The Worst Team USA Basketball Squad of All Time

[@Dancer_kpop381]

and now. USA lost again vs Germany. FIBA WC23.

[@Gildhattie]

Lol...I was going to say... Maybe they should've waited to make this video 😉

[@101Licious]

Because Germany is awesome

[@joesakic91]

FIBAWC 2002 and 2019 were even worse. Those two teams didn't make the Top Four.

[@gokhanerdo9237]

it is not surprice .pre world cup they won against slovenia on last period won against germany last 3-4 min and lost agains litvania

[@101Licious]

@Alexandre-sz2jb Lemming

[@changkwangoh]

This mofo really called Vlade “vlaid” 💀

[@Xavier1trill]

Wtf would he know Vlade if you can’t say it

[@lildubuoy]

😂😂😂😂 these youtubers outta hand

[@twizzy585ots]

Amazing 😭😭🤧

[@swaymcthunder1219]

I caught a video of this guy months ago, can't remember the video topic but he pronouncing vlade the same there. I remember making a comment that you shouldn't be making basketball content if you don't even know who vlade is. Still hasn't learned anything.

[@ayshaahmed8930]

Vlade way better than LeBron....in hairline

[@drei9]

NO excuse. Those names and roster should be Good Enough to beat international teams at least by 20 pts.

[@damianpresha9833]

Delusional

[@gregorywilliams5606]

I don't know about that. Keep sleeping on these European players if you want to

[@kenmccain9743]

They should have had KJ, Stockton or Jason Kidd on those teams. And if they had Stockton, they should have had Karl Malone as well

[@jdmo]

@@kenmccain9743 Jason Kidd was integral to the 2008 coming together and running smoothly, killing it. He would have been the guy to prevent the problems of 2003 and 04.

[@kbrich-nn8od]

Can U say too many DIVAS'/!!!

[@elizahhoward6810]

Reggie miller should have got the ball

[@lighthousemaccabee8133]

WHY???!!!!

[@PIP...33]

@@lighthousemaccabee8133 BECAUSE ONLY HORRY AND GOD BIRD ARE BETTER IN HISTORY THAN REGGIE. WHEN U NEED 3 IN LAST SECOND U BET ON BIRD, HORRY AND REGGIE.

[@twizzy585ots]

He was old...if it wasn't in Indy he wouldn't have even been there

[@PIP...33]

@@twizzy585ots Miller was old but was in finals ??

[@twizzy585ots]

@@PIP...33 ok and Jeff green was in the finals last year tf is your point....miller was just Reggie miller atp not millertime

[@russellst.martin4255]

This specific team was FR Yugoslavia, which was later renamed Serbia & Montenegro (later just Serbia), but Yugoslavia itself eventually became 7 different countries, so you could say Yugoslavia is where both Jokic and Luka are from.

[@francofarsaci8849]

plus some stars like Toni Kukoc, Drazen Petrovic and many more! good looking out dude

[@toptopovaxiv]

Yeah but this isn't the same Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia in this video consisted of Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo and was just a "formal" leftover from "real" Yugoslavia which ceased to exist in 1991. Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and BiH became indenpendent countries at various points.

[@lukesherifflobo]

Glad someone said this "Today it's called Serbia" made me wince :D

[@emennt7656]

Yugoslavia with Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia ceased to exist in 1991, that Yugoslavia in the video consisted of Serbia and Montenegro so he was not wrong calling it Serbia because there were no players from Montenegro on this team@@lukesherifflobo

[@NebraskaGonvilleJones]

@Alexandre-sz2jbReported as misinformation and unwanted/spam. It’s a load of nonsense mate

[@waynebrady1819]

My man, Serbia is not the successor state of Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia consisted of what is now Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia. It simply no longer exists.

[@johnsnow04]

Kosovo is not a country and Serbia and Montenegro were called Yugoslavia until 2003 when they were renamed Serbia&Montenegro. And then just went separately in 2005. Learn some history.

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

@@johnsnow04 its funny acting smug and being wrong at the same time, Kosovo is now a country. I mean like technically Serbia Russia and like, a couple other countries do not recognize their independence but it is... in fact a country.

[@NikolaBlahBlahh]

​@@Hooch_is_crzyKosovo i Metohija is a southern region of Serbia.

[@johnsnow04]

@@Hooch_is_crzy Terrorist utopia that sells drugs and human organs under protection of imperialist pigs like you who take their cut, will never be a state.

[@Hooch_is_crzy]

@@NikolaBlahBlahh it is an independant country to the international community. It has be recognized as such, just not by serbia lol

[@richdouglas2311]

Basketball was bound to become a worldwide phenomenon. Like soccer, it is cheap to play. You need a ball and a hoop; everything else is luxury to the poor player. Also, it can be played in tight, urban environments, something even soccer struggles with. I love the game and have since the days of Connie Hawkins, Pete Maravich, and Julius Erving. I just wish they'd de-emphasize the 3-pointer a bit and bring the game back inside somewhat.

[@MentalStillness]

It's about shot selection. It's not necessarily a bad thing they use three pointers but it's lazy when teams live by the three and stop running an offense.

[@tommytremble3910]

Agreed except it’s not just lately, it’s ineffective and extremely inconsistent as a strategy.

[@tommytremble3910]

*style of play not strategy

[@Opium64]

It was for a long time it’s euros that were drafed that refused to leave there countries and Russia always was high level but wasn’t allowed to be drafted and euro league paid good even back then early 90s had million dollar contracts people still had 80k contracts in the nba at that time

[@jaahnnn]

This is what I always think of every time Paul pierce starts talking about how great he was

[@alexandermendez4653]

He's the all-time leader in game winning or tying buzzer beater shots. So he's pretty good.

[@jaahnnn]

@@alexandermendez4653 he's the reason we had to start sending Jason kidd and kobe caliber players to represent our country..because if you send Paul pierce we won't win gold

[@sadsam3488]

Didn’t Lebron lost in the 2004 Olympics and in FIBA WC 2006? Is he trash too?

[@habidomusic]

@@sadsam3488 Not trash but he wasn't a superstar yet. And in 2004 he was a rookie. Meanwhile Paul Pierce is 7 years older and was in his prime during the tournament.

[@wysemanacc84]

@@sadsam3488 well they only seem to have selective memory when it comes to Lebron lol

[@emennt7656]

I was 21 at that time and remember it really well. Back in Serbia we were confident that we would beat USA because player for player ours was better team and we were ruling World Champions at that time. Dejan Bodiroga would be a great star in the NBA but he never cared about going to the NBA. Also remember that Arenas were mostly empty...one of our news reporter were walking around the arena and asking the random passersby if they knew what event is holding in the arena, most of the people didn't know nor cared.

[@Lindsayfan]

@Alexandre-sz2jb worship me

[@Lindsayfan]

backetball and OPETH? a man of culture

[@blakfloyd]

@@Lindsayfan Another one right here. Blackwater Park is the reason for the "blak" in my handle.

[@MentalStillness]

Can people start keeping their religion to themselves? God is not a bearded white man or Arabic man in the sky. There's nobody coming to save us. We are God and Goddesses. Know ye not that ye are Gods, Children of the Most High. This is a basketball video about basketball. What does religion have to do with putting a ball in a hoop? We have free will to choose how we live and it's nobody's business what we choose.

[@michacarolus6571]

​@Alexandre-sz2jbwrong vid, try again.

[@sportsphere]

Dont mind the whispering lmao my bad. Didn’t wanna wake up my mom 🤦‍♂️

[@swaymcthunder1219]

Then choose a better time to make videos. Also learn to pronounce names correctly, you really should know who vlade is. Also Yugoslavia is more than just Serbia. Put a little bit more time in preparation. It might come off as rude, but if you want to be taken seriously as a sports youtuber this is good advice.

[@sportsphere]

Send me an email if you think you can help

[@dipsetball]

LMFAOOOOOOO

[@S.Anderson-Bey]

I wondered about that, lol. On another note, you might want to research European competition further. The former Yugoslavia republics, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Bosnia were always talent hotbeds. Lastly, international basketball rules are slightly different than domestic leagues.

[@S.Anderson-Bey]

@@swaymcthunder1219Excellent constructive criticism and advice.

[@yourfriendlyneighbourhoodvue]

Why he’d name he him Vlade like it’s said Slade😂😂

[@rahowherox1177]

Actually he is correct, rather more correct than you.

[@thebigfreakingcat4292]

It's clear that the rest of the world has improved immensely in the last 30 years. The USA has to send their best players to win the gold medal in the FIBA World Cup and the Olympics, but they almost never do, except for the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

[@joesakic91]

2010 and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup as well for Team USA without most of their top-tier best players. The United States wants to showcase their depth in the FIBA Basketball World Cup to try knocking out two birds with one stone: grabbing one of the top two slots from FIBA Americas to automatically qualify for the Olympics and winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup title.

[@thebigfreakingcat4292]

@Alexandre-sz2jb What? This is a sports topic not a religious one. I think you have the wrong site.

[@tommytremble3910]

Yeah they want to build depth and further develop young players on the rise without potentially injuring or wearing down their best players. It’s giving these other countries too much confidence now tho lol

[@jonathanhe7267]

Who’s watching this right after they were eliminated by Germany in 2023 lol

[@lovemy3babes17]

Nope after Canadian loss. Shame.

[@pablojuan7960]

I’m watching after they beat Serbia & are in the finals to win gold 🙏🏽

[@tommytremble3910]

Yeah I’m watching Bron, KD, and Steph take Serbia’s soul and leave them crying and blaming on the same officials that helped them for much of the game lol 🥇

[@reyseledio2323]

for me 2004 roster for usa was the worst. they had melo,wade, lbj. marbury. iverson, richard jefferson// and their bigman were stoudemire, duncan, odom, boozer and okafor but still lost to puerto rico

[@TimothyMcGaffinII]

Agreed. Should never have lost to Puerto Rico team. Carlos Arroyo was on fire from 3-point land and Tim Duncan kept going under the screen leaving Arroyo open to shoot. Duncan should have gone over the screen or just got in Arroyo's face to force him to not to shoot any more threes or get him out of his rhythm. But no, Team USA kept leaving Arroyo open. Worst Team USA team ever.

[@younglove3362]

They had the least amount of pros and veterans. They were no where near our best team. This team still had a better line up. Stop ✋️

[@edwardbrito4010]

What are you taking about 80% of the team in HOF this team has 3 HOF.

[@younglove3362]

@edwardbrito4010 So a rookie Wade, LeBron, and Melo are hall of famers? A second year Amare and a young Lamar Odom were all stars? Richard Jefferson and Carlos Boozer weren't better than Wade, LeBron, and Melo? Honestly, you and the others claiming this need to hush. This line up would be dynamic in 2008, not 2004. Just stop ✋️.

[@tommytremble3910]

Lebron was coming off a rookie year and didn’t get much PT at all. Larry Brown wanted players to have experience and seniority. It wasn’t a well put together team either but it definitely had some legendary players on it.

[@mistanderson]

The problem with the 2002 USA team is they had a trash coach in George Karl. Jerry Sloan should've been the coach. The squad was good they just lack a damn coach. Same time it's FIBA and Team USA is usually for the younger talent with some few veterans. Sam Cassell at the time was a better option over Jay Williams. You gotta have a veteran PG

[@Veggamattic]

Hahaha. What makes him a bad coach...I'm 100% sure you don't even have an objective answer.

[@lionface1364]

​@@VeggamatticI have an answer......he coached this team to a loss.

[@Veggamattic]

@@lionface1364 Learn how critical thought works.

[@lionface1364]

@@Veggamattic when you throw an insult to back up your point.....you lose by default.

[@Veggamattic]

@@lionface1364 It was a piece of solid advice...take it as an insult if you choose.

[@TonyRealTalk07]

Damn! You didn’t mention that PR won against the USA at 2004 too, before Argentina in that tournament

[@johnanderson9765]

The USA lost to both Puerto Rico and Lithuania in group play in 2004. They finished 3-2, fourth in the six-team group, good enough to advance. However, it meant they had to face the number one seed from the other group, Spain. Spain was a basketball power, but the USA did defeat them. After the loss to Argentina, they defeated Lithuania to settle for the bronze medal.

[@truthhearer6323]

​@@johnanderson9765Spain's glory days were still upcoming back then. I mean, they were very good already, but their prime was still to come. They would win their two World Cups, four Eurobaskets and play their two Olympics finals after that. Their first final was in 2006.

[@kineticsjekaw7881]

@@truthhearer6323 they were already in their prime 2008 but still could not do it without the saving grace of Kobe Bryant 🤣

[@victorramos287]

Lebron James was in the US team that season

[@younglove3362]

This lineup is still better than 2004's. Stop ✋️

[@expositooculto1040]

The problem with American basketball in general, and NBA basketball in particular, is that the game has been totally disrespected. Offensive play is clearlhy favored, and the most complex strategy is the pick and roll. Big ,men are useless (with a few exceptions) and coaches are merely an ornament. A lot of iso, a lot of "this is my team", and amazing athletic displays, but lack of fundamentals and team play. The US has amazing players and the pool to choose from is huge (most countries in Europe are smaller than some states in the US), but the way the game is being played and officiated has had a negative overall effect. To me, it is a lot more interesting to watch a Euroleague game than an NBA game, even though there is less individual talent. The game has a lot more intricacies and, thus, more interesting. Strategy is more complex, and team play is favored over iso play.

[@DtotheK88]

Euro ball just looks more fun.

[@manny4552]

Great points

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Exactly the average NBA fan just sees the athleticism and apparent "skill" and accepts it, not realizing the league has manipulated the rules for a visually pleasing game. The NBA is very much a commercial product today. That's the reason former Euroleague players are dominating the NBA today, Jokic, Giannis, Luka, Porzingis, Markkanen, they were brought up on physical, team-oriented play. I think that's why Jokic wasn't celebrating when he won the NBA championship. He knows it's not the best competition. The rest of the world is catching up because they didn't sacrifice the integrity of the game for offense. The 90s NBA players played through physical era so of course they dominated in the Olympics. The Dream Team was also more team-oriented, still fresh from the 80s. Today's players are used to rules that accomodate offense and rules that favor them. So when USA teams play international teams, they're not prepared for the physicality and the execution of other nation's national teams. Even the Olympic team with Durant suffered 3 losses. They barely won gold by 5 points over France.

[@turtleislandlac1490]

@zachsabbath1 Doesn't change the fact that NBA today is soft and overrated. In 2021 a Team USA squad of Durant, Tatum, and Lillard LOST to Nigeria. They also lost to Australia. You can even go back to the 2006 FIBA World Cup, when Lebron, fresh off averaging 31.4 ppg and Wade, a Finals MVP and NBA champ, and Top 10 scorer Carmelo Anthony LOST to a Greek team with ZERO NBA players.

[@user-mz8yk8ch2m]

​@@turtleislandlac1490Will see next year

[@summerlakephotog8239]

The original dream team was all college players in 1960. Walt Bellamy, Jerry Lucas, Darrell Imhoff, Oscar Robinson, Jerry West, Terry Dischinger + others were coached by the great Pete Newell. These players truly changed the game and, of course, easily brought home the gold.

[@manny4552]

ThAt was an Awesome team that cut future NBA superstar John havlicek

[@405boy4]

This was a great documentary..Ive always loved watching the Fiba World Cup, but the A1 players seem to disregard it... That's why we'll continue to see more international players start winning gold medals.. Maybe not as much in the Olympics, but definitely in FIBA.. just look how Lithuania beat us and then moved team USA and we couldn't do anything. They wanted it more and outplayed is even tho we have more talent. I'll actually be worried about this game against German too..

[@murloc_rampage3856]

Germany won, so the worry was warranted. Lol

[@405boy4]

@@murloc_rampage3856 I watched it too.. Germany basically took it from us. No excuses on that one..

[@carloconopio6513]

@@405boy4you know why usa losing in fiba? Because team usa have no chemistry even you change the coaching staff with European or any coach but the preparation is only 3 weeks . Still they they lose because of no chemistry and the relay on one on one.

[@drazen4368]

Gurovic unknown only for US public #12:00, well known in Europe. Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro at the time) was full of amazing players, stars in Europe teams

[@MartinLaplace]

Being argentinian, I still remember that Argentina vs USA game. I had a class that ended somewhere during the third quarter, I didn't mind because I thought the loss was a given. I saw on TV, once I got out of the class that Argentina was actually ahead on the score and ran home, around 500 meters, at top speed to catch the end of the game. That game, and that argentinian team, was INSANE. PS: Every single argentinian basketball junkie is still fuming over the no-call on the foul over Sconochini at the end of the final game.

[@broncobilly4029]

Thank you. I had forgotten the details of this dark period in USA basketball.

[@cydsantos9453]

Jordan won the Olympic gold medal TWICE. One was when he was still in college and had not yet played as an NBA player. LBJ was already drafted and playing in the NBA by October 2003 while the Athens Olympics was held last August 2004. NCAA Jordan or NBA Rookie LBJ? Winning matters guys.

[@lablueguy2000]

what an idiot. the world hasnt caught up with basketball when jordan won his first gold. eventually europe started beating US college teams which is why they had to bring NBA stars staring in 1992

[@jjcoolboyify]

Lebron was still a teenager. Why leave out that detail?

[@g-tallfrmda6661]

6-0 in the finals too

[@LastTrueElk]

On another episode of: How does this affect LeBrons legacy?

[@LastTrueElk]

@Alexandre-sz2jb Stop forcing religion on people 😔. We all have our own beliefs.

[@johnanderson9765]

What do you mean none of them ever won an NBA championship? There were three: Ben Wallace(2004 Pistons), Paul Pierce (2008 Celtics) and Shawn Marion (2011 Mavericks). It's not like they were benchwarmers either, all of them were starters.

[@dlee07]

Guess he meant at the time of the tournament

[@johnanderson9765]

@@dlee07 Then he shouldn't have used the word "ever."

[@milosmitic2071]

​@@johnanderson9765he did say "at the time" ..which was 2002

[@johnanderson9765]

@@milosmitic2071 You got a time stamp for that phrase?

[@CamJames]

@@johnanderson9765 he didn't say at the time, but it was very obviously implied since he was listing their All-Star accomplishments up to 2002 right before that. You are the worst type of KZbin commenter.

[@maxiaguirre]

By 1996 the gap was already smaller, and in 2000 the game against Lithuania was super tense

[@ZDiddy7777]

Wow, youre SUPER wrong. The '96 squad had a larger average margin of victory and overall was MORE dominate statistically ...... Being too lazy to even Google the data just earned you a lap.....Get going.... and NO walking!!

[@toughl24]

Omg. You couldn’t even google Yugoslavia?!?! Yugoslavia is not called Serbia today. The country doesn’t exist anymore. Serbia is just one of the countries that emerged. Cmon

[@MagaRTerrorists]

He's actually more correct than you are. In 2003 when this was played both Serbia and Montenegro were the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Serbia certainly was the dominant partner in that later configuration. So he was wrong by neglecting to mention Montenegro. Whereas you are apparently referring to the original configuration of Yugoslavia that began dissolution with Slovenia and Croatia leaving in 1992. He's not as wrong as you make it out to be.

[@arnegebhardt2209]

Great Vid! I think TEAM USA just needed more defensive minded Guards and they ez would of won it all... watching it from Germany, Dirk was INSANE and the bronze medal was a great victory

[@kenstevens7855]

On paper, this team doesn't look that bad. A lineup of Andre Miller, Baron Davis, Paul Pierce, Shawn Marion, and Jermaine O'Neal should have been enough if the chemistry was there. Given enough time to develop a system, I think this team could have figured it out. But these teams were put together at the last minute and couldn't gel.

[@Coach_Vedo]

Throughout history it was Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and then USA. When they lost on Olympic games in '88 then they said it's enough and then made rule that profesional players can play for USA national bball team. Until players become bored by playing for USA coz long and hard season with 82 games plus Playoffs.

[@cycleoflife565]

Of course FIBA made the rule that disallowed NBA players from participating in the Olympics and it was them that changed it to allow it. NBA players being fatigued after an 82 game season (half of what Euro League plays) plus playoffs for some, is understandable and puts them at a disadvantage going into the Olympics.

[@Coach_Vedo]

@@cycleoflife565 Bora Stanković (Serbian) was FIBA's GM for long time. He and great late David Stern made that possible. Stern pushed with League and players and Bora pushed that in FIBA. That move made basketball very opened and "world" sport.

[@Johnbones23]

USA has won gold at 16 of 19 Olympics thats more than all the worlds combined golds x 5 it’s US by a mile ..

[@cycleoflife565]

I’m not sure what you mean by the order of “Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and then USA” throughout history. The USA had been undefeated in Olympic basketball up until that loss to Russia in 1972, 63-0.

[@Johnbones23]

@@cycleoflife565 I wasn’t sure either but I believe it’s regarding just the FIBA world championship but even then ARG won the first followed by back to back by Brazil then the first for the USA before USSRs run of championships and then Yugoslavia and USA winning like the next 10 as he mentioned..

[@ebonyknight5]

How in the name of all that is Holy and Righteous was George Karl even selected as Coach??? Also, some of the player selections were sketchy, at best, and based upon non-basketball reasoning...smh

[@JosephC9]

I guess cause George Karl selected those players 😂😂😂

[@makoygaara]

This was the same team that talked trash prior to facing Yao Ming and China. The centers and power forwards said they would break him because at that time Yao Ming was an international star and #1 draft pick.

[@ice-coldspear9193]

ah yes Vlay Divak

[@zikne]

☠️😂

[@Eazy-ERyder]

The way I remember 2004 was a catastrophically horrific FAILURE. The women held it down but in Greece, between terrorist alarms and threats, several players from team USA dropped out. They were terrible by our standards. They rebounded literally in 2008 but that team TO ME was the last respectably good squad. Haven't been quite the same.

[@junglemutt8022]

I mean, we won all the golds since 2008 in the Olympics so not sure what you’re talking about but hey, that’s just my take. Honestly though, and not to sound arrogant, do Americans really care about FIBA tourneys? I mean, I’m mildly interested but I think why these teams don’t have better talent is due to the grind of the NBA season plus the playoffs. It seems like most of those guys wanna rest their bodies for the upcoming season plus the interest seems like it’s just not there for the elite players. That’s why we usually do terrible in FIBA play imo. But the Olympics….that’s a whole different ball game. The rest of the world has definitely caught up to us but if we field our “top” talent, we’ll always be tough to beat.

[@arvinedrosa6670]

Marko Jaric (MIN) is also an NBA player. Also not making in to your video and did not make a lot of minutes as well, Peja Drobnjak (2nd rd pick for SEA) Vladimir Radmanovic (12th pick SEA) is also in the roster, making FR Yugoslavia roster of 5 NBA players in total

[@baileyaerialvideo5783]

Was Radmanovic even still on the team at that point. I remember him sitting in the stands in an earlier game I think, because of a dispute w the coaches or something.

[@redwolf8135]

2002 team I would have picked if available: PGs: Jason Kidd, Mike Bibby, Jason Williams. SGs: Kobe, Ray Allen SF: Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter PF: Chris Webber, Kenyon Martin, Rasheed Wallace C: Ben Wallace, Elton Brand

[@D4NK1]

As someone who speaks Serbian i can confirm vlade divac is pronounced "vlayd deevak". Good work bro. Only thing i would add is that peja Stojakovic is pronounced "peya stodjakoveek". His surname means 100 students

[@jerest1000]

hahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahah

[@baileyaerialvideo5783]

AKA Vlade the Blade

[@jayjohnson7646]

Yeah but that's pronunciation in your home land, in America English tongue pronounce it differently.

[@CamJames]

@@jayjohnson7646 This is terrible logic. The correct pronunciation is correct everywhere.

[@deneguil-1618]

@@jayjohnson7646 no. you don't change the pronounciation of names this is just rude.

[@Profficer1979]

Since 1998 Team USA only won two FIBA world championships (2010 and 2014). The 2019 squad didn't medal at all.

[@AWF1000]

Im glad the FIBA World Cup is more competitive these days.. i mean when nba players were first allowed to play it was like Professionals vs Amateurs.. even though fiba said international players at that time were professional, they really weren't. Not for years anyway

[@KwonFiveNine]

Why are you whispering?

[@shawnf4276]

I played against Argentina’s Fabricio Oberto in South America back in the mid 90’s. He was tough

[@alexandreazevedo9906]

​@Alexandre-sz2jblol

[@Hooderaw]

Nice bro! Subscribed!!!!

[@Youralwayswhining4367]

If if Brunson, Edwards and JJJ are your best players representing your country that's pretty bad.

[@joesakic91]

Yet, those three made the semifinals while the 2002 and 2019 squad didn't make the Final Four.

[@mydogsnameislucy768]

Edwards is probably going to be the best shooting guard in the league this year. Brunson is also very good.

[@runciszabakos444]

@@mydogsnameislucy768ant is a dawg, but you cant say he could become the best sg in the league when dbook exists

[@Johnbones23]

imo Mikal Bridges stepped up into that 3rd best position over JJJ

[@RajDeelish]

Looking back at that 2002 team, I don't think anyone on that roster is a top 50 NBA player. Compare that to the team in the 2024 Olympics and you have potentially 3 of the top 10 of al time.

[@BoricuaFlavored]

I still remember when the stacked 2004 team got owned by Puerto Rico 🤣

[@joe3009]

They weren''t stack that team didn't have any shooters!

[@BoricuaFlavored]

@@joe3009 Casually Asses Said Uneducated Assessment in a Lengthy manner and maybe you can figure this out.🤣🤣🤣

[@younglove3362]

2004 wasn't stacked at all. That's the only reason we lost. Cut the crap you casual.

[@BoricuaFlavored]

@@younglove3362 Keep projecting, you're really good at it, but facts are there were nothing but superstars on that team, including the flop brothers (Leflop and Porcelain Wade). We had our mortar and scouts platoon watching that game live after coming back from Saudr City while I was in Baghdad in Camp Cuervo, I made $1700 off that game even though gambling wasnt allowed. Keep your excuses and I'll keep the pictures I still have from that night 🤣🤣🤣.

[@younglove3362]

@BoricuaFlavored So Melo, Wade, and LeBron were super stars their rookie year's. Yeah, you make sense. Nonsense that is. 🙄

[@christopherbelizaire4259]

I'm gonna take Baron Davis, Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce, Ben Wallace, & Jermaine Oneal as my starters

[@exa0247]

The worst USA squad of all time is this year squad, a lot of mid players like Josh Hart, Austin Reaves, etc.....

[@frankj4212]

Germany has no lost this fiba world cup 2023. What a run.

[@shvalovpavel9243]

I still cannot name the team with Paul Pierce and Reggie Miller as worst of all. In my opinion, If count on the game itself, the worst one (before 2023 WC) is the team at 2004 Olympics. With such a roster of SG's and forwards they couldn't get any top-class playmakers (neither Iverson, nor Marbury could organize the team offence) and Centers (Duncan is much more PF than C). And even despite the deserved losses to Lithuania and Argentina), -19 to Puerto-Rico was nonsense. I still remember, how I watched that game and could not believe in what I saw.

[@cydsantos9453]

Lebron lost in 2004 Olympics. MJ won 2. Maybe we should look into that 2004 Athens Olympics.

[@Veggamattic]

Lebron was the best player on that team. He came off the bench to ignite the team time and time again as an 18 year old. Jordan couldn't even make the 100th string of a Dream Team at 18. Lebron was miles better.

[@windycityassasin5236]

Lebron was a rookie who didn't even play that many minutes. And comparing mjs rosters to the 04 roster it isn't even close. Adding on to that international basketball has dramatically gotten better

[@Veggamattic]

@@windycityassasin5236 I remember it very clearly...even though he got very few minutes, his +/- was insane. He was electrifying and so damn fast. He would enter the game and USA would catch up or go ahead and he would sit and the energy would just exit the team.

[@windycityassasin5236]

@Veggamattic I was like 12 or 13 at the time and I even thought then the roster was whack. That Argentinean team was no joke either.

[@younglove3362]

Oh yeah, a team consisting of 3 rookies, role players, and 4 super stars. You make a lot of sense. Nonsense that is. Do more research and quit reaching 🙄

[@nikkiTheButcher-magic10]

that Serbia=Yugoslavia team in 2002, was out of this world, if you follow basketball, those players like Bodiroga guy, Jokic's style is similair to him... you should give them some credit

[@aidencarter687]

Nobody cares

[@nikkiTheButcher-magic10]

@@aidencarter687 yeah? thanks for telling me, you are a good guy

[@hughjassol2072]

While every country has sent its top 12 players. Here is USA’s Team. FIBA Team Roster NBA Ranking B/R Paolo Banchero #40 Mikal Bridges #26 Jalen Brunson #36 Tyrese Haliburton #33 Josh Hart #99 Brandon Ingram #29 Jaren Jackson Jr #31 Walker Kessler #86 Austin Reaves #69 Players Not in Top 100 Bobby Portis Cam Johnson Anthony Edwards NOT ONE TOP 25 US Player Only 6/12 are top 50 3 are not too 100.

[@treycox33]

Why are you whispering? It’s kinda creepy…

[@Shinobi33]

I think it's a computerized voice program because he was mispronouncing players' names.

[@kennethgriffin7921]

sorry but that 2002 team would annihilate this 2023 team

[@shaymayo6]

the nba has become more like a circus than real basketball. it's commercially oriented and the rules and refereeing are ridicules. so the national team suffers from that when facing real basketball teams with real officiating and rules and will continue to suffer. it's like WWF players facing MMA fighters.

[@aidencarter687]

Nobody cares

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

You do know that WWF was fake right

[@birdyboy20]

Vlaid Divac - Basketball player by day, vampire hunter by night

[@phamawa]

2002 was the year I got into bball at age 9 and remember very well watching usa lose to argentina. That shit pissed me off so bad lol and I hated Manu for it.

[@jiby911]

Lmaoo is this an ASMR NBA channel? Bruh i can't take this video seriously when this dude whispering at me

[@jaydaytoday3548]

08 was because of Kobe.

[@paulwilliams2024]

Exactly

[@cezz1105]

​@Alexandre-sz2jbAllah is a pagan god!

[@cezz1105]

@Alexandre-sz2jb My God, the God of all God's. Is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! His name is "Ahayah" You keep Allah

[@younglove3362]

08 was because of all of them. Not just Kobe. 🙄

[@MrTimLee84]

Uhhh no

[@MrDwightsimon]

The worst USA basketball team is the one playing right now in 2023

[@joesakic91]

2002 and 2019 were even worse.

[@taylanac1]

I reckon the 2004 Olympic squad was as bad as these blokes, as LBJ, Wade and Melo were all benchwarmers. And the team was in the hands of Iverson and Marbury. Don't get me wrong I love the Answer but he is the last person you want to lead your team in FIBA setting.

[@younglove3362]

The problem with 2004 was the line up. Tmac, Kobe, Shaq, Garnett, Kidd, and even Peyton weren't on the lineup. And those were the best players at their positions at the time. The all star teams, both East and West were better than the 04 team at the time. LeBron, Melo, and Wade coming off the bench? Obviously because they were rookies.

[@younglove3362]

They weren't even all stars yet. There were role players that were better. They were on that Olympic team that Larry Brown started over them.

[@pdub420]

You got some work to do. Wallace never played for the Clippers. 5:27. This ASMR recap is not it.

[@PIP...33]

GIVE HIM CHANCE ALSO THIS IS NOT WEAK TEAM CAUSE PIERCE WAS IN EAST FINALS, ONEAL MILLER IN NBA FINALS, BEN WALLACE WILL WIN RING VS SHAQ AND KOBE. ELTON BRAND WAS TOP 5 PF, FINLEY SUPERSTAR TOP 3 SG IN NBA. ANDRE MILLER LED NBA IN APG BEST PASSER IN LEAGUE.

[@jaynunya5136]

the current USA B-ball team is the worst ever

[@dujourjourdain1043]

Just was not a bad team there were actually good but that other team that they play against we're really good

[@melazaconsabor2028]

Excuse, excuse. Carmelo show his true colors in 04 game vs Puerto Rico. 🇵🇷 Never played against Puerto Rico.

[@minjod]

It's not Divack, it's Divac, ffs

[@1CHOZN7]

The problem started when the nba became a European, 3 point shooting, zone defense playing league. This feed into the slow, no defense, no athleticism playing European players hand.

[@meh7348]

Speak up a bit man, sounds like you're recording while a baby is sleeping next to you.

[@jeremiahsalvadorjuarez553]

kinda a crazy thought but you can press that button on your phone that raises the volume

[@joesakic91]

The period between the 2002 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece was an embarrassing time for USA 5x5 Men's basketball.

[@jamvan2k]

It’s simple, star NBA players don’t care about the tournaments in between the Olympics, whereas the international players do. The pride/no money factor plays a bigger role here. They barely care about the Olympics most of the time. International players care more about representing their country more then Americans because of selfishness/ego and it’s understandable to a certain extent.

[@DELLIS44]

I was at all these games. I remember a fan yelling at Pierce to pass the ball. Paul replied back and said, “They don’t pay me enough!!”

[@toptopovaxiv]

Sorry but why is an embarassment to lose from Serbia&Montenegro? Most countries from former Yugoslavia are basketball powerhouses. Especially Serbia. Dejan Bodiroga is the doctor of basketball for most of these scrubs on US team. Imagine a starting five of Petrovic, Danilovic, Kukoc, Radja and Divac or today Teodosic, Doncic, Bogdanovic, Bogdanovic, Jokic? Even proper "Dream" team would have some trouble...

[@cycleoflife565]

You must be kidding:

[@aidencarter687]

Nobody cares

[@aidencarter687]

Nobody cares

[@yansun-qk4gz]

Interesting vid!

[@shawnmarques7117]

This fiba squad is giving them a run for their money.

[@cadillacwayne]

Get tf out of here. They lost one game that meant nothing

[@BrankoCikaticCroatianTiger]

There is also probably something about winning mentality here. You might not now most of these Serbian, Argentinian and Spanish guys since they didn't played in the NBA, but these guys won a lot of trophies in their career. Some of them, like Bodiroga, as a go to guys in tight, game breaking situations. That's what this USA team lacked IMO, apart from most of them being really young compared to some seasoned veterans on other teams Nice video! I remember watching the game on TV as a kid and not believing USA is losing at basketball 😆

[@Dangic23]

The Worst team is the one that had Bron

[@joesakic91]

Which one? Athens 2004?

[@gemArsen]

Im glad when you said, The Redeem Team, you showed Kobe dunking cuz he was the X-Factor.

[@guillermoalvarez9400]

The problem is the basketball World Cup, unlike soccer, is a second tier competition, and the Olympics is the showcase event. Even FIBA seems to think so as it uses the competition as an Olympic qualifier. In soccer, the World Cup is the premier competition that no star player will willingly sit out, meanwhile the Olympics has nothing to do with it, and is only for U23, and teams don’t have to release players for it. They need to stop comparing this competition to the soccer version cause it ain’t even close

[@sami...b-s3h]

FIBA World Cup is a basketball championship, while the Olympics feature multiple sports. Therefore, winning the FIBA World Cup is more significant than winning the Olympics in basketball. If you wanna be call a world champ, you have to win world championship. If you win an Olympic, you're just an Olympic Champion. Just like in any other sports, it takes a good chemistry to win international competition.

[@guillermoalvarez9400]

@@sami...b-s3h read my post again. In soccer the World Cup is more prestigious than the Olympics, but in basketball it is not. Teams take the Olympics more seriously since all the best players play there, and the biggest names, Jokic, Giannis, Embid, etc don’t prioritize the World Cup. Also, the World Cup is a qualifier for the Olympics which makes the Olympics more prestigious in basketball

[@gyfgyf2836]

Nahhhh if the 1998 team got Bronze there was no excuse for this team to not medal

[@DrSanto91]

Yup exactly that is what made this 2002 team worse. Usa got cocky again and forgot about the 2000 olympics and how close the games got. Hell this team was lucky France, Lithuania were not in the 2002 fiba world championship.

[@johnsnow04]

2019 team was worst.

[@joesakic91]

In terms of finishes, 2019 was pretty bad with seventh in that FIBA Basketball World Cup in China.

[@eddiebellamy7605]

I’m watching the same day Steph, LeBron and KD USA beat France to win gold in Paris. Because of 2002 we got the 2004 Olympic Team and because of that we burned it all to the ground, got players to buy into multiple year commitments and that’s why we’re back on top of the world.

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

Michael Finley, Baron Davis, Ben Wallace, Jermaine O'neal, Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce, That was one of the best teams ever, Just that the World caught up some that year. That aws the year that Basketball raeched it's peak world wide. I was 21 years old and watched all of those games and there were two players that The USA had never seen a guy named Manu Ginobili and a guy named Dajan Bodiroga. Bodirigo is as good as Magic Johnson, Manu is probably the second most competitive athlete in World History. It would've been Kobe, Shaq, and Duncan and Bodirgo still would've won. Bodirga had 8 other NBA players on his team and 2 of them were Hall of Famers, in Peja Stojakovic and Vlade Divac. That is 3 Hall of Famers, The USA had 3 Hall of Famers aswell so it was even.

[@SixPieceSuits]

This is a horrible take. Here are some American players that didn't play that would've made our roster significantly better: Allen Iverson, Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Kobe Bryant, Jason Kidd, Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter, Ray Allen... Not one of team USA's players would have been a starter if all the best players had played.

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT, THEY HAVE NEVER SENT OT TAKEN THE ALL NBA FIRST TEAM FOR FIBA. THEY RARELY EVEN FOR THE OLYMPICS, THIS WAS A GOOD TEAM IN 2002 WITH HALL OF FAMERS LIKE PIERCE, MILLER, BEN WALLACE, ALSO WITH MARION AND FINLEY WHO WERE TOP 15 PLAYERS IN THE NBA. YOU'RE MISSING THE POINT. NOWITZKI AND GASOL WERE TOP 12 PLAYERS BY THEN. PEJA WAS A TOP 20 PLAYER IN THE NBA ASWELL, BODIROGA WAS A TOP 20 PLAYER IN THE WORLD WHO YOU NEVER HEARD OF THAT IS THE POINT. USA WAS A GOOD TEAM THEY SEND THE BACK UP ALL STARS WHICH IS WAY BETTER THAN THEY SEND MOST OF THE TIME. IN 98 THEY SENT COLLEGE GUYS AND IT WASN'T EVEN THE DRAFT PICKS EITHER. IT WAS JUST LATE SECOND ROUNDERS THAT IS THE POINT. 2000 AND 2002 SENT TOP LEVEL TEAMS. @@SixPieceSuits

[@JimBrave-ri1oc]

FINLEY WAS ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS LED THE MAVS TO 60 WINS EVERY YEAR YOU FOOL. ALSO LED THE LEAGUE IN 4TH QUARTER POINTS. HE WAS ALSO THE BEST DUNKER IN THE NBA. PAUL PIERCE AVERAGED 27 / 7 / 6 / 2 / 1 THAT SEASON AND RANKED 3RD THATSEASON. SO YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION. @@SixPieceSuits BODIROGA, GORAVIC, STOJAKOVIC, AND DIVAC STILL WOULD'VE BEAT MCGRADY, CARTER WHO HAD A BAD SEASON THAT YEAR, ALSO DUNCAN WHO NEVER WAS GREAT IN INTERNATIONAL PLAY CAUSE HE'S MORE OF A DEFENSIVE PLAY. ALSO YOU'RE STUPID CAUSE THE IDEA WAS TO GIVE EVERYONE A CHANCE, SHAQ ALREADY WENT IN 94 AND 96. GARNETT ALREADY WENT IN 00 AND HE DIDN'T CARE TO GO CAUSE HE HAD THAT 25 MILLION A YEAR CONTRACT.

[@SixPieceSuits]

@@JimBrave-ri1oc thank God you used all caps, or none of us would have been able to tell you're yelling like my 4 year old having a tantrum when his sister knocks down his Lego fort. Thank you.

[@Ray-tu4rw]

Allowing nba players in the Olympics was fear of Yugoslavia, which had ceased to exist when the dream team played,

[@ExMachina70]

When the salary of one player is more than the countries entire teams salary, you'd expect to see a win.

[@osirisdelacroix754]

Uum.. CATEGORICALLY accurate...That Team was A scrimmage G league at Best Sans Paul Pierce..one of my Favorites.

[@Clutch02]

Great video! I especially like the parts where you couldn't pronounce anyone's name correctly

[@AlbertoGonzalez-xn1lw]

As soon the NBA opened its internacional door they put the final nail on its coffin literaly

[@mackpark3153]

No disrespect but everyone still has to catchup to the USA basketball team. Those gold medals are stacked🥇53-4 but the NBA big love for the international players. Michael Jordan is the Goat but of all centers I really believe Hakeem The Dream the best period. He was great on both ends of the court and look where he was from💯

[@davidwadsworth8982]

2004 Summer games in Greece team U.S.A. lost three games won the Bronze,Lost to Puerto Rico in opening game. By 19. Lost 4th game to Lithuania, and semi final to Argentina.Baby Bron Bron was on the team.he pouted . Iverson was a captain.Practice you talking about practice? Poor shooting a poor team. 7 head cases on the roster.What a mess.

[@yell0wberry]

Since the making of this particular video, the worst USA team of all time is now the 2023 squad

[@willn8664]

14:12 - 14:17 lol this defines the overall U.S. mentality as a whole.

[@jamirimaj6880]

New Zealand ended up placing better than US even though they ended last in the group because why the fuck did Puerto Rico became the highest seeded team in the other group? Out of Brazil, Yugoslavia, Spain, and Puerto Rico, New Zealand couldn't pick a better matchup lol

[@kevinjohnson2551]

😂😂😂😂😂 I JUST CAME TO LAUGH AT THE TITLE 🤣😂🤣 AND THE ROSTER

[@kel9855]

USA has no regards of the FIBA World Championship or World Cup. They only care about the Olympic basketball and Olympic ice hockey. OTOH, it's the exact opposite in soccer that the World Cup is the premier tournament while the Olympics is only an U-23 joke. Can you imagine Brazil, Germany or Argentina sending 2nd tier players to the FIFA World Cup?

[@boza5684]

I think they were even worse this year and what's worst is that they haven't learned anything from their mistakes for all these years. Look at the rebounding and defense of the USA team at the 2023 World Cup. There is simply no team chemistry, too much arrogance...

[@marvin7533]

USA wouldn't have won the gold if Kobe wasn't on that 2008 squad.

[@pablojuan7960]

Yes they would have . D Wade was there leading scorer

[@cecco72_12]

Hello everyone, I agree with the fact that in USA and in NBA in particular the game has been totally disrespected also the right preparation time is not given for the national team only a few friendly matches and sometimes the right players are not chosen more suitable for the Fiba game for example (which according to me should still be chosen by the Coach and not by a Committee). But ..... said this and considering 2002, just changing 3, 4 names on the Team USA Roster that year in my opinion they would never have lost..... the same thing goes for 2004 .... I know this is just fanta basket :) For 2002 Baron DAVIS Andre MILLER Allen IVERSON --> In place of Jay Williams Michael FINLEY Vince CARTER --> In place of Reggie Miller Paul PIERCE Tracy McGrady --> In place of Antonio Davis Shawn MARION Ben WALLACE Elton BRAND Tim DUNCAN --> In place of Raef LaFrentz Jermaine O'NEAL **** I put Tracy McGrady in place of Antonio Davis, I know are different roles, but four big men are enough for me .........

[@rodneybrown4304]

The best players in the NBA were not on this team. No Shaq, no Kobe, no Garnett. At this point in time, the US still had the best basketball talent. We probably still do.

[@Lloyd00]

The days of USA not sending their A or B team and winning are over. They've been over. But whenever a subpar team loses nobody really cares because it doesn't really mean anything. When the A team plays they win and until that changes all the talk is meaningless

[@aidencarter687]

Nobody cares

[@majormarketing6552]

I couldnt disagree more with the conclusion. I want a better nba product. I dont care if it sucks and we get more popular internationally

[@Chacarruna]

FYI, Serbia was only one of the countries that formed Yugoslavia after their break up. Sure there were countries before WWI, and unification after both world wars, but that’s another story. My point is that Croacia form part of Yugoslavia, as Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia and Macedonia. Do you have any idea of the basketball talent coming from the Balkan area?

[@cmqguy]

The USA better get the best team on the floor next year in the Olympics as the rest of the teams from around the world have chemistry as they’ve played with each other more than the USA players.

[@youtubecommenter37]

It’s pretty sad that the NBA has to send the 12 best American players in order to win gold. The top 12 nba players aren’t even all American. So the top 12 American players will consist of players in the top 20 in the NBA. Anything less than that is 2nd or 3rd or 4th place. The NBA is still the best in the league and Americans are overall still the best players in the world but other countries are not far behind and if USA doesn’t see the forecast for what it is, other countries will surpass the United States completely and we’ll wonder how we ended up in this situation