Team USA Basketball: The Worst?

[Donald Trumps Twitter]

who do you think is the worst Olympic basketball team?


We will begin from 92 on forth, since before then no NBA stars were allowed to play.






Is this unanimous?

Iverson, Lebron and Duncan lead team USA to a 19 point defeat to start off the tournament, its worst loss in Olympic history (yes including all 17 times we've participated) They would go on to lose two more times, more than doubling their total Losses in Olympic basketball history (5). The team went on to win the Bronze medal, marking the first time in olympics history where a team with NBA stars (and HOF players) won a bronze. (Only the second time we've ever won bronze in Olympic history, the last time was in 1988, which prompted officials to start using NBA players, aka 1992's the Dream Team)

 

[MJ Truth]

This current team. I think the '04 team beats this current team if they're both coached by Coach K.

The 2002 World Championships team is the worst of the 2000s though.

 

[SchoolboyC]

Based on how they performed, 04 team is the worst of the Olympics; 02 team is the worst period

People can say what they want about this squad but I highly doubt they lose 3 times

 

[Malta]

This current team. I think the '04 team beats this current team if they're both coached by Coach K.

The 2002 World Championships team is the worst of the 2000s though.

Nah, the 04 team loses to this one, they straight up couldn't shoot and Bron/Wade/Melo were going into their second seasons.


The spacing on that team was a mess, this current team can get hot and start murdering you from three.

 

[Piff Huxtable]

shoutout to Vince and KG doing their thing on the 2000 team with little fanfare

 

[MJ Truth]

Nah, the 04 team loses to this one, they straight up couldn't shoot and Bron/Wade/Melo were going into their second seasons.


The spacing on that team was a mess, this current team can get hot and start murdering you from three.

And this current team can go cold and struggle. Properly utilized I'd take that 2004 team before I take this one, specifically if they're playing against EACH OTHER. As far as the way Olympic play is, that 2004 team was pretty much fukked because of the way they were officiating Duncan.

 

[thatrapsfan]

 

[Malta]

And this current team can go cold and struggle. Properly utilized I'd take that 2004 team before I take this one, specifically if they're playing against EACH OTHER. As far as the way Olympic play is, that 2004 team was pretty much fukked because of the way they were officiating Duncan.

This current team can go cold, but that team was cold from the jump Brown fukked up but that team was just poorly constructed with redundancy at every position, like why wasn't Michael Redd there instead of Jefferson, Billups and Hamilton etc should have been there. That team had stars but was built like shyt, and could have been much better even without the top names (KG, Shaq, Kobe, Tmac) if they had thought it out better.


Duncan was getting swarmed on the block, yeah he was being fouled but nobody respected Team USA's shooting and just collapsed whenever Tim got the ball. There's nothing that would change that.

 

[Megadeus]

They didn't have coach K

If Larry brown is the coach yesterday then Australia beats us

 

[kuts]

That 04 team has to be it, unless this year's squad doesn't place.

I'll never forget that feeling of watching an all-star squad struggling in all of their games.

 

[malbaker86]

That 04 squad was POOOOORLY coached.

Bron and Melo were chained to the bench even tho whenever they got considerable PT they produced

 

[Brozay]

2004 quite easily

 

[MustafaSTL]

2002 is the worst team overall by far. Not remotely close.

2004 is the worst Olympic team by far. Not remotely close.

This year's team is on par with the 2000 team.

 

[The_Third_Man]

And this current team can go cold and struggle. Properly utilized I'd take that 2004 team before I take this one, specifically if they're playing against EACH OTHER. As far as the way Olympic play is, that 2004 team was pretty much fukked because of the way they were officiating Duncan.

This year's team is better defensive team though. Butler, PG, Green, Klay, and Jordan can really stop the opposing team best players. 2004 team only had Duncan and Marion.

Another thing, most of the players on the 2004 team were playing for losing teams that didn't make the playoffs except for Duncan and Jefferson. None of them played in the conference finals that year which means they were all well-rested by the time the olympics started, but they also haven't played in meaningful competitive games in a long time. They didn't know how to close games.

this year's team has 4 players who have just played in the FINALS, and 7 players played in the conference finals. They've been at the big stage. this team is more experienced, versatile and disciplined.

 

[Gangstar8]

Another reason Dunc00n