Olympic Basketball

Team USA has been the most predominant team over the years in Olympic Basketball. In 1992 Olympic play, the team lead by world famous Michael Jordan decimated all opposition winning by at least 30 points in all their games. The team was known as the "Dream Team" and there would sopposively never been another one like it. In 2004 the favored United States did not win the gold medal they had set out to get. One question readers should ask themselves is why they did not win.

Some reasons to consider on why they lost was that the best players in the NBA were not concerned with risking injury and possibly ending their career in game of National pride and not money. It may of also been that the team made by the US that year which included the rookie phenomenom Lebron James was not familiar with each other since it was an all star game with players who had not had any experience on the same team as the other all stars. The 2008 basketball team in the olympics did not include a single player from the Finals winning Celtics. Why is that? Basketball is a team sport not a game that is won by just pure talent. The teams that opposed the United States had players who have played with each other for countless years and had prepared for the Olympics for many years. United States basketball is about winning the finals in most American's eyes. Let me know what you think about the United States in olympic basketball play. Reasons why maybe they lost those crucial games and possibly why they dominated the 2008 Olympics.