Why Team USA Basketball Is In Trouble

Team USA basketball is in trouble these olympics.
In 1992, the Men’s USA Basketball team won their pre-olympic exhibitions by an average of 52.8 points. In 2008, they won by an average of 32.2 points. This year, they won by an average of 10.2 with all but two finishing with a less than 10 point margin.
Team USA assembled one of the most impressive rosters in years and… we’re down by 13 at half against Sudan… We assembled the Avengers and we getting still getting teed up? But this isn’t anything new. Even with a win against Serbia, Team USA is still in trouble and will continue to be for the next few years. Noah Lyles might’ve spurred something when he said
This year, the roster is godly, filled with players who have varying levels international experience. What I said about players resting and avoiding playing in the Olympics is no longer true this year, what I said about the team not having experience is also no longer true, but my other points still stand and it’s what everyone forgot about, so I’m gonna go through the 2 key reasons why Team USA will still continue to get worse unless they address it. And it starts with leadership, and no I’m not talking about LeBron. No I’m talking about the Team USA program, but to understand, we have to first understand why Team USA lost in 2004 before the world had caught up and what USA did to fix that.
And that’s exactly what happened the past few years, but this time it was load managing. Players choosing to rest, not wanting to play voluntary extra games. The fire had been lost but just like the 2004 loss woke up players and led to one of the greatest olympic teams in history, the 2008 redeem team, filled with the best the NBA had to offer. Kobe, LeBron, Wade, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, this was no joke and it was filled with a mix of players who had some international experience and some with none. But that team did something differently, something that set them up for years of success.
Team USA brought in Coach K to shake things up in the program and yeah he would, but the players were also committed to spending time playing with each other. See, Jerry CoIangelo, the Suns owner at the time, became the director of USA basketball in 2005, and chose Coach K to be the national coach and not just the Olympic coach. For the 2006 FIBA Tournament, the Team USA program tried to pick players who would also be available for the 2008 olympics and build a core. It was this idea to have players build and grow with each other over multiple competitions and not just one month before the Olympics. They told stars that they were committing to 3 summers. In 2006, all the players for the olympic trials stayed together in Vegas for a month. In 2007, the roster was finalized with Kobe on it and went through another intense training camp. And to top it off, in 2007, they had one of the greatest games the public has ever seen, with LeBron, Kobe going at it, a freshly drafted KD making his mark, capping off with Kobe hitting a game winner.
Of course when the stars finally decided to play for the olympic team, it was a no brainer right. You would be crazy to say no to LeBron, Curry, Durant, especially after the roster from last year.
Steph Curry said it himself that we haven’t seen Team USA’s best offense through these exhibition games. Even if USA is able to beat some of the lower teams, what we haven’t seen is a fluid offense. We’ve seen players late to hustle back, late to rotate. For all of LeBron’s heroics against Sudan, man had his hands down down 2. Team USA’s rotations have also been inconsistent, sometimes there’s weakside help, sometimes there’s not and no it’s not by design.
Team USA no longer has the best players in the world on paper. Giannis, Jokic, Luka 3 of the top 6 players in the world are not from the US and this trickles throughout the league.
But even with the increase in NBA players on other teams, even those teams try to stay consistent with their cores. Take a look at Canada’s Fiba team from last year and their olympic team this year, 8 of their players returned.
If we take a look at France in the same way, 7 players came back.
With Team USA, it’s 2. 2 players that aren’t even part of the new core.
And that leads to an easy solution, keep your core the same. I know it’s enticing to just pick the best players available and it’s a good problem to have when you can replace one all-star with another. That’s how deep the roster selection can go for the US, but try to have certain cores together for a minimum of two years. Stress to players that this is a 2 year minimum commitment and try to have half the roster return. Technically, even if you don’t have the current best players by the second year and you just have B tier superstars, if they have chemistry with each other, then that is better than A tier superstars with no chemistry. It’s as simple as that.

[@mj2kallday]

This Team USA team is amazing! The world has also caught up and I still think we're going to win, but there's something that's painfully missing this year that USA had even before the world caught up and it's the future I'm the most worried about. Hopefully that clears up the overall feeling of the video

[@firas.alhamdani]

The world hasn't caught up. Every single team has barely 2 NBA starters while the rest are bench or g-league players. France starts Batum and Fornier, who barely see any minutes in the NBA. No team in the world now is as good as Croatia 92, Manu and Scola's Argentina, or Spain with Gasol brothers, Navaro, Calderon, Rudy, Reyes, and Carbajosa.

[@noelbenjaminfernandez3289]

@@firas.alhamdani Why do think that the 'NBA' is the barometer on who's good or bad? It's all about which teams wins or loses and who contributes the most to it.

[@Pearsonchristopher227]

The media needs Stop calling this team the avengers because they're not avenging anything but they're careers

[@alveer2412]

​@@Pearsonchristopher227usa got booted out of fiba last year, do you even watch international basketball? or you just come in here spreadin nothin but hate.. stfu.

[@StephenTommyCurry30]

Team Usa should leave Jayson Tatum on the bench until the gold medal game

[@Sleepydee27]

Understand that the world has caught up to nba talented players. How many players from different countries play in the nba compared 1992? Not only that the fiba teams have played together longer than any nba player thrown on the Olympic roster? So give time for their chemistry to come together and you will see some magic. For example KD putting up 19 pts in a quarter.

[@firas.alhamdani]

The world hasn't caught up. 1. It wasn't common to have international players in the NBA. This actually applied to all team sports not only basketball. No soccer players from eastern Europe, Africa, or Asia played in any top European league. Now you can find hundreds of them. 2. Every single team competing in this 24 olympics has at most 2 NBA starters while the rest are bench or g-league players. France starts Batum and Fornier, who barely see any minutes in the NBA. No team in the world now is as good as Croatia 92, Manu and Scola's Argentina, or Spain with Gasol brothers, Navaro, Calderon, Rudy, Reyes, and Carbajosa.

[@petrakamilica5141]

​@@firas.alhamdaniyeah,"advantages" of globalisation🎪👿

[@bobmonteiro9458]

Excuse and more blá-blá-blá bla

[@wildreams]

Why only talk about the practice games, and not the actual game with Serbia last night?

[@rea8557]

You know it takes more than a day to make videos like this right?

[@Noifsnobutsnococonuts-rj4kk]

It’s called moving the goalpost

[@-13eNnY-]

​@@rea8557He has clips from last night's game against Serbia in the video though.

[@mj2kallday]

Team USA did some of their thing but first half was a bit rough, if it's going to take a perfect half from KD and LeBron to stay with Serbia, it's just alarming for what is supposed to be our greatest team ever We did more to prepare when the world hadn't caught up, and now we're doing less, it's the only thing we're missing now and i just wanted to bring that to light

[@nananigel]

@@mj2kalldayUSA won by 26. Take away all of KD from the game, and USA wins by 3. They’re gonna be fine this year. It’s the next Olympics when USA isn’t going to the clear favorite, assuming KD, Steph, and Lebron are retired.

[@Flare8124]

This team would have also won against international milk cartons by 50 if they time traveled back to 92 lmao

[@content.deleted1]

🔥🔥

[@Kwami357]

Dude is right. This Olympics is not going to be easy for the US team

[@buckisz]

They will win every game by double digits.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Has that dude not seen the last five Olympics?

[@ksaleh91]

He’s a hater

[@Michalis_Sideratos]

Team USA are still the favorites and they gonna get it. But it 's their last time being that. Please don't compare Dream Team with today's team. Different era, different game and it's been 32 YEARS, this thing has to stop. What you said about core players is THE TRUTH. In the future the top players need to have a "patriotic mindset and responsibility" that is brought up and not hindered by their teams in the NBA. It's NBA's responsibility to do something about it. I got only but respect for Ant and Hal cause they were there when their country needed them. All the other ones, no matter how great players they are, they' re in it for their gold.

[@tebohoanchored]

The clout of comparing the dream team with the next generation of US teams is overrated. Generations and eras are different.

[@jhayar15]

From now on, USA needs to send the best of the NBA or else they'll be a mid tier team in international tournaments.

[@hichrisperry]

Chemistry is everything on a team. Not sure why Team USA has to relearn that concept every decade or so.

[@OSU2010]

Yea they had it made back in the day the rest of the world is 100% better than the teams that dream team played this is a joke😂

[@Aneeshtheraveyank]

Why would u start talking about the exhibition games when Kevin Durant didn’t play in any of them bro? KD alone makes this team unbeatable because he turns up in Olympics.

[@Gerardo_Botbot]

That's TRUE..

[@lucidjar]

His point addresses exactly that, now you might disagree with it, but he explains in the video that hero ball will no longer cut it given the level of international talent. If his point is there needs to be more consistency in team construction so the team learns how to gel and KD didn't even play until yesterday, then this only serves to reinforce the core problem with the US basketball team.

[@Aneeshtheraveyank]

@@lucidjar yeah but dude be talking about the close games in the Olympics exhibition matches. With KD, nobody is getting within 10 points of USA basketball.

[@jamesthomas89112]

Mj2makecontent was good to capitalize on this exhausting story about the world catching up but losing to a sport we appreciate more than the others was boring 24 years ago. Keep it up.

[@blindingspeed]

teamwork and chemistry makes the difference when the collective skill gap isn’t as vast as it was in the past

[@LimitlessTJ]

Exhibition games MJ, exhibition

[@figuredrawing4912]

They looked AMAZING today in the first actual game that matters. You cap cap cappin.

[@mrlion8834]

Mehhh I think one counter point I would offer is that part of the issue for Team USA pre redeem team is none of the top stars were looking at it as something they wanted to be a part of. In the World Cup if you look at all the best players playing in their respective leagues, to be able to represent their team in the World Cup is the greatest honor. While I agree we are losing the continuity for now, the more understated thing that is being shown to the next generation of top US players, like Ant, like Hali, is if you're going to carry the league for the US, you have to lead the charge for Team USA. I really think that Lebron coming back gave all the other stars that confidence that hey, I'm not going to have to carry the burden of the entire country's expectation by myself. He's done it. He know's what's up. By doing this it sets that image both internationally and also locally that the US cares about international basketball. Now if they don't bring back continuity as a main aspect of future teams, and none of the top talent wants to play for the US, well then we got bigger problems.

[@cmale123]

I think competition in soccer is higher than basketball if you talk international. Soccer is most popular sport in the world vs basketball

[@shadmalik5125]

Aye bruh it’s wayy more talent now then it was back then it’s over 60 nba players playing

[@DreamFearless]

Just beat the toughest team in group C by 26 in our Olympic debut. Shouldve taken the L and canned this video.

[@FancyGianGamerPlayz]

LOL Serbia were not hitting their open shots..hard to be tough if you live and die by the three 😂

[@yahirzavala-nm9ur]

@@FancyGianGamerPlayzomg excuses excuses lol when we dominated them in friendly play yall said they were missing there second and third best player now they have them and we still destroyed Serbia at this point it’s fair to say I hope we see them in the finals to destroy them again

[@jsongz201]

@@yahirzavala-nm9urI mean Sudan list by 1…could have won last 2 seconds if dude actually got the put back but it slipped from his hands he was wide open

[@Flare8124]

@@FancyGianGamerPlayz But you guys criticize the Sudan practice game when they couldn't miss and were hitting crazy shots while the US was missing everything LOL

[@FancyGianGamerPlayz]

@@yahirzavala-nm9ur omg learn basketball. As I said Serbian style is live and die by the three. If their 3s don't drop they lose. That is not a tough opponent LOL

[@RT-xj3of]

In 92 there was like half a dozen nba players. Now it’s like 4 dozen. So comparatively … internationally there was about 6 nba players in 92 and now there’s over 60… international players is actually competitive now.

[@daverome9212]

Bench embid before we lose in the second round of the olympics

[@shapasa71]

The level of basket-ball in the word was not the same in the Dream team era

[@mj2kallday]

100% fax, which is why I think Team USA actually not doing what the 2008 team did to really get ready is crazy

[@yashm1468]

Bro is really the best narrative hooper KZbinr, not even close to

[@qb335]

KD Showed Out And Lebron Was Dominating And Last But Not Least Curry Was Cooking.

[@jsongz201]

Give KD Lebron mins and he’d drop 40

[@lalremruatpuiarenthlei4665]

LBJ, KD and Steph are gonna retire soon, the best players in the NBA are Europeans. Team USA can't rely too much on talent alone, in the near future. But it'll take a few more years for other countries to dethrone USA or at least be competitive. As for now team USA still too good for the rest of the world.

[@crzycolchris]

All the best Europeans will get old too. Argentina was excellent until ginobli retired. Spain was number 2 forever.. their dudes retired. I'm not worried.

[@buckisz]

And we still going to win gold. Nothings going to change. The world is not catching up.

[@IlliniDog01]

Ultimately, basketball is a team game. The NBA and much of American basketball is trying their hardest to make it a game of stars, but the guys who play the best as a team will usually prevail. Team play applies to sharing the ball efficiently on offense, but it also applies just as much to defense. I hope that USA basketball is understanding that.

[@fighterz7985]

I agree. The team needs chemistry more than anything else. A 2 year minimum commitment is fair enough. But one major thing is NBA players are more tired than any players in the world. Imagine, playing 82 games + preseason + playoffs. Euro league only had 34 + playoffs. The best solution is the team that wins the NBA championship will represent FIBA and Olympics. If not possible, maybe replace a few uncommitted players with stars that are fit with the team. Or maybe a team that won 50+ games or more. And if possible, decrease the number of NBA games to 50 - 60 to minimize load management. We all know that playing on today's NBA are more physically demanding than the past.

[@tinboy479]

The rest of the world caught up, period.

[@noelbenjaminfernandez3289]

Why do Americans and Team USA think that leadership or consistency is only a problem to them? Every other country essentially has that issue. Even South Sudan, which has been surprising this Olympics, only built their team in June. Y'all need to realize that the rest of the world has catch up on this game of basketball and USA isn't really all that better anymore. They're just the ones getting all the media attention. They may seem like the most talented, but they need to prove that against other good but underhyped and underrecognized teams in the world.

[@KyleNamiteVlogs]

I can't believe bro failed to mention that there are more NBA players now from other countries than before 🤦

[@colehersey12]

he did

[@mj2kallday]

10:13

[@jsongz201]

That’s because they are pros before the nba so technically they ball already so means nothing

[@colehersey12]

tbh I kinda love the fiba rules so much more than nba rules

[@danielmccoy5496]

The US wasn’t showing their full cards for the exhibition matches. They realized the world is getting better so they used strategy finally

[@jagdflieger2257]

The competition grew over the last decades. USA still has a stacked roster - just get Embit out of it, that bum

[@bboyggez]

If Greg Popovich would coach the USA, the world would be in trouble

[@NastyKnox]

What if the Team that won the NBA Championship went on to play in the Olympics? I wonder how that would play out. Then Noah Lyles would be proud of them lol

[@ggsxhsn23]

this vid deserves a dislike😄 was pre-made and released at the wrong time

[@brunobpereira6522]

People (mostly americans) forget that other countries are also getting better at basketball

[@juhokorhonen80]

The team US biggest problem is that basketball is a worldwide sport these days

[@Drunken_Master]

Imagine having Embiid on the "Dream" team. More like a nightmare team. Anyways, just shoot threes and gold medal is a sure thing.

[@JomarRios03]

Thanks bro for showing love to Puerto Rico! 🇵🇷 ❤

[@buckisz]

It don't matter dude. USA players are the best. That's why we win gold at the Olympics. Plus these players play 82 plus the playoffs. If they get to thee finals that's like 92 games (if they sweep every series). Players need downtime and they also need to make sure they don't get a serious injury for the upcoming season. Serbia was trying to play bully ball and we definitely are not going out like that. So we got this.

[@OmniWrench8000]

Glad to see things seem back to normal after the hacks. You back, we vibin'~!

[@killuazoldyck4742]

bro the amount of hate Team USA is getting is annoying already. lmao! biggest factor = the world got better. PERIOD. stop hating be happy for the sport. jesus

[@crzycolchris]

such an old tired take.. good lord.

[@liljon2000]

😴

[@b0nkeror]

International players are catching up and they play a scrappier game than us

[@jfearless3420]

This just proves today's players are not better than the players in the 90s.

[@crzycolchris]

lol but they are.. 5 international stars in 92.. 59 in 2024.. the players are better lol

[@jfearless3420]

@@crzycolchris you can call them stars all you want, but they arent. In comparison to 90s stars the stars of today suck. The 59 "stars" dont even compare to the dream team. Quantity doesnt beat quality.

[@crzycolchris]

@@jfearless3420 I'm sure Germany would give the dream team a run. 42 3's shot in a game would be wizardry to the 92 dream team. The players are much better.

[@jfearless3420]

@@crzycolchris Germany would need the ball to shoot a 3 first. You think the dream team would let them shoot 42 threes? Hell no. The players on the dream team would either block the shot, steal the ball from the player before he could shoot it, intercept the pass, or cause them to turn it over.

[@crzycolchris]

@@jfearless3420 lol this isn't football. You don't control time of possession 🤣

[@ThriveAliveJoshua]

Too early to judge, bro. You're basically judging these guys on training camp when they are figuring things out/ practicing....

[@mj2kallday]

that's the problem, because there is only training camp and a few games, that's all they have too, versus a regular NBA season with 82 games or other international teams that bring back several players year after year

[@alexiscando2068]

​@@mj2kallday they just beat Serbia who has arguably the best player in the NBA right now easily by 26... I don't think people should be worry... Obviously, it's an exhibition games, they took them lightly and not take them seriously

[@BlackInIsrael]

First off, this 2024 team is far better than 1992, compare all of the other countries in 1992 and 2024 and see who’s better, people talk about Sudan almost winning, compare Sudan in 1992 to 2024 and then we can debate, people are always saying 1992 roster is better, when they were in an era when none of the teams were good lmao.

[@jacobyscommentary]

And the USA team basically had all the best players in the world together with no outside comp

[@petrakamilica5141]

🎪🎪🎪🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🐑

[@BC21beats]

Ppl gotta watch the redeem team documentary shit was so inspiring

[@dethclaw]

The '92 Team had work ethic, Kobe had work ethic. 3 of the current players seem to have a genuine aversion to winning. Few of the members have issues with teamwork and accountability. Too many of the players believe its their right to have the roster selection. There also seems to be a general lack of fundamentals of basketball missing on the USA team, which carries over from the NBA. The NBA is softer than the FIBA rules and it shows. The egos of Team USA aren't there for a drive to get better, its there to "get mine". Its a modern NBA issue that is plaguing the country's potential success. The bar was only going to raise yet the American players grew "fat and lazy" through complacency.

[@marshalljordan5956]

Has anyone here gone back and watched the 92 Olympics? Man...watching how talentless the rest of the world was? It's one of the craziest things ever. It's like watching the NBA play against high school kids. Or ...hot take incoming...the wnba. The rest of the world didn't DO basketball. It was a joke. Teams are WAYYYYYY better. It's almost like this guy doesn't know anything about sports.

[@theodor071]

I’m not even gonna watch the video his channel is called mj2k so you know he’s gonna glaze the fxck outta the 92 dream team.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant]

This USA Team is Missing My Legendary Childhood GOAT R.I.P Kobe Bryant And The NBA is Missing The Legendary R.I.P David Stern

[@ts214121]

Could the NBA shorten the playoffs on Olympic years, maybe eliminate the first round.

[@jfearless3420]

Who was thinking Team USA was going to win it all and by huge margins? Everyone must be delusional.

[@urinalcaca5331]

they literally just stomped on fucking serbia lmao this shit isn't even gonna be close

[@alimfuzzy]

Two things, usa is generally bigger than all the other teams and also other international teams also don't train together, since a lot of their players are in the nba.

[@Fallbaby87]

You would of thought we lost by the way people react 😂😂😂

[@MonkeyMaple]

Good to have you back, MJ!

[@user-ff2bs3ht3v]

Dream team can easily beat those plumbers back then

[@JohnnyScumbagg]

Embiid is a terrible fit for this team

[@Rei-0403]

Team USA is getting hard carried by LeBron, Curry & KD right now, once these guys are retired, you will have to find the next guy to step up which is tough

[@crzycolchris]

meh... we said the same in 08 and 12.. "Kobe had tp rescue us" "dHoward was the best big man" "who was a better PG than Chris Paul" We'll be okay

[@John-nk1be]

So basically, to solve this problem, whoever NBA team won the championship the same year of the olympics should represent USA.

[@megag52]

3 probs, 1: that team will likely have a lot of its players representing other countries (25% of the NBA is non American) 2: that team wont be nearly talented enough to compete with the words best and 3: there is no guarantee a lot of those players will want to play at the Olympics, plenty opt out for a break over summer

[@basarrot2421]

Nah, the world caught up. Team usa don’t need to win by 50+ points every game

[@baguioboy8928]

Don't compare the dream team with this team.. Teams are much stronger now not like the teams that your dream team played before..

[@ayeplex5437]

Bro on fire 🔥

[@Cross576]

if team USA figure out their weak points and fix it #Joel Embid mostly, then that would ignite a fire under Team USA to Win Gold and become World Champs

[@philipbenhardb.velasco369]

No views and only 1 comment? Makes sense

[@Laboom-edits]

😂

[@jovinprime]

110-84 hahahahaha

[@Xis2003]

Some nba player today are too busy to have multiple baby mommas rather than actually improving their skills

[@Supreme36074]

Old mentality, players are getting smarter , Dwight & Kemp are both out the league.

[@revakriid]

Cant really compare this team from the dream team as the top scoring guys of this team are way older than in the dream team. Now think consider if this was the lineup back in 2016 when theyre all in their primes. Let's just face the truth that newer generation have better international players. USA national team B should be practicing together by now. The one that got punked in FIBA should feel fueled up in for the next Olympics

[@mariajoe8635]

Can’t believe best NBA players didn’t want to be part of team USA. Other country players ( all sports) takes pride in representing their county in Olympics

[@ksaleh91]

It was 2004, after 9/11 it was a different time. Has nothing to do with this BS narrative you pushing.

[@HiramTuaPR]

6:38 Intro WTF!😅

[@jeffreybixler1406]

For 1 it's like the pre season, 2 kd didn't play and 3 you don't think the world is getting better?

[@redhorsepapi]

Lebron finally beat Jokic. He just needed 10 other all stars and for Jokic to still be the lone all star on his team. GOAT! 🤣🤣🤣

[@noitsnot239]

ur goat is 0-5 vs 50 win teams in the playoffs

[@mashedprotato179]

you will win if you're playing against with only 9 NBA international players , vs now that the game is already changed, has more NBA player in other countries .

[@FancyGianGamerPlayz]

More NBA players who are glorified role players and bench warmers 😂

[@Laboom-edits]

That’s what I’m saying

[@yahirzavala-nm9ur]

@@FancyGianGamerPlayzthat’s not true😭 Serbia has joker, France has wemby and Rudy, Germany has shrouder and the franz brothers, Canada has shai and Jamal, Australia may not have a true “star” but they have over 4 quality nba players, all those teams I named I only named there best players they all still have 2-7 more nba players on each roster

[@yahirzavala-nm9ur]

Heck even Japan has hachimora and yuta watanabe when in times in the past the bottom not favored teams would have ZERO NBA PLAYERS

[@yahirzavala-nm9ur]

Then there’s teams like South Sudan who are hungry to succeed and have a team full of tall athletic freaks who will play 110% every game and have been playing together for years lead by the g league mvp and Gabriel another nba player

[@540058]

0:32 "South" Sudan

[@EversGreen-fy4vs]

If we dont win the 🥇 nba needs to change to fina rules. F the regular season fans no one wants 🥈 medals. That way if we dont top tier participants u can plan accordingly to fit. Ijs

[@lbg59mp]

They are missing embiid on the bench to start the game

[@cmale123]

This video does not make sense. If you get have kobe on the team, would you leave him out. Instead just have the same player return. If you could have the best player. You always use the best player, but jaylen Brown is another story.

[@JeromeStephenson]

Nothing. They’re missing nothing.

[@bradleybailey8893]

I agree with you in this video to a degree, but you make it sound like the people that the USA has faced in the exhibitions and in the first game of the group are lesser teens when in reality, five out of the six games we've played at the time of my watching our top seven ranked teams in the world and four out of the six games we've played are top five ranked teams in the world. We've been playing against some of the best competition in the world and even with lack of chemistry, which I agree is an issue. But that issue will get better as the Olympics goes on. Even with that issue, we're still beating these teams, so I still think the US is easily going to win the tournament, although I agree that it won't be a landslide

[@clanwaddell5628]

On paper USA and Canada are most talented, but Germany and Australia look good

[@marioantoniocrespoMexican92]

#luismi represents the country of Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🎤🎤🎤 hes a Superman in the singing world

[@frederickdelius1106]

Embid needs to kick rocks!!

[@do_it_for_content]

Please review the volume levels in your videos

[@whenisdinner2137]

I don't know it's looking like a blow out to me

[@kelzbee-sama3343]

The game now is different 😂. What a clown. 😂

[@hopegodwinusman1845]

Like Germany basically...

[@marcdegen5913]

Europe is catching up get used to it

[@KyleVerdaasdonk]

w king keep up the vids

[@dangmeipunshi]

What real team are you talking about… Serbia might definitely take silver

[@Delilah-zd3em]

Why are you using the WC to compare against the Olympics? Makes it a completely false comparison

[@KekulaGolijikaye]

1-10th ❤

[@Supreme36074]

One game to go 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Justin_Watson23]

LeBron seems to be a common denominator in Team USA's decline. Sure he produced on offense, but his biggest supporters can't excuse the lack of effort on defense and especially in transition D. Leaving your team on multiple 4 on 5's in transition D, getting a cherry pick dunk afterwards, & then everyone praising him as some hero afterwards is wild to me. I thought he'd up the effort a bit in international play, being Mr. Flag-Bearer & voted the "best player", but no - it's the same old, same old, taking defense off, playing hero ball, & getting zero criticism for doing so. The world has absolutely caught up, but in regards to the '92 team playing 5 NBA players, they played international legends like Oscar Schmidt & others who stayed in their country's league/didn't come to the NBA at all despite interest from the NBA - or didn't go the NBA until after the '92 olympics - so that stat is a little misleading despite the rapid progress in international play.

[@alexiscando2068]

He puts up 21 on 9/13 FG against Serbia and beat them by 26, what more do you want??

[@alexiscando2068]

He and KD basically cooked Serbia in the REAL OPENER of the Olympics... So it's kind of amazing how you can analyze like that...

[@O82423]

With ‘common denominator,’ you would think he’s been on the national team since 2012, but he hasn’t so wth are you talking about? Who gives af ab Oscar Schmidt, he isn’t the majority of players. For there to be 59 pros is wild, hating on Lebron even though they won by 26 is just stupid and not exactly indicative of game-costing lack of defense. Stop feeding out this bs bc nobody believes you

[@marioantoniocrespoMexican92]

#luismiguel = the greatest Latin American singer of all time 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🎤🎤🎤🎤 viva Mexico

[@aidanmorgan2560]

Jimmy made it first :0

[@whoop9555]

L take

[@justearl6690]

Jokes on you

[@armansingh2616]

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[@mariajoe8635]

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