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[@50shadesofgday64]

There's a difference between a star team and a team of stars. Brazil's soccer team has the same issue.

[@joemckim1183]

It's why USA hockey made up of college players in 1980 was able to seat USSR when NHL All Star teams couldnt.

[@jakewhitmore6046]

Same with England

[@camwhar2131]

Yeah a champion team is always better then a team of champions

[@JP-hj1il]

Brasils issue in futball is more complicated than that. Their support and futball system has crumbled.

[@ryu-ken]

Yup. Honestly if we just send the team that won the chip we would destroy

[@NotSoTrippy]

sum1 said South sudan look like 5 Bol Bol's running & i can't unsee it LMAO

[@joemckim1183]

LeBron has been in the NBA for 21 years, South Sudan has been a country of its own for 14 years.

[@kinghill82]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@pennystocklocks]

Who said that??

[@mounyjunub8772]

​@joemckim1183 😂😂 why u so ignorance basketball is not about years is about talent n skills

[@newnewyorkcity7180]

EXACTLY, they just let teams shoot 3, so of course teams will stay in the game very close!

[@kerryskaggs]

USA shot only 17 threes. Germany shot 45. Lucky for US, Germany had a bad shooting night. Ironically, the Coach (Kerr) known for space and pace is now bogged down in sluggish pace and sticky ball movement. I think the US might be upset by a hot shooting night by Canada, Germany, Serbia or even South Sudan.

[@HuKayers]

It ain’t the 90’s no more. Majority of top 10 players in the league are foreign. The rest of the world is catching up

[@KNByam]

Luka Jokic Embiid Giannis SGA. No particular order, those are your top five in the league.

[@dustinbrummett3774]

No Americans are lazy losers with no reason to play because they’re all worth 100 million dollars

[@sammywilliams6]

⁠@@KNByam nah I’m taking Tatum over sga and emiid anyday emiid is injury prone and failed to carry his team in the playoffs im good and sga really only been that dude for like 2 seasons be real with y’all selves 💯💯💯💯

[@sammywilliams6]

Luka is as… at defense and you need to be good at it in the playoffs 😂😂😂

[@sammywilliams6]

To me it’s jokic, Tatum, Luka, Giannis, and AD 😊

[@unclesamiswatching9295]

NO one playing Defense, So far they playing the way they do the All-Star game.

[@jaredbester]

100% facts. That's what I've been seeing as well

[@adamnagel7436]

They don't play defense in the NBA and haven't for at least a decade.

[@antmj2335]

@@adamnagel7436watch the playoffs then. That’s a bit different

[@papirootsc4201]

@@antmj2335they should’ve taken draymond green

[@brennancondon3357]

@@antmj2335because you are allowed to play defense in the playoffs super stars can’t run you over at the free throw line and get and 1s instead of charges. Team USA is getting humiliated because they don’t know what to do when they can’t travel, carry, and someone can just stand in the paint so the paint is not just open to drive into for free. There’s a reason the only player doing well is Lebron, because he played back when defenses were allowed to actually play defense.

[@deantx88]

Austin Rivers definitely reaching real Friend of the Progrum status 😂

[@stratosfire1943]

Austin Rivers is becoming a discount Matt Barnes

[@nwb05]

Can't unsee it and unhear it the first 8 seconds sound just like him 😮

[@thedon897]

😭😭😭😭

[@thedon897]

@@nwb05nah lowkey tho😭😭

[@traviscash1988]

😂😂😂

[@RT-qz5ci]

Barnes is an embarrassment

[@cody95]

The rest of the world is catching up

[@spartanedw]

Catching? No.. the world has CAUGHT up!! Like 6 out of the top 10 players in the NBA are all from Europe

[@majalaughcomics6570]

Ain’t it beautiful…next is football

[@Chevalier1632]

This is such a lazy argument. Germany's best two players were Dennis Schroeder and Franz Wagner for God's sake. Australia was lead by the terrifying Josh Giddey. Playing against the combined best of both All Star teams out together made of multiple hall of famers.

[@jordancook20]

@@spartanedwyou’re still comparing multiple countries to the NBA 😂 world is getting better but USA is still by far the best country.

[@jordancook20]

@@Chevalier1632watch how badly team USA wins once they’re not doing 5 in 5 out substitutions and are actually playing for something 😂 if you can’t tell they haven’t been going all out in these exhibition games then idk what you’re watching

[@zregory]

The last 6 NBA MVPs have been foreign players. So why are people acting like foreign players haven't gotten better?

[@mazengwe28]

Don't over play your hand because it's only 3 players because of repeat winners. Your statement makes it seem like there are 6 different international players who won the MVP.

[@zregory]

@@mazengwe28 last season foreign born players finished 1st 2nd 3rd and 4th in MVP voting

[@vamoneygroup]

​@@zregoryAwards are given not won.

[@auguststormy3096]

​@@vamoneygroupLike the NBA championship win led by jokic and Jamal Murray both not american

[@vamoneygroup]

@@auguststormy3096 does joker play with Europeans or Americans?

[@jimmeh3948]

The leaders of the team play zero defense. Kobe wouldnt let that happen

[@Giannib03]

U sound dumb

[@313drepeso313]

FAX

[@RBLK89]

It's things like this that people don't understand that makes Kobe so great, he really only cared about the W

[@mattparker2681]

​@@RBLK89ABSOLUTELY! Have you ever seen the documentary on the 2008 team?

[@RageDaug]

Dream Team had at least 3 of those guys in Jordan, Bird, and Magic. But this current team feels low energy. And threw the first 3 quarters very loose defense, and even in the 4th they are playing a little like this is an all-star game.

[@investorbettor505]

I honestly love watching the other countries NBA players ball out. It’s becoming increasingly clear how team USA needs players like Derrick White, Bam, etc. Need some grinders to play a role next to the offensive superstars

[@urwrldluv]

Because we got players who are used to shooting 20+ times a game and don’t know how to “role” play ..sad truth.

[@glcsander]

It goes to show that the NBA rule set are nerfing the players fundamentals and enhancing their individual ability, that's why in the clutch against south Sudan the best USA play was the ball on LeBron James in a straight line drive to the hoop, it wasn't a deep 3 or a step back, dribbling the air of the ball in iso, no it was a catch and attack the basket.

[@andyfamas]

Nah because when USA doesn’t fill their team with stars that’s the excuse. No excuses now. If they can’t compete they can’t compete

[@JoelER78]

True, you should probably model the team better, bring more role players that can gel into the team rather than just a bunch of superstars. Also, is LeBron really in his prime anymore? Is he the best?

[@BlueDrew10]

@@JoelER78 Lebron's obviously not in his prime, and it might be debatable whether he's the best player on the team. As the "facilitator who's also a triple-threat scorer" though, he's the most important player to this team's success.

[@BlueDrew10]

@@andyfamas Maybe because Team USA men's basketball is yet to lose when we actually send our best. It may happen eventually, but it hasn't happened yet. And based on talent alone, it's unlikely to happen this year either.

[@TheBoss-yz8ye]

Easy answer…the US basketball team expects to win based on status and a hell of a lot of ego. No chemistry, solo plays. The rest of the world plays like a team and talent alone is carrying the US only so far.

[@JuiceVino87]

Because this new era of basketball here in the USA isn’t about defense anymore.

[@baperacks-com6801]

U young af. 😂

[@jrod2510]

Its hilarious any time someone tries to say nba/usa basketball is better now than before; that anyone could ever be better than the stars of the 80s and 90s. Last 20 yrs just getting softer and softer, just like society

[@kyleleighty2692]

@@jrod2510tell me you don’t know ball without saying it 😂 your lost man

[@marzfn3430]

@@jrod2510the dream team lost to a college team buddy😂😂😂😂

[@brennancondon3357]

@@marzfn3430the coach threw the game lmao. It’s a well known fact chuck Daly threw that game.

[@abdul.bhalli]

Maybe give credit to other countries. They are getting better as the years go on.

[@Gypsywasteland]

That’s the biggest thing casuals don’t understand the dream team was destroying everyone mainly because the countries were so far behind usually with no nba players. Now every country has a few nba players, and really good pros that could play in the nba with the right opportunity. USA is still most talented by far but in a 1 game scenario anything can happen.

[@Chevalier1632]

@@Gypsywasteland No casuals sit there and make vague platitudes about the world catching up as if Dennis Schroeder and Franz Wagner somehow form a team that's supposed to compete against literally numerous half of famers. Casuals don't seem to think there's a problematic trend when they can't blow ANYONE out, and think everything is in a vacuum.

[@patrickbaklava7297]

​@@Chevalier1632 bro out here leaving the longest run on sentences that lead to nothing

[@JohnnyChimpo69]

@@patrickbaklava7297I understood it just fine, I think you are just stupid He’s saying that it’s not true cus that would mean every team caught up? No, USA is just full of selfish players who don’t know how to play a team sport

[@ContentBigWaterfall-fw2dx]

Shut up

[@Solushun]

15:03 LMAO “y’all acting like they signed Jalen Brunson”

[@anthonyclick893]

on so many levels

[@JohnnyChimpo69]

It’s really simple. The USA players are the most physically gifted and they are very talented BUT they don’t understand that it’s a team sport like the other teams do. They are being outplayed in a team game cuz they the nba doesn’t operate like a true basketball game..there’s no defense. Welcome to Lebron and Steph’s basketball era. Kobe would be sick to see these embarrassing performances

[@slightreflections2921]

They’re 5-0

[@projectgraham414]

​@@slightreflections2921weakest 5-0 ever

[@andymarenco9595]

@@projectgraham414a weak 5-0 is still better than a strong 4-1, 3-2 or worse 😂 that still gets you a gold medal lmao

[@kingquestOZ]

​@@projectgraham414That doesn't even make sense. Undefeated against top four teams in the world.

[@iamdebaby8152]

Lebron is a 6 time all defense player. Wtf are u talking about.

[@alexmagic8934]

Imagine everyone. This German team would still have Prime Dirk Nowitzki.

[@iamdebaby8152]

And imagine if we had prime Mj

[@synexthebarbarian8006]

The world has caught up with the NBA. Many of these foreign players play in the NBA. They are familiar with how Americans play

[@thedevilsrockstxr2309]

So why have they not won gold in 20 years

[@Chilicoach]

Because the USA has 300+mil population and basketball is a primary sport. In any other country basketball is at best secondary to soccer/football and by a huge margin. USA has no excuses, we have the largest talent pool and the most investment into the sport, countries with a fraction of our population where basketball doesn't hold even remotely same cultural status should never produce talent at the same rate we do. But our youth systems sucks ass.

[@markdavis7397]

It means the sport is successful. If one country always dominates easily... that is a failed sport.

[@Offpuddingok]

And him saying the US is making a new team to enter the Olympics while the other countries players were playing with each other's when they were small kids is such an ignorant answer. The players in other countries like south Sudan and Australia also have different teams from different states and they were also selected from different states to represent their country just like the US. Why is he saying the US team is recently made when everyone who is playing in the Olympics has new lineups from the usual 😂😂😂😂

[@krw73]

How many times are we going to go over this? just throwing a bunch of talent on the floor doesn’t guarantee you win. We’ve seen this countless times before. A team of 7s that play as a solid team will beat a bunch of 10s that play as individuals

[@TheRedStateBlue]

just ask the university of texas... practically every year they field a collection of the best athletes in the nation and every year they fail to meet expectations because they just can't seem to wrap their brains around the concept of TEAM football. Preparation beats talent when talent isn't prepared.

[@jrod2510]

Yeah, this isnt the 90s where killers wanted to out do other killers. This is 20 yrs of lebum and i need other stars to help me because i need load mgmt and dont want to do it myself

[@HSTLMLWL]

​@@jrod2510 90s dream team only played 9 NBA players in the Olympics. This years USA team will play 61!, the dream played a bunch of bums

[@jrod2510]

@@HSTLMLWL Playing in the NBA doesn’t auto-qualify someone as being the best. But what’s that also say about the USA .. oh right, they’ve gotten softer and more foreigners are playing in their home league than ever before. Cute how you thought you were making an argument against mine but actually just strengthened it.

[@jrod2510]

@@jaysonb.6669 What drugs are you on? The league is what it is because of lebum’s Charmin soft ass, with all his whining and crying thru the years.

[@marialakech]

My country is only 13 years old South Sudan 🇸🇸

[@Mark-ke7dl]

Congratulations you guys have a good basketball team

[@marialakech]

@@Mark-ke7dl 🙏🤍🫶

[@krillin876]

​@@Mark-ke7dlthey don't have a good basketball team they would be very lucky if they even beat Puerto Rico

[@daconnoisseurrex1752]

@@krillin876 🇵🇷 🇸🇸

[@krillin876]

@@daconnoisseurrex1752 Boricuas..

[@navyglass1242]

We dont play fundamental ball anymore

[@alansnow1129]

Exactly! Need to go back to fundamentals

[@alexcastvix8823]

USA Basketball discovering basketball is a TEAM sport and that good team of NBA role players / Euroleague players can compete against their aggregate of NBA superstars

[@zType2]

its just lack of defense...

[@RobertasOlšanovas]

you never did

[@RoseGreen-jj9iy]

Maybe these teams came to play.

[@frontrowviews]

USA is also surprisingly allowing other teams to grab offensive rebound after offensive rebound and score off of them. Almost as if they don’t know you are allowed to rebound

[@rdramos13]

Because these players are playing with an NBA mindset. International basketball is more traditional, like college basketball. NBA and the commissioner has watered down the game to make it easier to score. Plus everyone wants to take down USA, and these guys are just playing for resume patting. Then you get an NBA head coach, instead of a college coach. Nobody was complaining when the great Coach K was call the shots.

[@zgames2]

Too small, not boxing out, terrible defence and coach but they won all games so far so maybe not that bad 😂

[@thewriter8762]

I swear that rebounding has been the biggest issue in this game. Everyone complains about the defense, but there’s too many possessions that go back to the other team just because of lazy rebounding attempts. They expect it to bounce off the rim into their hands. Multiple highlights of them boxing out yet they still get the offensive rebound. And turns into a 3 point shot.

[@RageDaug]

@@thewriter8762 rebounding is considered a defensive stat, so that's included when folks say they don't play defense.

[@iamdebaby8152]

They need to box out. Most of them a use to role player doing all the dirty work.

[@RyTrapp0]

"What a prick"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@snowflake8888]

It’s right. Rest of the world figured out ball movement and playing defence closes the gap with iso-ball and talent real fast. USA and the NBA also don’t play defence.

[@smokert5555]

I'm looking at the highlights and i see something very glaring. Hardly any passing. They are all trying to do their thing instead of trying to include their teammates. The Dream Team were pass happy SOBs, which is why they killed every team they faced.

[@rosemarydement-tucker4111]

And that's how WNBA All-stars beat women's Olympic team!.😊😂😂❤ Pass the ball!!!😂😂😂

[@arshangrewal]

Dream team lost to college kids

[@smokert5555]

@@arshangrewal In an unofficial scrimmage. The won every official game by 30+.

[@arshangrewal]

@@smokert5555 u contradicting ur self USA vs South Sudan wasn’t a “official” game either

[@smokert5555]

@@arshangrewal And? Was this supposed to be like an All Star game where nothing really counts? Or was it supposed to be Team USA showing off for the world?

[@rmoultonrmoulton145]

People need to understand that in these close games, the other team is shooting VERY well from 3. It's just like in college, if you have shooters, you'll always be in a game. And a lot of these international teams are stacked with good shooters. It doesn't mean their players are anywhere near as good as ours. It just means they can space the floor and will always have 3 or more dudes on the floor that can hit. Very VERY difficult to defend that.

[@kilroywashere9678]

Exactly, and in both games the US shot poorly from 3 1-13 to start, South Sudan shot like 56% from 3

[@mr.doctorcaptain1124]

Team USA lost to the WNBA team so maybe the reality is we took trash athletes to the Olympics?

[@kilroywashere9678]

@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 we’re not talking about the Women’s team

[@karamba4516]

​@@kilroywashere9678 well against Germany they shot 50 and 35.. while germany had 35 and 28. So in other words, if germany has an average shooting night they would have beaten team usa. Btw the same thing was said in the world cup. Shooting and scoring back then was also never the issue. It is and was team defense. If you have a well trained team that consistently makes plays, the us team really struggles, because they focus too much on switching and have a hard time reacting to the opposing team. Also think they are making a mistake by prioritising Embiid over AD. Don't get me wrong: most likely team usa will win and might not even lose a single game. But they are also far away from being invincible.

[@mostmost1]

Play defense

[@Bork19]

I love handball like Pat and often wonder why it isn’t more popular when I teach it in class. At the end of the semester/year when I survey my classes it is typically voted top 3 in team sports ahead of flag football, basketball, hockey, and soccer

[@Samantha-z1d7z]

Too many stars not enough team players

[@jok3r906]

Please say it louder for those that have heads shoved in there own butts

[@sstier48]

0 defensive effort from most players, they don't care enough. It's all about the money, and they have leflop as their "leader"..

[@krillin876]

You're exactly right and also the coaches are afraid of the players, they really need to have college coaches like Danny Hurley

[@danpoore99]

Macafee have you watched International B-ball for 20 years... the game caught up to them and its tough to put a team together without practice and win now is hard

[@grandmaandgrandkids3092]

Nothing is going…These other countries have been preparing and most of them are in the NBA. Americans are always ready to put their Athletes down. They won their 5 games with no lost.

[@CompoundingTime]

Also euro ballers are more concerned with winning than how you look doing it. US players tend to be more concerned with how they look individually than if the team is actually winning.

[@MrPek-fe9fp]

Yes i have argued with some people about this. Individual accomplishments are surely in the backseat compared to the mindset of americans. But yeah I think USA will still win the olympics. Now they just fix the issue with defending and thats it.

[@CompoundingTime]

@@MrPek-fe9fp yeah, that is the biggest problem. Getting those men-children to play defense. They don't get the praise they seek by doing it unfortunately. Kobe would force people to actually do it but I don't know who will step into that role now.

[@spasmkid]

Rivers: Team USA needs ball facilitators. Team USA/Kerr: Plays Haliburton (Assist leader in the NBA) ZERO minutes

[@christophera434]

That Halliburton big 3 part was so funny. 😂

[@thomasstoner5356]

No our best players, aren't near as good as the well rounded players of the 90s. And 2000s!!

[@wh1skeybud]

@@thomasstoner5356😂 no our players now aren’t playing against plumbers and electricians

[@jguzman824]

tim haliburton i swear i heard 😂

[@eliyarrows2456]

@@thomasstoner5356that’s literally incorrect. The skill level of today’s game is significantly higher. If you take the top 2 players from every team today and compare that to the top 2 of every team in 1990 or 2000 and it would be an embarrassment of a disparity. And that’s not even the biggest difference. The difference is today players 5-12 on a roster are night and day better players than 5-12 20+ years ago. Are you delusional or something? Like you notice how nobody today is out of shape and it’s massive headlines when they are, 20 years ago every roster has 3 guys with BEER BELLIES.

[@drrichardwiesenhuber]

If you would play an all American team vs an all Euopean team with FIBA rules the European team would win 8 out 10 times.

[@juliomadrigal9246]

South Sudan doesn’t even have indoor gymnasiums…..lol

[@mounyjunub8772]

Where do they train if they don't have stop be ignorance search it n find it out before talking....You've Internet used it well bro to educate yourself

[@RyTrapp0]

@@mounyjunub8772 Obviously in outdoor gymnasiums!

[@baperacks-com6801]

Insane

[@mbembaleba]

​@@mounyjunub8772they started their training camp in Rwanda...

[@ryanlebard3787]

@mounyjunib8772…. 😂 you’re wrong man and shouting it don’t make you right 😂 they clearly travel somewhere that has an indoor arena to train … and obviously train outdoors

[@TheSmithfamilyvids]

Because they're not that good. When people are saying the guy who is 40 is your best player...that says more about the other players than it does about the 40 year old.

[@iamdebaby8152]

Lebron is still a top 5 player in the nba clown. He not even 40.

[@JoelER78]

@@iamdebaby8152 He is 39 years old, same difference! And no, I'd say top 20 at best. He needs other players to support him now. He used to be able to do it practically on his own! And, that's okay he's older now. He should retire after this year or next year depending on how he plays. Some games, he really relies on the refereeing for help in gaining his points or other teams seemingly cannot get near him or its a foul. A couple of Raptors games were really bad.

[@iamdebaby8152]

@@JoelER78 u are just a lebron hater. He was all nba this year.

[@billsmith9737]

@@iamdebaby8152he is not in the top 5 cmon you can’t be serious… lebron is choking ya with that thing and hawk tuah all over your face

[@iamdebaby8152]

@@billsmith9737 show me proof he not top 5

[@banditsunlimited]

The rest of the world got hoopers too lol. It’s not 1992 anymore

[@grantwlms]

"he looks like stephen curry when hes playing" "yeah but we have the actual stephen curry on our team" 😂😂

[@JayDay32]

I love the first highlight shown is Lebron clearly traveling.

[@JB-bo7qs]

Apparently they need football players on the basketball team. All I heard from Rivers was a mountain of excuses.

[@alansnow1129]

Problem with these nba players is past 15 years they don’t know how to play real basketball and share the ball and play as a team. Using the bigs properly

[@Mythowars]

Stay on their ass pat

[@JonYoush-om7jr]

LOL macafee reaction when rivers farted.

[@Beat_daK0tonai_oi]

Austin Rivers: Man Spencer Dinwiddie 🍑 💨 thats what I think of that trade 😂

[@SebastianPort]

"the other teams have been growing up playing with each other" wtf are you talking about lol :D

[@lightbeforethetunnel]

Problem is obvious. Not enough focus on defense in roster construction. They selected the players like someone who thinks only offense matters

[@vamoneygroup]

Neither defense nor rebounding

[@benitofranklyn4237]

"...they're not superstars..." I'm pretty sure they got the MVP, DPotY, RotY and FIBA Schröder.

[@captain543]

They are exhibitions games and I don’t think they’re giving it 100% effort. When the USA starts losing, you can visibly see them pick up their game and play harder and actually play hard on defense. If they bring that intensity every game during the Olympics, there’s no reason why they won’t be dominant.

[@denzel1832]

Cope

[@barryryan14]

Americans are so humble.....😂😂😂

[@rahulminhas7882]

When Kevin Durant comes back, this won't be a topic. Also, they should have replaced Kawhi with Jaylen Brown, but the Olympics is about winning gold.... and making Nike happy.

[@pgppe9488]

Well, we don’t know how to play team basketball, don’t defend well, don’t run an offense that makes the other team guard the entire floor, and most of them can’t make open shots, and we have to many #1 options who just stand around when someone else has the ball in their hands. Also Austin Rivers is spot on in his comments.

[@eastbay9255]

Almost got our ass whooped by a bunch of starvin Marvin’s

[@rpn1717]

Love the South Park reference 😂

[@DrPhill96]

Almost? 😂 USA won!!!! Aren’t they 5-0? 😂🤣

[@Mike-zq3qc]

@@DrPhill96 stop trollin' Phil

[@DrPhill96]

@@Mike-zq3qc - 5 and 0.

[@masonmacomber]

@@DrPhill965-0 isn’t an accomplishment for the U.S

[@datsapaddlin]

I’m actually enjoying the competition so far. A blowout every game is cool but some close ones are actually better for global play.

[@groundzero270]

For real rivers is great at this! Dude needs to be on show as regular!

[@elballoonatic]

Canada went through similar thing in hockey during 1972 series against USSR...a bunch of superstars who were expected to romp...

[@jok3r906]

The cut throat mentality of USA basketball died with Kobe

[@insabrevin1949]

the only one with cut throat mentality is only with Lebron. The rest of Team USA 11 is an embarrassment

[@alansnow1129]

So did NBA. Actually it nba died when Kobe retired. They don’t play team ball enough and need to go back to fundamentals

[@jackhamilton5250]

@@insabrevin1949 Lebron hasn't played defense since 2016..

[@simsreject5925]

Everybody praises Lebron, but he's probably the problem. Jordan and Kobe put the team first. Lebron always puts himself first. He made this year's Olympics about his "legacy" when it should always be about the team's legacy.

[@marzfn3430]

@@simsreject5925you sound stupid

[@lncarpenter3]

Teamwork. Experience under international rules. Egos. Effort.

[@AK_Wargamer]

The rest of the world caught up a few years ago.

[@daconnoisseurrex1752]

Let’s go Supreme Team!!! 🇺🇸

[@ivartheboneless1456]

Because they are not playing as a team. Selfish play.

[@robjones1328]

Because other countries play defense

[@Schiltzenberger]

"they all grew up together and have played together all their lives" Biggest load of BS I've heard.

[@Shlki_thmpsn19]

How so ??

[@dimitra2742]

@@Shlki_thmpsn19 I will tell you about my country , from Europe. Some of our players have played together in junior national teams, of course not the majority as they are different ages ( he thought they are all the same age and have been playinfg together for 10 years?), 2-3 have played or play for the same team now, only 4 from the current team that goes to the Olympics have played together for the national team before and not all at once. Some of the old ones skipped last year and so they haven t played together for 2 years. And even if a national team has mostly the same players for years, they are together for only about a month each year

[@mionatsume5071]

I also raise my eyebrows on that. Austin doesn't know what he's talking about.

[@krillin876]

​@@dimitra2742the top NBA players play together in AAU in high school throughout College they play together in the offseason. The reason why this is a stupid example is that it highlights that having more NBA players makes you better. The real answer is horrible coaching

[@JimmyHoward-x3t]

I see Steve WOKEY FOKEY and Steph had to make it political before they bounced a ball hope they lose and the bearded ladies as well

[@TheProswagonist]

From what I've seen, USA isn't always locked in on defense and besides Steph, none of the guys out there are knockdown shooters so they're getting outscored from beyond the arc, which keeps the other teams in.

[@heevestenry5384]

The 92 dream team played against 9 total NBA players. This current team will play 60+ NBA players. The game is international now, we aren’t playing farmers like back in 92.

[@heevestenry5384]

@johnnythekid4601 The Dream Team would've won but it wouldn't have been by 30 or 40pts. That is the difference the level of Basketball has gone up globally. The world now has pros. A lot of the last few MVPs have been international players.

[@rafaelcornelio562]

@@johnnythekid4601 that adjustment youre mentioning is a fckn big IF!!!

[@krillin876]

Sabonis = farmer....what a dumbass..smh

[@mcray0558]

Team chemistry is a big part of it too knowing your role what your supposed to do other players tendencies alot of people think you can just stuff the star players and automatically expect them to be good it takes time

[@zType2]

Dudes are genuinely scared to play defense and get embarrassed... you just got a bunch of offensive players and then one very good defender in jrue holiday.

[@tylermurphy37]

AD

[@JohnDo187]

@@tylermurphy37shondale gregory

[@sportsguy23]

He said it best- the world is about ball movement, the NBA is about isolation

[@micahstrickland6793]

“We’re so much better than these teams.” Then why aren’t we winning by so much?

[@krillin876]

The major difference between the US and these other countries that are over performing is the coaching the coaches in the United States are afraid of the players, they should be using college coaches

[@dcb17]

World values team play, USA values individual play. After our older USA players retire, world may catch us.

[@sammywilliams6]

Nah the 17u blew tf outta of the word teams we’ll be better cause they’ll be younger and more athletic watch🔥🔥🔥

[@benitofranklyn4237]

The 82 games season and 7 game series take a lot of excitement out of it. It is so much more entertaining when every game counts. This will be a great tournament to watch.

[@eovniel]

Excuses. Just get the job done

[@robmakd]

Crybaby ahh yt boy 😢😢😂😂😂 you’re mad they’re winning

[@mrmackey710]

Teams use the power of friendship scheme when playing USA

[@andronhillhouse996]

Steve Kerr is not the coach for Team USA

[@Shlki_thmpsn19]

He is though ???

[@andronhillhouse996]

@@Shlki_thmpsn19 not the RIGHT coach for Team USA

[@matthewwelsh294]

Lol he is the coach

[@1nonlyrawbert]

This didn't age well

[@dwade6322]

Who cares? If you win by 1 or 100 it's still just one win.

[@Rowsy91]

nah not the same scraping by South Sudan sorry lol

[@dwade6322]

@Rowsy91 it was an exhibition...those guys ain't diving for balls when the games don't count.

[@geofuego1]

This is why soccer is so difficult for Americans because they want to do what they do in basketball 😂just put a bunch of good players with no chemistry

[@reneg3126]

Team USA has 5 solo players on the court that mainly play iso and pick'n'roll. European teams actually play team basketball. It's that easy. This is not 1992. Things have changed a lot in the meantime.

[@edgartoepel7473]

My grandfather asked the same question when amateurs played.

[@investorbettor505]

20:48 ☠️☠️☠️

[@timberwolf534]

Dennis Rodman has been busy overseas teaching Basketball lol.

[@jaeslice1012]

If Kerr hasn't figured it out his best middle has been Bam and AD when those 2 have been on the floor together they have locked the middle up.. Kerr needs to figure out these damn rotations

[@mostmost1]

He knows that. They also playing against worst guys off the bench.

[@fyi_goodsoul]

its not like kerr is coaching rec league with kids that dont wanna listen, these are grown men in a proffesional atmopsphere, be proffesional, show up to work do ur best and play ur role. u r grown men not kids, kerr shouldnt have to figure out egos, we gotta stop making excuses for childish behavoir from adults

[@robhicks2117]

If I was an NBA scout, I would be trying to recruit some of these players from other Olympic teams to come play in the NBA.

[@ryanlebard3787]

Brother most those teams have players in the NBA…. Most the talented players on the other players are in the NBA

[@jaysonb.6669]

They should try to figure out why Dennis Schroder sucks in NBA but always goes off while playing for Germany. Same with Patty Mills for Australia 🤣

[@DonGivani]

Duke already scouted the 7'2 South Sudan player, and he is projected a number 3 draft pick next year

[@Msh42069]

I love that we are dominant, but I like to see that the competition is getting better

[@siccwrld]

Klay kobe guy, Deroze Kobe guy, Dinwittie Kobe guy. Kobe = Kendrick LeBRONZE = Drake You not a colleague you a colonizer. See where im going with this?

[@jdek88]

The end of this segment is hilarious hahaha

[@Chevalier1632]

Because they're blatantly not playing any defense whatsoever. Why is this not obvious to anyone watching? No team in the universe should be putting up 90 or more on this team.

[@datsapaddlin]

Nah AD and Bam been great on defense it’s the 3 point game that has changed things.

[@nnichols8358]

I’m with you. The perimeter defense is atrocious. Plus not all the stars on the USA are getting those star calls they get in the NBA. Part of that is Fiba Rules but they should adjust pretty quick. Last point Imbiid looks horrible out there.

[@R.A.M.B.O.014]

The confidence here reminds me of the Irish in the rugby world cup😂

[@Martini3inc]

First off you’ve got too many chiefs & not enough Indians. 2nd you’ve got a lebron who wants everything to revolve around him. Say the entire team was made up of golden state players only. They’d blow out every team they’d play. But you’ve got lebum orchestrating this team and because of that, I’m rooting against team USA.

[@allplaythisgame]

well, "NBA champions of the world" comment by Noah Lyles is aging like fine wine.

[@iamdebaby8152]

They are 5-0 clown

[@hunglo9917]

The rest of the world has caught up. It’s not the 90’s anymore. It’s that simple.

[@gsbird]

bron playing like mamba rightnow thankfully

[@icyycloud]

They already caught up 😂

[@atlien1988]

These players have consistently proven that FIBA basketball trumps the garbage game of the NBA. Team USA should be ashamed. We literally sent the super soldiers & are limping across the battlefield. The lack of focus, intensity, & defensive consistency is honestly embarrassing. We have completely lowered the standards of US basketball.

[@aricohen283]

Ultimately the secret to winning basketball games is a subjugation of the ego to the greater goals of the team. It’s not about size and strength, it’s about timing and positioning. It’s not about how high you jump, it’s about where and when you jump. Talent means very little if there is no ego management, definition of roles, or chemistry.

[@markmccloud7148]

The Dream Team didn't play against NBA players. That's all this team plays.

[@blueyed_gemini6420]

Lmao... how many NBA players was on South Sudans team?? 2. Only one that's any good at all. And there ranked 33rd in the world oneof the worst rankings nationally the usa will face. You can throw your theory out the window..

[@dyniekboss]

20min+ of great fun, thank you :D