15 years later and Luis Scola still ballin with Argentina

lol did we all get recommended this after USA lost to nigeria

Spanoulis ,diamantidis and papaloukas were some of the best greek players ever , all playing during 2006

And Team USA just lost to Nigeria 😂

“The Boston Celtics... I mean Team USA” 💀💀

Where is the 2002 Team USA? I thought it would be at number 2 or even number 1!! They finished 6th at home!

Considering the 3 vs 3 game have been added in Olympic, I think you can put the 2021 USA Men's 3X3 squad in the next video like this since they didn't even qualified to the 2020 Olympic Basketball :-( ... USA should just send a bunch of G League player or any top 5 team from BIG3 League to represent in FIBA 3X3 and Olympic 3X3 in a future

Had to laugh at Puerto Rico beating Lebron and Wade. Was JJ Barea on that team?

What about Indianapolis 2002? team USA finished in quarter finals vs Yugoslavia

You forgot USA performance in World Cup 2002 in Indianapolis, when they lose against Yugoslavia

It's funny that a US territory (Puerto Rico) gave them there most humiliating loss

I remember when team Puerto Rico beat the U.S omg that was the best celebration ever the whole island party for weeks. My point being everybody should definitely be proud to play for their country

Day 4 of asking andy to do how good was zydrunas ilgauskas actually

FIBA is just an organisation. World Cup is the competition. FIBA is also in charge of Olympic tournament.

For the 1998 US Team Bronze was like winning the NBA Championship and Olympic Gold at the same day.

Why KZfaq recommended me this video after USA lost to Nigeria

Where is the team which finished sixth in the World Championship in Indianapolis 2002? Roster was with Baron Davis, Reggie Miller, Paul Pierce, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller ..

How could u not put 2002 team USA on the list, they didn't make it to the semis either. That's far worse than the team that came third with a bunch of college and non NBA player.

David Wood played for the 98 FIBA team. His parents were my Sunday school teachers. When I was 14 he gave me a chance to meet several NBA players and even shot hoops with David Robinson.

Andy I enjoy your videos so much,keep up the great work!

2002 was bigger disappointment than at least 1998 one, considering the roster, the fact USA were hosting World Cup in Indianapolis and they finished tournament as 6th. Losing to Argentina in group stage, to Yugoslavia in quarterfinal and to up and coming Spain in classification game.

I can think of two main factors: 1)Soccer is by far the most popular sport in Europe and South America and FIFA World Cup is by far the most important soccer competition, so a FIBA World Cup is perceived as a big deal. Soccer olympics are sort of a joke and sometimes not even taken into account as an actual achievement (u23 teams compete) 2) the European national team scene is more competitive, teams are more equal and European Championships are played every two years, that helps develop a higher interest for European players in participating in these tournaments

In 2006, the Greek team had the two most accomplished players ever in Greece and most importantly before their prime. Dimitris Diamantidis won his 3 Euroleague titles with Panathinaikos in 2007 (Final 4 Mvp), 2009 and 2011 (Final 4 Mvp), Vasilis Spanoulis won one Euroleague title with Panathinaikos in 2009 (Final 4 Mvp) and back to back Euroleague titles with Olympiacos in 2012 and 2013 while getting back to back Final 4 Mvp too! In addition, there was another player called Theodoros Papaloukas , which had 12 assists against USA on that game. He won two Euroleague titles with Cska Moscow in 2006 (Final 4 Mvp) and 2008 and he was consider as one of the best point guards in Europe at the time (FIBA Europe Men's Player of the Year & All-Europe Player of the Year 2006, Euroleague Mvp 2007, Euroleague assists leader 2007, 2009). Last, Panagiotis Giannakis as the head coach, a living legend of Greek basketball. Great videos Andy, much support from Athens, Greece. P.S. Greece was Eurobasket Champion in 2005 with Dirk's Germany as the runner-up!

Love your videos ANDY! your voice and that music you use in the background is so soothing

Who is here after USA Nigeria

Where's the 2002 FIBA World Cup Team USA? They are much much similar to the 2019 Team USA.

The background tune of Andy Hoops videos is a classic and everytime I hear I'll think of my favorite youtuber

Love your vids Andy keep it up greetings from Turkey

1:21 titt sokk

I like how this was recommended to me right when USA lost to Nigeria

As a Lithuanian guy, I offer my sympathies to all who were heartbroken by this World Cup. Even though Lithuanian team finished 9th, that was quite expected as far as I am concerned. But USA having so many losses is quite rare... Btw, the problem with lack of motivation regarding the joining their National teams is that unlike us European countries who want to prove themselves, everyone knows that USA basketball is of highest caliber, and proving themselves to being able to sport the best team is mute.

3:19 Dream Team 2 was on 1994 and Dream Team 3 was on 1996.

2006 tournament had four great teams. Argentina 2 years before won Olympics gold medal. Greece was the European champions with players who dominated in Euroleague. Spain,a fantastic team,still collecting medals. USA was very good,young promising players,future all stars,Wade was NBA finals MVP that year,but the team had not enough experience in FIBA style of basketball.

You're the basketball version of Blackyspeakz.

With the narrowing of the talent and coaching gap between USA and the rest of the world this list will get longer. I'd like to see a Europe v USA 'Rider Cup' series. I think that would be the first true challenge to the whole USA system, without drop-outs and other noise. A starting 5 that includes Doncic, Giannis and Jokic and a bench with depth. That's a proper challenge for 'dream team'.

Love this video

You overlooked the 2002. WC when they lost in QF to Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). To make things worse, it was on their home ground (Indianapolis).

Andy vids always get me intrigued. Most unique and informative videos on NBA YT

This 2006 Greek team was spectacular

Excellent video

You are missing the 2002 team. They lost in the quarters against Yugoslavia, and finished 6th at the end.

Women's Team USA Basketball have pretty much always won every major competition in recent times because they actually care about winning and always look to assemble their strongest roster. Something to think about for men's Team USA when they draft Plumlee into their final roster!

I had forgotten about the 2019 team. The way we've always constructed our teams was with length and athleticism while the international teams did it with outside shooting. The 3 ball started beating us. The lack of American's interest in the Olympics made it hard for us to field our best players as well

the main issue on us-teams was never the lack of individual talent. lack of team chemistry and experience are the biggest problems but both needs time. so my advice would be to focus less on individual talent, but more on a core unit of players with chemistry, who are willing to play at every tournament.

2002 world cup? You forgot to mention that? The first time that a USA team of NBA players got beaten!

The 1992 Basketball U.S.A. Dream Team is The BEST of the Bests (OLYMPICS)!!!💪👊💪👊💪👊💪👊💪👊

Great vid andy

2021 USA Team: Hold my Beer

That blowout from PUR against USA is still revered in Puerto Rico, is like we won the gold that day😂😂😂😂

I think the biggest mistake that USAB manager at the time was allowing themselves to dropped out most of the roster from 2003 line up who just won the Tournament of America(that make US qualified to 04 Olympic). Also the fact that Larry Brown wasted the young LBJ, Wade & Carmelo time to be in there but he'd barely even used them was absolute criminal. After the roster changes and with their seniority mindset, they should've had just brought some Piston player like Chauncey, Ben Wallace & Hamilton who'd just won a chips at the same year instead of those rookie I mentioned. Those Pistons player would've had tighten the defense in that US squad. What a stupid management

Great video

Love the vids

What about the 2002 FIBA World Cup they finished 6th plus they were the host nation

HOW GOOD WAS LUIS SCOLA

Andy Hoops still makes my favorite basketball videos...Keep it up bro.....Can you make a video on why people think Jordan wasnt that great because he dominated a talentless era?

The world championship in INDIANAPOLIS was even worst because it was held in USA HOME but they lost without a medal

The 2019 World Cup final have a lot of All Stars players... but from the spanish ACB league jaja

Let's not talk about the fact that France beat Team USA just to be absolutely awful against Argentina

Andy, try to make top 5 team usa performance. Thanks. Gonna wait here.

Hi Andy, please make a video on the 5 best Team USA Performance in History as well.

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I see the path of team USA continuing to loose due to lack of player intrest

Lol this just got recommended after Australia beat USA 😂

I think the reason they all didn’t want to play is because it’s all to lose none to gain because losing makes them look terrible but winning doesn’t change anything because they’re expected to win so overwhelmingly. Also they don’t want to risk an injury

2004 Olympics were worse because of the stage

Get ready to update this video after the 2021 Olympics!

Jason Sasser (1998 team) coaches HS basketball in the town where I live. Very nice man, down to earth, and can still run with the students at almost 50.

coming back to this now lol

2002 world cup in indianapolis should have been in the list

From the 1998-team I know Wendell Alexis pretty good because he was a star over here in Germany! :-)

Greece had a European SUPERTEAM in 2006 (eventually Spanoulis, Papaloukas and Diamantidis won Euroleague MVP, as well as Final-4 MVP 3,1,2 times respectively ) and beat team USA with OFFENSE.

Good video

Who came here after Nigeria beat USA team in an exibition?

6:18 literally the dudes you don't want to mess their names up, they damn good in bball

2 of those Teams had Lebron in their lineup the 2x bronze medalist....😂😂😂...Thats why he's called LaBronze James

how can a team full of college boys winning bronze in the olympics and losing close to the gold-medal winner be a WORST OF ALL TIME PERFORMANCE? actually its pretty good in my opinion. also no.4: how can it be a fail when you go further in a tournament than everybody expected and win a medal out of nowhere?

POV: it’s July 2021

POV: You are here after the Nigeria loss

Perfect timing watching this video

You asked about Canadian players not wanting to represent their countries, there is one simple answer for that. NBA owners have a long history of blocking their Canadian born stars from playing for Canada in the Olympics. Mark Cuban always blocked Nash from playing in subsequent games after 2000 claiming "insurance reasons". He pulled this crap with Dirk barring him from playing for his home country as well. Andrew Wiggins is the first Canadian star to get CLEARANCE to play for Canada since the Rick Fox era. The result was a much better showing at qualifiers than they have since Sidney.

Even after watching your video, 2004 Olympics loss still is really perplex. You can't just simply say they lost because lots going behind the scenes when they had both Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson in their prime. They were not good enough period. It will forever tarnish the legacies of the two legends.

Who's here after USA lost to Nigeria?

andy please make a top 5 best performances by team usa

USA 7th - dissapointment, Poland 8th - positive surprise. How opposite the mood can be about two teams that ended just one spot over/under each other.

Respect for mentioning that Sabonis and Marciulionis were Lithuanians, were are so pissed off when someone says they are from Russia

Defeat to Brazil in the 1987 Pan American Championship final in Indianapolis changed basketball in the United States. It was the first American team's loss at home. It was so unexpected that the organization of the event didn't even have the Brazilian national anthem to play at the award ceremony because nobody believed in the possibility of a Brazilian victory. Oscar Schmidt had a masterful performance with several three-point shots in a row. One of the consequences of that US defeat was that from then on NBA players became part of the Olympic team, which was previously represented by college basketball. Another consequence was that the United States started to play by valuing the three-point shot, which until then was practically ignored because it had been created only a few years before and was not considered as important in the game.

We might be needing an update of this one lol

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In retrospect the 1998 team looks more like a team of overachievers than underachievers.

I am not even mad at that 1998 team, they where not even top 200 US players and managed to get 3rd, impressive.!!!

NOTICE HOW NONE OF THESE TEAMS HAD KOBE BUT DID HAVE LEBRON AND TIM DUNCAN...

Who's here after they lost to Australia this year.

Andy how good was Bruce Bowen?

The reason stars dropped out this year was since GSW aren’t a team of 5 stars, Other teams are trying to gain chemistry with the new players on their team now that they have a chance at winning

Y’all are too quick 😂😂😂😂😂

The sport is just becoming more and more international and thus the skill level of international players are getting higher and higher (they’re already at a high skill level)

“Why team USA keep getting blown out .” Jadakiss Why Remix 2004

FIBA World Cup basketball griping "Why do so many of the best USA players choose not to play in me so frequently ?" Pan Am Games basketball "Hold my beer". The team that the USA sent to Lima in 2019 was completely anonymous.

Thanks for the info! Now I know why...

Team USA is still qualified to the 2020 Tokyo summer olympics though. I'm optimistic who'll they send or participate at that time.