How The 2004 USA Olympic Team FAILED To Win GOLD 

There's also losing to the 8th seeded Memphis Grizzlies

The talent was garbage Richard Jefferson never made an allstar team played the 4th most minutes Stephon Marbury lead the team in assist lol with 3.4 Only 1 guy on the team ave a block a game No defense shot happy no passing inefficient Iverson leads the team in minutes and brick shots shooting 36% Shawn marion was a good nba player GOOD NOT GREAT But was 1 of the top 5 minutes grabbers

14 missed free throws don't help either

Actually its the end of cold war, globalization, internet and so on

That’s regular for him

He def didn’t step up

I bet he took 15 to 20 shots a game too. I've always said it's hard for nba teams to win with guys like Iverson, Isaiah Thomas, James Harden - the 1 dimensional high volume scorers. And I know Iverson got steals but he was not a good defender

@@TheStarsShineForYou Ηe most definitely NOT take 15 to 20 shots. IF you had ever watched the games, you wouldn't have anything to say about Iverson's performance in 2004 Athens. He was the only one who played with such energy, his effort every minute he was on the floor and he was the only player who penetrated and actually created mismatches off the dribble. You know he was 100times quicker than anyone else. IF you had watched the games, you would notice an extremely stale offensive passsing game, a slow transition against a million zones. The whole team didn't shoot well against these zones. Not only a player you personally wish to point out of the bunch. Especially one who bled for his country.

@@acceptpapara that's the thing about Iverson - every team he played on struggled to actually win and his fans ALWAYS point to his teammates and say they didn't do enough. With 1 dimensional high volume star scorers, it's just hard for the rest of the team to find their rhythm. They can only stand around or try to rebound while watching the 1 dimensional high volume scorer go 1v3 BTW I looked it up and Iverson took 11.3 shots per game in the 2004 olympics but that was most of any US player. 2nd was Stephon Marbury with 8.9

Please explain? Tell us, how was Larry Brown the problem?

@@atlanta1290there was clearly a reason that a lot of the top players didn’t play. Just saying

@@GoBlue_yanks42 what were the reasons?

@@atlanta1290 listen to Steph Marburry He wanted the players to play his game not what suited them best. He wasn’t the only reason we didn’t win 8 straight golds but he was a big part of it

@@GoBlue_yanks42 I heard Marbury speak about the 04 team. He took no accountability and blamed to coach Brown.

They had the I’m bout to throw this medal in the lake face

It’s O-l-y-m-p-I-c-s

DUNCAN WAS EJECTED CAUSE HE CANT PLAY WITHOUT SYSTEM. LUIS SCOLA IS JUST BETTER PLAYER. I FEEL SORRY FOR DERANGED PPL LIKE U BECAUSE HE WASA CAPTAIN AND GOT EJECTED IN MOST MATTER GAME CAUSE HE COULDNT STOP LUIS SCOLA

@@PIP...33 Scola better than because of one game, are you a crack head?

Nahhh they can't be whe only two player were Allstars and one was all nba

There was talent, but it was unused due to poor coaching.

@@oldschool4456 POOR COACHING ? WELL THAT MEAN LARRY BROWN IS 500X BETTER THAN PHIL; JACKSON CAUSE HE BEAT LAKERS WITHOUT ANY 75 MEMBERS VS KOBE SHAQ MALONE GLOVE. PONLY BAD COACH IS POPOVICH AND OVERRATED DUNCAN WHO WERE CAPTAIN AND COACH OF 2004 TEAM

@@oldschool4456 LARRY BROWN ONLY COACH IN HISTYORY WHO BEAT 4 HOF FROM 75 LIST WITHOUT SINGLE GUY FROM 75 GOAT. PHIL JACKSON HAS NO RINGS.

Kobe was in the middle of a sexual scandal and chose not to go. Shaq wasn't in the mood too.

Yes but most of those guys declined and didn’t want to go for various reasons

Don’t blame the coaches, coaches are not the ones playing,….Those were NBA players,…they got cocky.

International game requires reliable 3pt shooting. I'd prioritize getting guys like Ray, Pierce, Mike Bibby, Michael Finley, Brent Barry

Absurd take. LeBron was on that team. They had zero shooting and balance.

@@ARG61292 If you actually watched the tournament, Lebroin was a bench player and only 18 years old. barely played 8 minnutes a game. Duncan literally fouled out in the 4th quarter of the semi final game against Argentina... He literally got abused by non-NBA players.

Curry >

@@vk3nn728 I agree. Curry > Duncan.

@@mart1n10601 he didn’t get abused at all. I think Duncan himself said that he wasn’t used to the FIBA rules and that the Euro players got away with a lot more than they allowed in the NBA. When you’re used to games being called one way and then they are called a totally different way, that’s hard to adjust to. The Euro players were allowed to be a lot more physical than what Duncan was used to

🤣 cry

Facts for no reason just to hate

Old injured bird and magic with aids already.

@@dimelo58 I Know that. The 1984 USA basketball was the birth of the greatest player who will played Basketball. Stockton and Barkley didn't made the cut. That how pack it was. They destroyed the All stars NBA players and sweep the Olympic. 1960 the future Logo of The NBA and other legends played in that team. Since 1936 USA be wining gold. Only legit loses of USA was 2004 with Lebronze. USAB is full of history and memorable moments.

@@melazaconsabor2028 It’s a bit crazy to even bring lebron into the conversation when he was a rookie straight outta high school that barely got any minutes that year lol you are wild

@@dimelo58 Michael Jordan was coming out of college and play vs NBA all Star, assemble with Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Sweep them 8-0 and then Sweep the Olympics 8-0. They Destroyed the Soviet Union. Watch some videos of 1984 USAB. This generation is excuses and blaming no accountability and acceptance.

@@melazaconsabor2028 now I see the error of my ways… starting this conversation.

Wemby x Embiid 😳

@@DJStevo and Rudy😳

Wemby x Embiid x Rudy The Stifle Towers

@@DJStevooh boy

Nope

They may not have grown exponentially but the 04 team was young & inexperienced, poorly coached and I think in a way way too cocky. Larry brown was the wrong choice and coach K should’ve been the guy since he’d been there and a lot of players respected him. Couple that with the Kobe scandal and guys like Shaq not wanting to go to Greece it was all a bad combo. They definitely fixed it.

@@GoBlue_yanks42 yea that’s true, but I don’t think Brown was that bad of a choice. He was right in a lot of what he said