there are nba and basketball academies all over the world now. other countries arent just calling dudes off the street to play. every team has nba or nba caliber players on them.
The South Sudanese players are playing on the street. They have zero indoor basketball courts in the country. And a foreign team having NBA caliber players doesn't equal to a 1-point game versus the supposedly elite NBA players. Team USA clearly doesn't have the best U.S. NBA players on the roster, or getting minutes.
@@Revenant36 huh sure didn’t seem that way against SOUTH SUDAN! 45 point underdogs. Where the OLDEST player on the team had to bail them out. These young stars ain’t dogs they cats.
Nah, more like there are so much more skilled players on the other countries now unlike when the dream team played on those olympics. Stop living in the past @@penkima4923
Wenyen Gabriel, Deng, JT Thor caught up to LeBron James, Steoh Curry, Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum, & co? KD hasn't even played a game yet. Please save the lame excuses because I guarantee you're one of the people who say the Warriors with KD was unfair to the league 😂😂😂
@atlien1988 That's a bad guarantee. Never thought that about the KD Warriors. The world has caught up per say when the USA can't just loligag to easy victories at the showcase. And I likened KD to the warriors. It was like the Green Ranger joining the Power Rangers after losing game 7.
Geez , you sound like JJ Reddick saying that MJ basically played vs plumbers . The difference is that the Dream Team played defense . They had the skills to shut teams down. And on offense they could score at will . These clowns don’t know how to play defense and don’t know how to shut teams down . Fundamentals are totally lacking . There opponents have better fundamentals . And it shows in their play . ✌️
'92 was a great team. On top of having 0 competition. In 30 years the world has made huge strides in developing talented players. The point isnt whether or not this team is better than '92. Its the fact that the competition they're facing is so much better. And i do mean MUCH BETTER! We fall in love with the perfect storm of the dream team. Hall of fame roster + a world in its infancy of basketball = pure untouchable dominance. The world is now highly competent in basketball so there are times we will be pushed and may lose. Hall of fame roster or not
Zero competition? I can't believe you wrote that. Croatia started Petrovic, Radja and Kukoc. Radja was 20 and 10 guy in his best year in the league, at a time when the PF/C position was at an all time high. I don't think I have to explain Petro and Toni. On top of that every player on that team played on some great Euroleague team. Lithuania had Sarunas and Sabonis as their stars. Saying they had "zero competition" is an insult to the way Dream Team played basketball. It was pass pass pass and great defense. Now? They can't handle the rules and they just go 1vs1 all the time.
@@lp3860 yeah that zero competition line was a stretch. roster 1-12 the USA had the best squad, but there was plenty of competition. The best player in the world at that time was Jordan from USA, the best player, heck the best 4 players in the world now aren't even from the USA. But the US still has the best roster 1-12 and if they can gel together should win. Everyone knows you just can't put kats together and think that is all it takes. The World had caught up. I'll take a team that has been together for years over an all star team that has only played together for a few weeks. One bad shooting night and it is 1-2-3 Cancun...
@lp3860 you give me 1 team with 3 guys and another team with 1 guy. That's the same as zero competition especially when you compare that to where the world is today. Im not insulting the dream team. You're greatly over exaggerating the level of competition. It's an objective fact the world is so far above where they were in '92. Stop being silly
@@Lloyd00 don’t make excuses . You’re right the world did improve . Only because of the ass kicking the Dream Team put on the world in 1992 . Now , one could say that USA basketball in general has not improved and has gone other way . Lack of fundamental play and lack of defensive play is an issue . You also have players that are pretty much un coach able . So no . They don’t get a pass .
@@genxcyclist3734 Why do you think i'm giving them a pass? Yes the dream team stomped everyone, which directly led to rise in basketball around the world. I'm stating the fact that the world is so much better than they were in '92. So all the criticisms you have I'm not arguing with. You confuse fact for excuses. US can't get away with just showing up and playing as individuals. I never said its ok if they lose. I explained how things have changed. Do i think '92 team wins gold today? absolutely. do i think they wax everybody like they did? absolutely not. saying that has nothing to do with my confidence in them as a team nor is it disrespectful. '08 had to deal with spain.
@@garysalazar5279 yeh playing for Detroit or charlotte or Portland really inspires me to greatness . What a joke . Even people who like nba wouldn’t watch that garbage. Even the players playing in the nba only play for rubbish teams cause of the money. Playing for your country is waaaay more important
@@garysalazar5279 there is 300 million people in America actually worrying about putting food on the table and only 450 In the nba all of which are millionaires. Get a grip on reality you gronk
@@garysalazar5279 there are 300 million people in America actually worrying about putting a roof over their heads and 450 nba players all of which are millionaires for about 4 years on average then they go back to coaching their high school varsity team or some scrub bush league team for 60g a year. Get a grip on reality
The problem is team USa doesn't play hard on defense for the majority of the game, and poor focus on offense. If the played hard the whole game, every game, the "close games" would be 10 points victories
Go South Sudan! Can't believe Lebron is the flagbearer. Not the best guy to bring the country together. Not sure who wins the Gold, probably USA, but you'd think France, and Luka's country would be threats.
You can make the argument that they're more talented but that doesn't mean that they're better. The 92 Olympic team is much better defensively giving them the edge in my opinion.
@@zachnantz5304 The South Sudan Olympic Mens Basketball Team Has Top 20 NBA Players? Who are these South Sudan Studs you speak of? Please Spell their South Sudan Names Correctly.
@@penkima4923 Yes great point, but I think USA's chemistry grows as well as the pressure of elimination propels them to dominate like they did to Serbia.
Y'all keep making excuses, reality is america hasn't been the best team in the world for a long time look at the guys who are the best in the NBA they aren't Americans, keep that mind set y'all will lose
The problem with the men's USA team is always their own arrogance and egos. They know they are the best players in the world so the try to coast instead of putting their foot down and get themselves in trouble in a lot of games.
Weak commentary Danno. We've been saying this same thing for the last 15-20 years. And don't be shocked if they get knocked out of the medal somewhere along the way. rounds.
Bro I can stand you Lebron haters. I don’t even like the guy like that, and you guys make me want to root for the dude lol. Now you’re complaining on how he celebrates?? Jeez I’m sure your favorite player never celebrated anything right?
Luol Deng is the mastermind behind South Sudan.
Congrats to that man!
South Sudan rolled a big name just last year , Brazil I think
there are nba and basketball academies all over the world now.
other countries arent just calling dudes off the street to play. every team has nba or nba caliber players on them.
The South Sudanese players are playing on the street. They have zero indoor basketball courts in the country.
And a foreign team having NBA caliber players doesn't equal to a 1-point game versus the supposedly elite NBA players. Team USA clearly doesn't have the best U.S. NBA players on the roster, or getting minutes.
This is the NBA they probably cared like it was an all star game. To the rest of the world It means something. Good wake up call.
No nba player wants to lose on the world stage. Stop the cap.
@@Revenant36 huh sure didn’t seem that way against SOUTH SUDAN! 45 point underdogs. Where the OLDEST player on the team had to bail them out. These young stars ain’t dogs they cats.
South Sudan has a good team
Right. It's not 92' anymore. The opposing teams aren't trying to get autographs at the tip off of games like before.
south sudan was the better team, more discipline, more focus and more hunger
i didn't realize we didn't have durant yet. that's a big absence
Yeah it was only south sedan, can you imagine if it was the whole country of Sudan? 😊
South Sudan has something the USA does not have. ❤
The world has caught up...
More like Team USA is far from Dream Team.
@@DarkoRose24 Be real, and go back to school to learn English.
Nah, more like there are so much more skilled players on the other countries now unlike when the dream team played on those olympics. Stop living in the past @@penkima4923
Wenyen Gabriel, Deng, JT Thor caught up to LeBron James, Steoh Curry, Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum, & co? KD hasn't even played a game yet.
Please save the lame excuses because I guarantee you're one of the people who say the Warriors with KD was unfair to the league 😂😂😂
@atlien1988 That's a bad guarantee. Never thought that about the KD Warriors. The world has caught up per say when the USA can't just loligag to easy victories at the showcase. And I likened KD to the warriors. It was like the Green Ranger joining the Power Rangers after losing game 7.
The dream team played against thrash nations
Geez , you sound like JJ Reddick saying that MJ basically played vs plumbers . The difference is that the Dream Team played defense . They had the skills to shut teams down. And on offense they could score at will . These clowns don’t know how to play defense and don’t know how to shut teams down . Fundamentals are totally lacking . There opponents have better fundamentals . And it shows in their play . ✌️
There was only a handful of NBA players internationally back then.
Kiss my lucky 🥚 egg Dan. “Feel the rhythm, feel the ride, give it up, it’s LeBullyball time!”
!coolRunnings 🇯🇲
'92 was a great team. On top of having 0 competition. In 30 years the world has made huge strides in developing talented players. The point isnt whether or not this team is better than '92. Its the fact that the competition they're facing is so much better. And i do mean MUCH BETTER! We fall in love with the perfect storm of the dream team. Hall of fame roster + a world in its infancy of basketball = pure untouchable dominance. The world is now highly competent in basketball so there are times we will be pushed and may lose. Hall of fame roster or not
Zero competition? I can't believe you wrote that. Croatia started Petrovic, Radja and Kukoc. Radja was 20 and 10 guy in his best year in the league, at a time when the PF/C position was at an all time high. I don't think I have to explain Petro and Toni. On top of that every player on that team played on some great Euroleague team.
Lithuania had Sarunas and Sabonis as their stars. Saying they had "zero competition" is an insult to the way Dream Team played basketball. It was pass pass pass and great defense. Now? They can't handle the rules and they just go 1vs1 all the time.
@@lp3860 yeah that zero competition line was a stretch. roster 1-12 the USA had the best squad, but there was plenty of competition. The best player in the world at that time was Jordan from USA, the best player, heck the best 4 players in the world now aren't even from the USA. But the US still has the best roster 1-12 and if they can gel together should win. Everyone knows you just can't put kats together and think that is all it takes. The World had caught up. I'll take a team that has been together for years over an all star team that has only played together for a few weeks. One bad shooting night and it is 1-2-3 Cancun...
@lp3860 you give me 1 team with 3 guys and another team with 1 guy. That's the same as zero competition especially when you compare that to where the world is today. Im not insulting the dream team. You're greatly over exaggerating the level of competition. It's an objective fact the world is so far above where they were in '92. Stop being silly
@@Lloyd00 don’t make excuses . You’re right the world did improve . Only because of the ass kicking the Dream Team put on the world in 1992 . Now , one could say that USA basketball in general has not improved and has gone other way . Lack of fundamental play and lack of defensive play is an issue . You also have players that are pretty much un coach able . So no . They don’t get a pass .
@@genxcyclist3734 Why do you think i'm giving them a pass? Yes the dream team stomped everyone, which directly led to rise in basketball around the world. I'm stating the fact that the world is so much better than they were in '92. So all the criticisms you have I'm not arguing with. You confuse fact for excuses. US can't get away with just showing up and playing as individuals. I never said its ok if they lose. I explained how things have changed. Do i think '92 team wins gold today? absolutely. do i think they wax everybody like they did? absolutely not. saying that has nothing to do with my confidence in them as a team nor is it disrespectful. '08 had to deal with spain.
The world is catching up to German basketball.
Hell even Serbia has a good team even though they got smoked LOL
This will continue to happen if you can’t convince Americans that playing for your country is more important than playing in the nba
it's not. you get chump change and medal playing for your country compared to NBA contracts
@@garysalazar5279 yeh playing for Detroit or charlotte or Portland really inspires me to greatness . What a joke . Even people who like nba wouldn’t watch that garbage. Even the players playing in the nba only play for rubbish teams cause of the money. Playing for your country is waaaay more important
@@laffo1980 nope. not if you need to take care of your family. putting food on the table, a roof over your head is way more impt.
@@garysalazar5279 there is 300 million people in America actually worrying about putting food on the table and only 450 In the nba all of which are millionaires. Get a grip on reality you gronk
@@garysalazar5279 there are 300 million people in America actually worrying about putting a roof over their heads and 450 nba players all of which are millionaires for about 4 years on average then they go back to coaching their high school varsity team or some scrub bush league team for 60g a year. Get a grip on reality
The problem is team USa doesn't play hard on defense for the majority of the game, and poor focus on offense. If the played hard the whole game, every game, the "close games" would be 10 points victories
LeBron wondering how he can get Bronny on the team.
Go South Sudan! Can't believe Lebron is the flagbearer. Not the best guy to bring the country together. Not sure who wins the Gold, probably USA, but you'd think France, and Luka's country would be threats.
This U.S. team is not more talented than '92. That's a joke, Dan.
Disagree w this take. But get the sentiment. 🤝 🫡
You can make the argument that they're more talented but that doesn't mean that they're better. The 92 Olympic team is much better defensively giving them the edge in my opinion.
This Team was considered to be Better than the Dream Team? What a Joke!
Did the dream team play against teams with top 20 nba players on the other team?
@@zachnantz5304 The South Sudan Olympic Mens Basketball Team Has Top 20 NBA Players? Who are these South Sudan Studs you speak of? Please Spell their South Sudan Names Correctly.
Dream team played guys who couldn’t even start at most d1 colleges. Whole different level of competition.
I mean the dream team lost against college players. What's ur point?
@@pvstar1323 That was a Scrimmage Not an Official Game.
Remember how 'in 92 they locked down Kukoc completely? You don't have that defensive skill or mentality now.
South Sudan got some to say
Meanwhile, France went winless in their exhibition games
The rematch will have USA win by 20+. No way Sudan scores that many points again.
Out of the last 5 games Team USA has played, 4 has been within 10 points.
@@penkima4923 Yes great point, but I think USA's chemistry grows as well as the pressure of elimination propels them to dominate like they did to Serbia.
Y'all keep making excuses, reality is america hasn't been the best team in the world for a long time look at the guys who are the best in the NBA they aren't Americans, keep that mind set y'all will lose
The best team in the world is still americans. Not sure if it's this Team USA, though.
Imagine when they face North Sudan 😂
The problem with the men's USA team is always their own arrogance and egos. They know they are the best players in the world so the try to coast instead of putting their foot down and get themselves in trouble in a lot of games.
Fundamentals. USA players lack them
Carlos Arroyo OK lol!!!!!!😂
South Sudan does not even an inside basketball court.
Just think if all of Sudan played
They robbed of a foul call
Team USA is not that good this time around..
And LeBron now gets to carry the flag?????? Stop it. A real Olympic athlete should carry the flag, not an NBA media darling.
You mean bum 😂
More talent than the Dream Team is a ridiculously false statement.
You're inexcusable
Weak commentary Danno. We've been saying this same thing for the last 15-20 years. And don't be shocked if they get knocked out of the medal somewhere along the way. rounds.
They play “bad” to African teams all the time. If ykyk
LeBron flexing on an and-1 dunk while down 6 to South Sudan. He is such a joke.
Bro I can stand you Lebron haters. I don’t even like the guy like that, and you guys make me want to root for the dude lol. Now you’re complaining on how he celebrates?? Jeez I’m sure your favorite player never celebrated anything right?
How bout that celebration on the sideline after Curry 3?
Nighmare team 😂😂😂😂
Looks like LeBumm messing up another team 😂.
what is wrong with you?
JFC Marvin talks too much. McLovin was at least funny, Marvin's always is so serious
She didn't get snubed she gave up her position cuz they didn't pick clark