Like 9 of those players from 2003 didn't show up in 2004 to bring the gold home.

Sadly, they didn't made it to 2004 Olympic :-(

But in 2004 olympics, prime Carter, Mc Grady and Ray Allen Bibby didnt play for the tournament. The team chemistry was really affected due to their absences.

@@calmandrelaxyourmindchanne9575 The worst reshuffle team ever been, indeed. Most of the star player from 2003 qualification event had been dropped out

@@ytanonymity3585 This is the team that demolished Argentina. Kid, Allen, T Mac, O'Neal and Duncan.

These 9 top players from this USA basketball team here then withdrew either because of security concerns they sighted in Athens or were just tired from a very long NBA season they had or suffered an injury during their NBA season and just didn’t wanna risk recovery time or had personal family reasons etc…problem mainly was Stu Jackson, he waited until 2 weeks before the Olympic exhibition games were gonna start in picking his 9 replacements and even worse, picked no single perimeter shooter to be on the team and picked no good legit play making PG either and also didn’t pick a good backup big man for Duncan should he ever foul out or get in foul trouble…that’s why the countries exploited the flaws of that very 2004 USA basketball Athens Olympics team and capitalized on them bigly. Stu Jackson could’ve picked Damon Stoudamire instead of Marbury as the backup PG for Iverson. As for backup big man for Duncan…Theo Ratliff would’ve been a phenomenal addition to the Athens Olympics team because he was averaging 3.2 BPG that NBA season. He was a presence in the paint. Stu also could’ve added Marcus Camby as well…this would’ve given Coach Brown 3 rim protectors to work with.. but nope, Stu gave Coach Brown a very very undersized team to work with As for perimeter shooters, Stu could’ve gone with Michael Redd from the Bucks, Antoine Walker from the Boston Celtics and could’ve also added Michael Finley from Dallas, he was very interested to represent his country in the Athens Olympics, Paul Pierce is another he could’ve offered an opportunity to as well. I can go on and on, but all I’m saying is that Stu Jackson is at fault here because he waited too long in picking his replacements which is why Coach Brown wasn’t able to get enough of practices he would’ve liked so he could prepare the players for the Olympic competition coming up and again, since having no outside and perimeter shooter threats on the team, Stu was asking for a BUNCH of trouble to begin with.

@@islanders1329fan I can't believe that USAB let Stu Jackson, the worst manager, to manage the national team after what he did to Vancouver grizzlies.. how could the USAB let that happened? Unbelievable how stupid they were to never learned a lesson about the track record of the bad management by Stu Jackson and just allowed him took that job.. No wonder the US basketball and their line up selection were so bad in the mid 2000s

That’s what Stu Jackson did when he was USA basketball chairman. But you gotta remember the A team withdrew for the 2004 Olympics because of either security concerns they cited or were tired from a long season and just wanted to rest or injures they sustained during their NBA season and from there Stu Jackson procrastinated in figuring out the right replacements for the 9 players from the 2003 qualifying team that withdrew because of the reasons I mentioned above, he didn’t start to pick the replacements until 2 weeks before the 2004 Olympic exhibition games were starting and he paid dearly for that. The 2004 USA basketball team was way too undersized and even worse, Stu Jackson didn’t have one single perimeter and outside shooter on there and he was asking for a lot of trouble to begin with. He made Coach Larry Brown’s job very very frustratingly difficult. All those replacements had way too big of a gigantic ego to understand that it’s not gonna be easy to win the gold medal and they just expected countries to lay down and give the the win all because they’re American basketball players, plus they were depending on Tim Duncan and Iverson to do everything out there.

@Islanders13Fan So Stu Jackson was one of the reason why USAB turned to be disaster back then... Heh Im not surprised... He was one of the horrible GM ever. I sincerely believe he was one of the problem behind the worst thing happened on Vancouver Grizzlies... Poor ownership, shit GM that made Vancouver had lost an nba team and Grizzlies then moved to Memphis...

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You talking about 04 USA squad that had been overhauled. Sure their chemistry were terrible after it. But these 03 USA were a lot of different player in it and had better chemistry.

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Well that Stu Jackson for u. He was the bad manager in bball history and the USAB was stupid to let him to took the job like wtf.. That's shouldn't be happened

exactly

Facts, they really put a bunch of Rookies in the team lmao

@@dhanuparwito20 lol right..

@@dhanuparwito20 They did put a bunch of rookie, yet Larry Brown didn't give the youngster to play a bit longer at the time. He just wasted their time to be in there smh. With his seniority mentality he shouldn't have agreed to brought those rookie to be in those 04 team at the first place 🤦🏻‍♂️

@@ytanonymity3585 Should have brought some Pistons player who won the NBA chip of the year as well. Chauncey Billups should be called. This was supposed to be the right time for him to play with team USA and definitely his prime time compared to his 2010 USA appearance. Also Ben Wallace, even though he ever played with the 2002 USA and lose badly, he should be given a chance to play with the 2004 USA again.

by 8, and next year loose with Argentina at Olympic match....

@pedro morgante They lost by 8 in a group stage. In the final of this America tournament Argentina lost by 33 point

USA beat Argentina by 8 (94-86) in this quarterfinals game. Then they met again in finals and USA won by 33 (106-73).

He was injured for that game.

Most dumbest shot I’ve ever read. Lebron barely played goofy

I agree,put mcgrady or kobe instead of iverson and they beat argentina by 40,altough they did something similar in finals,this game mcgrady didn't play and iverson did,in finals it was other way around and usa demolished argentina by 33 at halftime

@Antonio Bašić Tracy McGrady was in this team. Him alone was enough since he was in a good shape at the time. Not to mentioned Kobe couldn't joined the team due to his sexual assault case. Unfortunately for this game, McGrady was hurted and so he couldn't play but then when McGradey played in the final against Argentina again, the USA has done it much better

No that wasn’t it. Iverson played really well integrating with everyone on the 2003 team, that dominated and he was the best player on the 2004 team. Duncan was dog shit and Brown hated playing young guys and the team played no defense.

@@mitchell7309 You just proved my point. Not utilizing the young talent that he had. Not trusting them when he’s supposed to be coaching the US national team and not an Nba team in an NBA game. And another underlying factor in your comment. Duncan not playing well with his coaching style when Pop being his coach did well himself coaching on Team USA because again Brown prefers Ivy. Not to take away from Ivy, he could pass but his play style which constitutes a lot of touches and usage just stifles the offense on a team that has every talent like him 1-12.

@@cockadoodledoo28 No I didn't. You said the problem was Brown's penchant for using Iverson as undersized SG. Allen Iverson, who they reluctantly added to the national roster in 2003, because of their issue with his image (tats, cornrows) was co-captain and arguably the best player on the 2003 team that molly whopped everyone. Granted T-Mac, VC, Ray Allen, Kidd, and K-Mart dropped out which provided a ton of scoring, length and versatility, defense, rebounding and shooting. But Iverson was by far the best player on the 2004 team. Even if his shooting percentage wasn't fantastic, the team had to score. He represented our country quite well. There was no issue with his play style. Duncan was utter dog shit, and a total disappointment. If he plays near to the capabilities he should've, I doubt we would've had so much trouble. And Brown, refusing to give the young guys (LeBron, Melo, Wade) heavy minutes in unison with either Iverson, or Marbury, who feuded with Brown but was also visibly the 2nd or 3rd best player on the team at said time, was one of the major problems. Odom, Jefferson, Marion, and Boozer just got far too many minutes. Minutes that should've went to the young guys mentioned including Amare. Especially considering they would be C or D rate Team USA talent to begin with. I mean that 2003 draft class were babies. Straight out of HS or barely out of college. That team was not motivated, didn't play a lick of defense, not great spot up shooting, and Duncan couldn't stay on the court. That was their actual problems. We didn't come close to sending our A team: Kidd, Kobe, McGrady, Garnett, Duncan and guys like Iverson, and Ray Allen off the bench. We would've murked everyone.