The 5 WORST Team USA Performances In History
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- Here are the 5 worst performances by Team USA (Olympics + FIBA World Cup). Hope you enjoy!
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15 years later and Luis Scola still ballin with Argentina
and what's most shocking is that he actually plays better now that he's a veteran! so composed and can also b explosive when need be
@@luisch1708 better late than ever 😭
@@leogonzalez6751 it didn't win him a ring tho. He should've come to the spurs right when he was drafted so he would be a champion and then leave the NBA early so he could continue doing what he loved best. But he is still a legend
10 years later he still balling out
Luis Scola is the Vince Carter of Argentina but I didn't see him playing on the NBA right now & I remember him four years ago in Spain when he was dunked by Gabe Norwood of Gilas Pilipinas. That was classic! 😊😉
lol did we all get recommended this after USA lost to nigeria
lmao. The algo doing wonders these days
Bruh 😂
Yes we did 🤦🏾♂️😅
😂😂😂
👀😂😂that’s weird but wtf
Who is here after USA Nigeria
And Team USA just lost to Nigeria 😂
And now to Australia
And Australia 🤣🤣
And France
And France😂
@Jermaine Johnson of course they are going to win the gold medal i didn't say the opposite. You'd better learn to read before saying nonsense
“The Boston Celtics... I mean Team USA” 💀💀
Huy Mai I’ll get you banned from CZcams for copying the same quote
@@VictorFernandezBigdestroyer stfu
Goes to show that the Celtics and Coach Pop r both overrated
montae Haynes I’ll get you banned from CZcams for that angry attitude
Victor Fernandez // Bigdestroyer what’s next I’ll get you banned because of speaking?
Where is the 2002 Team USA? I thought it would be at number 2 or even number 1!! They finished 6th at home!
Completely glossed over that by accident, my bad :/
This team had more talent than the 2019 version imo.
Do a separate video on that 02 teams USA. Please boss andy. Thanks.
@@AndyHoops It happens, Andy. In your opinion, which of these teams was worse? 2002 or 2019?
Anthony's NBA Talk 2019
Spanoulis ,diamantidis and papaloukas were some of the best greek players ever , all playing during 2006
I'd say that lost was primarily due to poor scouting. The American players are not familiar with the Greeks, their play style & moves. On the other hand, the opponents knew Team USA too well by watching NBA games. They kept fouling Spanoulis, sending him to the line & gave him rhythm to hit a few 3s in the 2nd half.
@@terrylew9960
Yes but please don't underestimate their talent. They were some of the elite Euroleague players back then. They could easily play in the NBA. In fact many offers have been made for them by NBA teams, which they declined. If you still doubt how good they were, look up for Kobe's comments about Diamantidis
That USA team had talent but mentally was so weak because of their young age. Greece, Spain and Argentina between 2004 to 2007 period where too tough to handle.
No 2002 FIBA?
@@terrylew9960 Poor scouting isn't a thing at knockout stages. USA had a very bad mentality, they thought that they would easily win everybody and just walk home with gold medals. That Greek team was way better than that with Antetokounmpo. Firstly, the two biggest players in Greek history were playing together, Diamantidis and Spanoulis. Also, the other pieces of the team were very solid. Papaloukas was great, Nikos Zisis also. And don't forget about baby Shaq, Sofoklis Schortsianitis. When Lebron saw big Sofo he said he can't guard him, he was literally Greece's Shaq. Greece played with passion and fearlessness and proved that athletism isn't everything. Greece managed to slow the pace, which is bad for team USA and play at their own tempo, USA players were caught off guard and panicked, but they ultimately lost.
Why CZcams recommended me this video after USA lost to Nigeria
What about Indianapolis 2002? team USA finished in quarter finals vs Yugoslavia
Andy admitted missing that one
SB nation made a whole video on that game
Yeah that was the year NZ made the semis with a 4 and 4 record! USA had some good players. Ben Wallace, Paul Pierce, Reggie Miller, Baron Davis, Shawn Marion and Jermaine O'Neal.
@@Eltalstro I'd say 2002 was the worst because there was a reasonably good roster with several all-stars. It was also played in the home of basketball, Indiana, USA - they were expected to win. 2019 roster was lackluster, and played away in China, little expectations were there anyway.
Yes
You forgot USA performance in World Cup 2002 in Indianapolis, when they lose against Yugoslavia
they loose against argentina
Lose against Argentina; US. Argentina don't win the final because Pitsilkas calls, the main reason.
There was no yugoslavia in 2002
@@jordanpek6085 it was Serbia and Montenegro, but country was called FR Yugoslavia until 2003.
@@danilonikolic4188 you know something is right when a native says it thank you
For the 1998 US Team Bronze was like winning the NBA Championship and Olympic Gold at the same day.
In 2006, the Greek team had the two most accomplished players ever in Greece and most importantly before their prime. Dimitris Diamantidis won his 3 Euroleague titles with Panathinaikos in 2007 (Final 4 Mvp), 2009 and 2011 (Final 4 Mvp), Vasilis Spanoulis won one Euroleague title with Panathinaikos in 2009 (Final 4 Mvp) and back to back Euroleague titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 while getting back to back Final 4 Mvp too!
In addition, there was another player called Theodoros Papaloukas , which had 12 assists against USA on that game. He won two Euroleague titles with Cska Moscow in 2006 (Final 4 Mvp) and 2008 and he was consider as one of the best point guards in Europe at the time (FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year & All-Europe Player of the Year 2006, Euroleague Mvp 2007, Euroleague assists leader 2007, 2009). Last, Panagiotis Giannakis as the head coach, a living legend of Greek basketball.
Great videos Andy, much support from Athens, Greece.
P.S. Greece was Eurobasket Champion in 2005 with Dirk's Germany as the runner-up!
Day 4 of asking andy to do how good was zydrunas ilgauskas actually
Imma keep it real wit u chief he aint that good he got some clout cuz he teamates with Legoat. But he aight
@@legoatjames7133 No good ? , he was fucking 221 center in 2000 who shooted 3pts in 40% zone really not good ? he had big potential but Lithuanian coach Garastas fucked his legs if he was fine with no early injuries he would really good center but right now he had bad injuries from the start but still he was really good
We need it
@@landxxx1 exactly.. the injuries really messed him up so he never reached his full potential. He was a good center. As this Lebron stan tries to discredit Big Z, some Lebron haters also try to hype up Big Z. He really was good, but never great. He made allstar game twice, but that doesnt really mean much. 03 Yao Ming also started over Shaq.. international players and fan favorites tend to get more of these votes. Also there really werent many better centers in East either. He only got to play 4 minutes in 03 allstar game. 05 ASG he was actually playing and did well imo. He was nice offensive big, a poor mans Yao. I dont think he ever was the best player on any of his NBA teams, but he definitely wasnt bad. He was a good C at the time for a 2nd or 3rd option.
@Adolf Hitler what are you talking about? Weak era of centers? Duncan, Dirk, Garnett? 2000's was era dominated by em, at the same time the last era of where centers had a good role on their teams
Considering the 3 vs 3 game have been added in Olympic, I think you can put the 2021 USA Men's 3X3 squad in the next video like this since they didn't even qualified to the 2020 Olympic Basketball :-( ... USA should just send a bunch of G League player or any top 5 team from BIG3 League to represent in FIBA 3X3 and Olympic 3X3 in a future
Nah, BIG3's play is too differen from fiba 3x3
@@brunocorrea2854 I just want to see top player from BIG3 or G-League to represent in USAB into 3X3 tournament. Least they could help much more to make the national team goes further. That would've be exciting. 3X3 has already become more competitive than 5X5 these day
@@ytgc-royalewarex5190 Gleague has already represented the usa 3x3 team already. I think the princeton 3x3 squad is enough to lift the us into the tournament. Countries need something dedicated to 3x3 or else they'll get eaten alive by pros from Serbia and Latvia.
That team just had won the World Championship for the first time in 3x3 men's history for USA. 3x3 is so condensed that it makes it difficult to win with any mistakes!
I can think of two main factors:
1)Soccer is by far the most popular sport in Europe and South America and FIFA World Cup is by far the most important soccer competition, so a FIBA World Cup is perceived as a big deal. Soccer olympics are sort of a joke and sometimes not even taken into account as an actual achievement (u23 teams compete)
2) the European national team scene is more competitive, teams are more equal and European Championships are played every two years, that helps develop a higher interest for European players in participating in these tournaments
David Wood played for the 98 FIBA team. His parents were my Sunday school teachers. When I was 14 he gave me a chance to meet several NBA players and even shot hoops with David Robinson.
FIBA is just an organisation. World Cup is the competition. FIBA is also in charge of Olympic tournament.
“Organization”
Deez Nuts no
@@Highhonestreviews it always depends on which country you live in
@@Highhonestreviews when it comes to s or z
@@Highhonestreviews The Z is the way Americans have to spell it because they would not know how to read it otherwise
It's funny that a US territory (Puerto Rico) gave them there most humiliating loss
They basically lost to themselves lol
@@madnomad3861 Puerto Rico is a territory belonging to, but not a part of, the United States. (Insular Cases). This is precisely why the IOC recognizes our olympic sovereignty. This is also why in Spain they treat us differently from the rest of US citizens regarding the application of the Law of Historic Memory, which grants us the right to spanish citizenship/nationality within 2 years of bona fide residency, just like the rest of the latin american nationalities. Thus, our case is a special one indeed and we are distinct enough to not be "regular americans".
I remember when team Puerto Rico beat the U.S omg that was the best celebration ever the whole island party for weeks. My point being everybody should definitely be proud to play for their country
Just a "friendly" game...
Hm I thought puerto rico wanted to be a part of the US..
@@marianoandrt2208 was the opening not an exhibition...they lose very badly.
Exhibición cojones! perdieron bien feo.pero ustedes no lo aceptan y ni lo mencionan.
Y perdieron con Francia en Tokio 2020. De iba no es NBA. Aquí se defiende!
@@gumerflores6729 es que todabia es la hora que les duele el jette y se quedaron mordios por ese juego.
I like how this was recommended to me right when USA lost to Nigeria
Where is the team which finished sixth in the World Championship in Indianapolis 2002?
Roster was with Baron Davis, Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller ..
Gelli Tsiap He forgot
2002 was bigger disappointment than at least 1998 one, considering the roster, the fact USA were hosting World Cup in Indianapolis and they finished tournament as 6th. Losing to Argentina in group stage, to Yugoslavia in quarterfinal and to up and coming Spain in classification game.
Had to laugh at Puerto Rico beating Lebron and Wade. Was JJ Barea on that team?
Carlos Arroyo was on that team and he torched the U.S.
Why laugh?
No JJ Barea
@Tre Miller my guy, tell me one team would voluntary give them a chance to be the 1-3 scoring options ? Ok... So even with that, look at jj Barea became and helped the Dallas Mavericks step over LeBron and the heat. Look how crucial he was destroying all the teams the west.
No JJ Barea
3:19 Dream Team 2 was on 1994 and Dream Team 3 was on 1996.
2021 USA Team: Hold my Beer
As a Lithuanian guy, I offer my sympathies to all who were heartbroken by this World Cup.
Even though Lithuanian team finished 9th, that was quite expected as far as I am concerned.
But USA having so many losses is quite rare...
Btw, the problem with lack of motivation regarding the joining their National teams is that unlike us European countries who want to prove themselves, everyone knows that USA basketball is of highest caliber, and proving themselves to being able to sport the best team is mute.
2006 tournament had four great teams. Argentina 2 years before won Olympics gold medal. Greece was the European champions with players who dominated in Euroleague. Spain,a fantastic team,still collecting medals. USA was very good,young promising players,future all stars,Wade was NBA finals MVP that year,but the team had not enough experience in FIBA style of basketball.
Andy I enjoy your videos so much,keep up the great work!
How could u not put 2002 team USA on the list, they didn't make it to the semis either. That's far worse than the team that came third with a bunch of college and non NBA player.
taiwanthebest he forgot
forgot on.purpose
and in 98 brad miller went undrafted lol...so that tells you how little talent 98 had at the time as brad did not hit until 2001...langdon was solid but a college stud not made for the nba
And Australia 😂
The main problem with the 2002 team was that there was a severe lack of huge star power. Guys like Kobe, KG, Duncan and Shaq declined to participate so it made the squad mostly full of really good All-Star caliber players, but only two Hall Of Fame players in Reggie Miller and Paul Pierce.
With the narrowing of the talent and coaching gap between USA and the rest of the world this list will get longer. I'd like to see a Europe v USA 'Rider Cup' series. I think that would be the first true challenge to the whole USA system, without drop-outs and other noise. A starting 5 that includes Doncic, Giannis and Jokic and a bench with depth. That's a proper challenge for 'dream team'.
I had forgotten about the 2019 team. The way we've always constructed our teams was with length and athleticism while the international teams did it with outside shooting. The 3 ball started beating us. The lack of American's interest in the Olympics made it hard for us to field our best players as well
Love your videos ANDY! your voice and that music you use in the background is so soothing
The background tune of Andy Hoops videos is a classic and everytime I hear I'll think of my favorite youtuber
HOW GOOD WAS LUIS SCOLA
the main issue on us-teams was never the lack of individual talent.
lack of team chemistry and experience are the biggest problems
but both needs time.
so my advice would be to focus less on individual talent, but more on a core unit of players with chemistry, who are willing to play at every tournament.
Love your vids Andy keep it up greetings from Turkey
Where's the 2002 FIBA World Cup Team USA? They are much much similar to the 2019 Team USA.
2002 probably worse because it was at home
Unforgetable mistake!
First defeat ever for an NBA National Team
But 2019 USA's placement was worse than the 2002 one
You're the basketball version of Blackyspeakz.
Dats true af
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Who came here after Nigeria beat USA team in an exibition?
This 2006 Greek team was spectacular
Was 2005 European champions too
in 06 dwight was too young cp3 as well ...brad miller was too old...and why were hinrich and battier on the team?...we could of had kg kobe ray pierce amare hamillton vince kidd so many others..
@@razkable
No roster excuses.
Dwight and Paul were young, but very good players. Lebron and Carmelo were all NBA and Wade was the damn champion and finals MVP. Joe Johnson was an all star. Hinrich a good role player and in the All-NBa defensive team a year later.
Even if you take the rest of the guys, most were all stars the next year.
You were just outplayed by a better prepared, more clever and underestimated Greek team. This team was the best ever Greek team and the former European Champions. Basketball does not end in the NBA and this is lesson you Americans should have learnt by now
@@baldpdeng2035 wow jerk off to one win😂 the nba got the best ever players, the best team would crush every european team by 50 points
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Excellent video
Great vid andy
Andy vids always get me intrigued. Most unique and informative videos on NBA YT
You are missing the 2002 team. They lost in the quarters against Yugoslavia, and finished 6th at the end.
@@0xx0_Lester Actually Yugoslavian players had the memories of 1999 when USA bombed their country and killed more civilians than during 9/11, so they had an extra motive to win that game. Please dont blame 9/11 on USA's terrible play.
Love this video
I think the biggest mistake that USAB manager at the time was allowing themselves to dropped out most of the roster from 2003 line up who just won the Tournament of America(that make US qualified to 04 Olympic). Also the fact that Larry Brown wasted the young LBJ, Wade & Carmelo time to be in there but he'd barely even used them was absolute criminal. After the roster changes and with their seniority mindset, they should've had just brought some Piston player like Chauncey, Ben Wallace & Hamilton who'd just won a chips at the same year instead of those rookie I mentioned. Those Pistons player would've had tighten the defense in that US squad. What a stupid management
The world championship in INDIANAPOLIS was even worst because it was held in USA HOME but they lost without a medal
Lol this just got recommended after Australia beat USA 😂
Same😂😂
bruh same
Love the vids
Great video
You overlooked the 2002. WC when they lost in QF to Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). To make things worse, it was on their home ground (Indianapolis).
Modern day serbia? Are u kidding me?
Ye Yugoslavia was just the name, it consisted of Serbia + Montenegro at that time
@@Embres66 Wanna teach me something about my own country?
After the Civil war in the '90s, FR Yugoslavia consisted of two republics, Serbia and Montenegro, and Montenegro, being a smaller country of around 500 thousand people was not very influential in Yugoslavia's success. There were some great athletes from there, but more than 80% of the team consisted of Serbian players.
I mentioned the "modern day Serbia" part mostly because of younger generations and ignorant foreigners (somewhat like you) who don't know much about Yugoslavia or Serbia, so that they can connect the dots and learn that it's the same basketball school, because it's basically the same country.
@@DINO92AVFC ah ok I gotch u u are from Serbia of course it's the Same country lol u know that Yugoslavia consist of many different ethnic groups I mean what about Bosnia Croatia Albania and so on stfu man I'm from Europe.. Serbia was a part of Yugoslavia but I would not consider it as the whole country
@@Embres66 You know that he talks about Yugoslavia 2002, besides Yugoslavia was after 1994 just Serbia and Montenegro, but mostly just Serbia when it came to sports. Bosnia, and Croatia had nothing to do with Yugoslavia after the break out of Yugoslavia. So you're confused by the time periods.
During past Yugoslavia era mostly serbs and croats mostly represented Yugoslavia, followed by bosniaks, slovens, macedonians etc.
2002 world cup in indianapolis should have been in the list
Peenoy ?
Who's here after USA lost to Nigeria?
POV: You are here after the Nigeria loss
I think the reason they all didn’t want to play is because it’s all to lose none to gain because losing makes them look terrible but winning doesn’t change anything because they’re expected to win so overwhelmingly. Also they don’t want to risk an injury
Women's Team USA Basketball have pretty much always won every major competition in recent times because they actually care about winning and always look to assemble their strongest roster. Something to think about for men's Team USA when they draft Plumlee into their final roster!
I like the old way better when only college kids could play, who want to see a bunch of 30 year olds representing the USA.
@@garycollier6950 that worked when over 95% of NBA players were American and basketball outside North America wasn't competitive. That's changed considerably with over 25% of NBA players being from outside North America. Team USA best all-college team would be crushed by the likes of Serbia, France, Greece, Spain, Australia, Slovenia, Argentina, Brazil, Turkey, etc. It'd be embarrassing to field a team that wouldn't be in contention to even make the quarter finals.
Beasts Plumlee would still destroy all the allstars in the WNBA
@@garycollier6950 I want to see the best players in the world playing, just like all the other Olympic events. College all-stars are trash compared to NBA superstars.
Greece had a European SUPERTEAM in 2006 (eventually Spanoulis, Papaloukas and Diamantidis won Euroleague MVP, as well as Final-4 MVP 3,1,2 times respectively ) and beat team USA with OFFENSE.
coming back to this now lol
The 2019 World Cup final have a lot of All Stars players... but from the spanish ACB league jaja
That blowout from PUR against USA is still revered in Puerto Rico, is like we won the gold that day😂😂😂😂
It's almost like a little brother beat a big brother, am I right? Lol
The 1992
Basketball U.S.A. Dream Team
is The BEST of the Bests
(OLYMPICS)!!!💪👊💪👊💪👊💪👊💪👊
It was the best performance for team USA basketball. Now no game or gold is a given. Other countries do have NBA players or have played against them.
2014 could be the best option. And had the most talented players
Don't forget 1994 and 2010 USA. Those team were so underrated imo. Also, 1986 USA was underrated when we talked about the all-amateur(in other words, a guy from college) line up who represented in international level but it was memorable win for them against the USSR's pro team that had Sabonis, the x factor for Soviet team
Get ready to update this video after the 2021 Olympics!
Nah USA going to the gold medal round
USA won 2021 Olympic
This didn't aged well..
2004 Olympics were worse because of the stage
LeBronze
d goat lebronze
yeah no excuse of not having nba players for once..to lose that bad vs puerto rico and then lose 1 time after that then lose to argentina is a joke in olympics...we don't care about fiba much...we barley send our best guys to fiba
2002 world cup? You forgot to mention that? The first time that a USA team of NBA players got beaten!
zwhnekrh have you wondered why that team is because they picked a wrong coach to lead them to victory unlike the 2019 team of coach greg pop compose of 2nd rated NBA players
@@mikerivers695 Well, you are right. Coach George Carl was crying in a bus after USA lost to Yugoslavia. He couldn't believe that strong team lost.
But, USA team from 2019. was weaker, but enough good. There were best players in their NBA teams.
@@Entertainment-th4kb they're only the 2nd best team available. who's their certified team captain?kemba walker,he's ok but only for quality minutes.
@@mikerivers695 Yeah. They lost to us [Serbia]. They scored 7 points in the first quarter. Of course, they later mitigated our lead.
@@Entertainment-th4kb yeah!!,no excuses whatsoever!!CONGRATULATIONS FRIEND!!!
Perfect timing watching this video
2 of those Teams had Lebron in their lineup the 2x bronze medalist....😂😂😂...Thats why he's called LaBronze James
Let's not talk about the fact that France beat Team USA just to be absolutely awful against Argentina
Gobert got 3pts and 25% FT shooting... Yikes
Why would we talk about that? Argentina was a great team, whereas France was just a good team, not great. Losing to France was embarrassing, but thank god we didn’t play Argentina or Spain as we would have lost by 30.
Nate Cruz Nate Cruz embarassing ?
u need to respect more France. We have actually Rudy Gobert back 2 back dpoy and fournier a good player in ORL. In the past Parker HOF 4rings and 1finals mvp, Noah Dpoy, Diaw and prime Batum.
France beat Spain 2013 for european gold médal.
And France beat USA 2019. Maybe team F, but we still beat you
Liam Suarez USA isn’t a threat
@@vj3373 yeah because most US national rosters have far worse chemistry than NBA teams. And Boston Celtics...I mean USA choked hard that time. Most foreign players consider NBA as the best league in the world and among every 10 talented basketball players in the world, at least 5 of them are Americans. Even if other leagues around the world organize an all-star team, NBA all-star roster will still beat them easily. But more and more international players are getting into the NBA All-Star Game and that is alarming for Americans. That is similar to saying NBA is helping train players for other countries. But this is just my opinion.
USA 7th - dissapointment, Poland 8th - positive surprise. How opposite the mood can be about two teams that ended just one spot over/under each other.
Defeat to Brazil in the 1987 Pan American Championship final in Indianapolis changed basketball in the United States. It was the first American team's loss at home. It was so unexpected that the organization of the event didn't even have the Brazilian national anthem to play at the award ceremony because nobody believed in the possibility of a Brazilian victory. Oscar Schmidt had a masterful performance with several three-point shots in a row.
One of the consequences of that US defeat was that from then on NBA players became part of the Olympic team, which was previously represented by college basketball. Another consequence was that the United States started to play by valuing the three-point shot, which until then was practically ignored because it had been created only a few years before and was not considered as important in the game.
You asked about Canadian players not wanting to represent their countries, there is one simple answer for that.
NBA owners have a long history of blocking their Canadian born stars from playing for Canada in the Olympics. Mark Cuban always blocked Nash from playing in subsequent games after 2000 claiming "insurance reasons". He pulled this crap with Dirk barring him from playing for his home country as well.
Andrew Wiggins is the first Canadian star to get CLEARANCE to play for Canada since the Rick Fox era. The result was a much better showing at qualifiers than they have since Sidney.
I see the path of team USA continuing to loose due to lack of player intrest
SpeedHomeAttack and they don’t want to get injured, the nba is way more meaningful and their careers in the nba
@@94mac True, they play for money not for the legacy like the first dream team then Kobe, Lebron, Wade, Melo use to....This new generation it's all about themselves.
@@claricekanda That is very disheartening to hear that the players care more about money than the pride of their country
What are you looking at how 💀 imagine if Lebron had gotten injured the first time he played at the Olympics pride for your country doesn’t pay the bills or feed your kids
I really hope you guys aren't hypocrites who moaned when Team USA lost to France and Serbia, and aren't going to complain if James isn't in Tokyo next year.
how can a team full of college boys winning bronze in the olympics and losing close to the gold-medal winner be a WORST OF ALL TIME PERFORMANCE? actually its pretty good in my opinion.
also no.4: how can it be a fail when you go further in a tournament than everybody expected and win a medal out of nowhere?
Andy, try to make top 5 team usa performance. Thanks. Gonna wait here.
Andy Hoops still makes my favorite basketball videos...Keep it up bro.....Can you make a video on why people think Jordan wasnt that great because he dominated a talentless era?
Nobody except 8 year olds feel the 90's we're "talentless"
@@christophersuswal9544 The 90's had the dream team....Thats all anyone needs to say on that matter
What about the 2002 FIBA World Cup they finished 6th plus they were the host nation
Yugoslavia happened
2002-2006 was such a rough era for us..guys did not want to go play...and we were seen as a joke
6:18 Νταϊμανταϊντις
NOTICE HOW NONE OF THESE TEAMS HAD KOBE BUT DID HAVE LEBRON AND TIM DUNCAN...
The 2004 failure has nothing to do with Kobe not being there, but everything to do with Larry Brown’s coaching style and team building. Brown hated playing rookies and because of that, reduced the roles of LeBron Wade and Melo drastically on the team. They all came off the bench for limited minutes, and had a very small role. Iverson and Marbury were also selfish players who never gelled in a team system like that, and Iverson still had beef with Brown from Brown’s Sixers days. Even if Kobe was on that squad, it wouldn’t have changed those dynamics. It was just a very poorly built team.
Jason Sasser (1998 team) coaches HS basketball in the town where I live. Very nice man, down to earth, and can still run with the students at almost 50.
Even after watching your video, 2004 Olympics loss still is really perplex. You can't just simply say they lost because lots going behind the scenes when they had both Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson in their prime. They were not good enough period. It will forever tarnish the legacies of the two legends.
4 years later, and I always find it odd how LeBron haters try to use that against him with the whole “LeBronze” insult but Duncan and Iverson get almost no blame. It’s not even LeBron’s fault either. He was like the 10th guy off the bench for that team, and he had little minutes. Same with Melo and Wade. Duncan and Iverson were the main guys, and it’s mostly on them that the team lost. Especially since they both were in their primes as you said.
Who's here after they lost to Australia this year.
Good video
Hi Andy, please make a video on the 5 best Team USA Performance in History as well.
From the 1998-team I know Wendell Alexis pretty good because he was a star over here in Germany! :-)
6:18 literally the dudes you don't want to mess their names up, they damn good in bball
FIBA World Cup basketball griping "Why do so many of the best USA players choose not to play in me so frequently ?" Pan Am Games basketball "Hold my beer". The team that the USA sent to Lima in 2019 was completely anonymous.
CZcams knows whats in my mind
2019 was such a humiliating time as a celtics fan 🤦🏽♂️
Respect for mentioning that Sabonis and Marciulionis were Lithuanians, were are so pissed off when someone says they are from Russia
USSR was any good in basketball MAINLY because of Lithuanians
to Americans, anyone living in USSR are automatically Russians. The world barely notice how Lithuania was carrying USSR in basketball, and Ukraine was providing beasts for USSR football.
Never heard one refer to them as russians, but im not american so...
so funny how this pops up in my recommendation after the 2021 usa team
I am not even mad at that 1998 team, they where not even top 200 US players and managed to get 3rd, impressive.!!!
In retrospect the 1998 team looks more like a team of overachievers than underachievers.
yeah cause miller was not that good yet ...and trajan was seen as a star in college but did nothing in the nba
in 2006 Greece was the reigning European Champion.
Due to dominance of old teams, usa basketball thought they could just ask star players to assemble 1 week before the competition and expect to dominate. Not realizing that international competition had gotten better and play more cohesive. They also fit together unlike these usa teams. Good thing though that from 2008 to 2018, usa basketball reclaimed their dominance.
andy please make a top 5 best performances by team usa
2004 was the cockiest. I watched every game of them.
Marbury and iverson in the same back court was terrible.
I find funny that americans like to brag how patriotic they are, but when it comes to representing their country for a sports event, NBA players are the first to write themselves off, specially on contract years to avoid injuries and sign those big juicy contract.
its funny how if america sent their 12 best guys every time since the start of the games, they would always win gold in fiba and olympics even to this day...not once has a team been good enough to beat the 12 best americans imo at any time...
@@razkable Probably because Iverson, D Wade, Lebron, Duncan, Odom, Stoudemire and Carmelo wasn't enough to beat Argentina aparently.
Thanks for the info! Now I know why...
“Why team USA keep getting blown out .” Jadakiss Why Remix 2004