If Yugoslavia never collapse they would have a stacked team and Luka and Jokic playing vucevic and bogdanvic. Insane

@@genzislady3820thats why usa tries to balkanize every country they see

Someone’s attention span is shot

This isn’t TikTok lil bro

@@Bravesfan12345 I don’t have any social media besides KZfaq and I’m sure I’m older than you kid

@@PHXNKVHXLIC well your on the wrong app. Your dopamine is cooked.

@@PHXNKVHXLIC Well you should know better then. I wanted more information like the amount of people who play basketball in America is like the whole population of Australia. Stuff like that.

Manchester Ciry also won the World Club Championship beating the champions of all continents, and they still don't call themselves world champions.

So why didn’t he win the championship?

@@Delilah-zd3em Because championships are winable only by best teams and not by best individuals, it is same both on Olympics and in NBA, and in the end, Boston Celtics just made that point over again this year... Most of this teams on Olympics are in their core made arround NBA players, they for sure are not afraid of granpa Lebron or I-can-crack any-time Embiid... The question is just who will made best team sinergy during this month before Olympics. P. S. But I can tell you who will not make any team sinergy -- team that barelly won against coledge kids several days ago... I sincerely think you would have a better chance in FIBA-rules based competition with that coledge kids...

@@svarozjov Sorry, im very confused by your comment. Yes, Jokic was bested (as implied by the first comment). The first part of your comment so therefore irrelevant. As for the age reference for LeBron, what about his most recent performance in the 2023-24 season has shown to you, that his performance is weak? For Embid - he’s an immigrant proud of the country that raised and gave him a life many dream of and one whereby his son will live a rich and fruitful life as a result of what that nation has provided Embid. Nothing wrong with that. Unless you can justify your racist logic. As for losing against college kids, what is this in reference to? Are you referencing practice runs whereby they would absolutely not be expected to perform at 101% as to avoid injuries in a tournament that is roughly two weeks away?

@@svarozjov please let’s also not forget that the team the US sent in the WC was purely because the current US Olympics team does not view the WC to be worthy of their time. It would be unfair on yourself to then use the results of the WC as some sort of predictor for the Olympics when the US has undisputedly sent their best.

@@Delilah-zd3em I see you are confused, and very confused. Firstly, Jokić wasn't bested, Denver Nuggets was bested. Jokić had monstruos Play-off frun, as always, with almost averaging tripple double again in Play-off games. Denver Nuggets as a team was not on the level this year. That is why also the second best NBA player Luka Dončić, despite his ridicilouse scoring, couldn't force team Mavericks over team Celtics who simply had better team in total. Or why third best NBA player SGA also couldn't bring his team to finnals on his own, when his team couldn't fallow as a whole... That said, you ("USA basketball internet experts") are also repeating nonsence that Jokić is leading team Serbia. Well, it is not Jokić, but Bogdan Bogdanović -- wrap your mind arround that fact... but you cannot becasue you use to see only stars and all-stars, while FIBA basketball is all about team sinergy. What is true for NBA, even more is true for FIBA-rules based basketball. Even more, FIBA rules gives advantage to defense over ofens. The team with best defense (and by that I mean organized team defense, not individual one on one) wins in the end. Teams that are rellying solely on scoring will in the end always find opponent that would outscore them. So it seems that we from Europe much better understood Kerr's pain last year on World Cup. He didn't bring so called "A-team" (you are now thinking is a Dream Team, but it isn't, becasue equivalent of Magic and Jordan Dream team, or Kobe Dream team would today be exactly Jokić, Dončić, SGA, Gianis ... you see, your NBA problem, your "best team" is already NBA B-team), because he knew verywell A-team would be uncoachable. In his best wisdome, he tried to do the only possible smart thing -- to bring middletire role players with some all-stars and prospects that still wants to establish their names (like Anthony Edwards or Reevs), that are hard workers and will give their effort, and that he could coach into the FIBA basketball rules. He just "missed" the game trying to play "small ball" among "giants", as you criticized him, but again, he couldn't bring "big game" because there is no NBA palyers for "big game", almost all bigs are nowdays internationals in NBA, so he was actually forced to bring best he could for small game... Now he has a lot of big superstars, but his pain continues because superstars are uncoachable. He cannot say to Lebron what he should do on the court and how to play, Lebron will play as Lebron wants and as he played his whole life... Game against coledge kids, it is on KZfaq, you can watch it, shows you just how superstars, ultimate ofensive NBA weapons, cannot score more than 75 points even against coledge kids, because they have no sinergy what so ever... Of course, they will train it a little, but it showed you another interesting thing: in the pauses, Kerr is not coaching, Lebron is coaching and giving speaches to players. And yea, it is training, but if I am superstar with max 100 mil dollar contract and coledge kid block me under the rim just like that several times even in some street game, I would retire from basketball understanding my time is expire... So this team will be lead by Lebron, and not Kerr, and that will not turn out good, because more than half of USA team are also distinguished stars with big egos... P. S. There is nothing wrong with Embiid being international converted to USA citizen, but there is a lot wrong with his knees and ancles, or you misssed that this season He is walking wrackage, no one in his condition and with his injuries should play any more at all, and we are talking about very intensive and exhausting championship on Olympics. So, on paper team USA has great defens in Embiid, former MVP etc., etc., but he will be unplayable whole tournament, probably benched, so the question is why is he in team at all, taking place from anyone who has both legs heatlhy. That already tells you that team was not picked by sober heads, looking for best available players in this moment, but they form it by media ratings... Or Lebron. Yea, he is legend, all that stands, but he is 39. He gave astonishing performance last season for someone that is 39 and that should retired several years ago... But take a look at long list of 10 NBA MVP candidates. That is list you Americans made. You see who is missing on that list? And the announcment trailer for Team USA talks it very directly to your face: team of multitude of MVP's, but mostly of MVP's of past, and distant past of 5 years ago and more, and not of present...

Why did you only quote two players?

@@Delilah-zd3em Because I'm lazy typing all the French team!

lol we got the best stars in the world 😂😂in the USA

If they play like they do in the all star game they lose​@@joshuawilliams2447

@@joshuawilliams2447 "Team players" as in players that do what's best for their team. Players that can be relied upon when healthy. Yes the US always has the biggest stars, but they don't always show up and certainly don't play roles eagerly or easily. Canada had this issue for decades. EU countries generally don't have these issues.

Bron & AD are teammates, Book & KD are teammates, Jrue & Tatum are teammates & both Steph & KD were teammates before.. yall forget that 1/2 of these guys will have a current or former teammate on the team & it’s not like these guys don’t workout & play against each other year round.. you don’t have to be a guys teammate to know what he can do on the court, it’s simply a matter of getting reps in because the talent & IQ is there so they’ll figure it out because great players can figure out how to play w/ other great players

@@carlgilmore-murry5789 apart of jrue and tatum you mentioned the two players who had the ball the most in their team. Its a difference to being the 5th option on team USA. Bron, AD, Book, KD, Tatum, Steph aren´t used to that. Playing a completly different role on Team USA than in the NBA is difficult to adapt to. Bron would probably have very little of the ball and have to spot up in the corner often. Can he do it maybe but is it easy to change your habits of the last 18 years? No, it isn´t.

Yeah he's kind of a glory chaser. Shouldn't be a huge surprise.

Not proud being french.

He’s soft like a charmin, and also a trader. If I were in charge, he’d be ineligible because he was born in Cameroon.

maybe because he has absolutely no connection to France

@@HurleyGonzalez every team is allowed one nationalized player. Embiid has been living and playing basketball in the states since he was 16

world champs? lol Spain were the world champs going into the 2020 Olympics and got 6th place.

If they don't, you're cry to sleep

today, players who play in one team are rare, those players in NBA are just chasing money and better offers for money they don't care about titles.. if they are on a championship team and another team offers them more money they will leave the championship team.. because of money .. as if one or two million is not enough for them, they always want more

Facts

Wait, is Europe one Olympics team??

Delusional at it finest we transcend basketball to what is it today and we have most gold medals . It’s one thing to not have USA winning but bro we got our best players playing . We will be unstoppable

⁠@@QuincyRoysterYou are the delusional one my guy. Even with all the nba stars it’s still not enough there are a lot of European teams and so many euroleague stars that USA has to go up against

@@DrunKaothere is no way you are seriously asking that

@@padosplayz8602 and none them are better then team USA . It’s reason why we flex our muscle on these other nations . When it comes to basketball since the Olympic have started we have dominated all euro leagues. No disrespect but no euro league or foreigner are on our level . We play on biggest stage in world and when Olympic come around we known for bringing gold medal . History tell you and current team USA have always dominated Olympics

Not really tho. The usa players think they dont need to try and that is the problem. The Europeans think this is the end of the world type game.

You're crazy as hell if you think he's flying all the way to Paris to not play at all Lmao

Why you say any of that

Because it's commonly thought about throughout the world​@@Milkocheerio

Kat Plays for Dominican Republic cause his mom was Dominican

20 pt blowout coming from greece

​@@reverse_swed3n hahaha yea, like they did in soccer yea?

Why not?

Well, good for you.

Here's a cookie lmao

Congratulations

Don’t blame you, honestly Steve Kerr ruined it for me he sucks. And also Joel Embiid shouldn’t be playing for USA.