, Boogie, Westbrook all in their primes.

Surprised you glossed over a tell in the 92 Gold Medal game. The Dream Team's closest score was 30 points against 7 NBA players. Mind you, those guys weren't on their level, and most, not all, most were middling NBA players, but that was an indicator of what the future held. After 1992, the level of international play and skilled players grew rapidly. Many of the gifted kids who dreamed of playing football (soccer), suddenly found themselves inspired by the Dream Team, not to mention scouts keying in on guys already on the scene like Peja, Dirk, Ilgauskaus and such. Those Olympics altered the landscape of not just NBA basketball, but global hoops to the point where taking a foreign player, especially number one, is no longer considered a risk or project.

As a fan from one of those other countries: before '92 professional players weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics. So, like most of us, I had not seen any of the Dream Team players actually play ever. That tournament was a moment with a distinct Before and After. Basketball went from obscure to let's- mount- whatever- passes - for- a-rim-and-board- onto- every- wall. 92 widened the talent pool to include the world because we wanted to play now.

That 2012 team was absolutely gross though. We had Kobe, Bron, Melo, KD, Russ, Harden, CP3. It was WILD.

As basketball fans we NEED to also acknowledge other international teams have really improved over the decades and offer more of a challenge to the USA Edited for the low iQ people: No one said the USA hasn’t improved too or that they’re worse players or that they don’t have the best players, the comment SIMPLY stats the competition has gotten much better compared to the 90s, which was also the conclusion of the video.

What you are seeing is the YouTube effect. I am from Sweden and grew up playing basketball. I am born 1991. When I grew up it was hard to find good clips and drills to practice. A Ganon Baker DVD was the best source to basketball drills and Yinka Dare video highlights of some players. When I play Swedish 16-18 year old I am honestly surprised by how much better and drilled they are compared to when I grew up. Today, a youth coach can easily get coaching drills from NBA skill coaches and implement it into their training and Sweden has produced two players that were drafted in this years NBA draft. It is a crazy evolution. Players Swedish youth players are busting out moves that I only saw done in mixtapes of US youth players whilst dunking and being athletic freaks. During my time, teams weren’t as athletic.

The Dream Team and mostly Jordan and the Bulls are what made basketball a compelling and attractive sport outside of the USA. Many children all around the world grew up in that era, were heavily influenced by them, and played basketball because of them. That's why today we have a more competitive Olympics in basketball.

Remember when someone said that this tomfoolery (referring to Lebron dominating the NBA) won't go on much longer during the 2015 NBA playoffs?

Just take it from Michael Jordan's arguement that 11 of the 12 players on the Dream Team are Hall of Famers speaks volumes. No team has come close on the number of HOFers in one squad. You can make an argument that Christian Laettner is the best college player ever and may soon enter the HOF because of his Duke resume in the future.

Dream Team 92 not only globalized basketball, but basketball has remained one of the biggest highlights at the Olympic Games ever since. Even bigger than football

13:22 Man, I love Charles Barkley! Dude is hilarious and always has been!

The globalization of the NBA will mean we constantly have better and better competition. I love it. Everyone wins. Fans get closer games (the South Sudan game was great), players get better and better, and owners (probably) make more money.

at 10:00 Jokic is literally off the chart that held every olympian in USA basketball history.

atlanta 96 team is criminally underrated, people going always 92 vs 2024 but 96 was STACKED. just at center.... hakeem the dream AND the admiral AND prime shaq. glad jxmy pointed out that damn frontcourt.

10:00 of course jokic is literally almost off the chart lol 😂