Richard Jefferson Gets REAL About The Failings Of 2004 Olympic Team That Lost To Argentina 

Sounds like Richard Jefferson is just making up a bunch of excuses.

4:50 heard or as I read 😂

Freaking*

Richard is smart & funny af, def gay vibes and the little Jason Collins comment was interesting lol, and the accompanying vibes. Anyway, he’s a cool dude, and perfect JJ guest lol.

Facts😂😂😂😂

I think he maybe, might have, slightly, perchance, subtly, perhaps, conceivably, feasibly, possibly touched a nerve there...

@@ConnorJScholten idk why this comment is so funny to me😭

perchance

Rone would be proud

All Star teams worked perfectly fine, they didn't send one which was one of the main problems. Only 2 players that went to the Olympics were All Stars that season, and only 2 others had ever been an All Star before. And not many times.

No shooters as well. It allowed the other teams to sit back and make us out shoot them.

@@kb5509 also like he said our players are playing for more than 1 year now. They have fiba teams and longer commitments.

It was Larry Browns fault. USA basketball never looked that bad before or after that team

Used to have commitment. Grant Hill just removed that. Players no longer need to commit long term now

They had next to no long range shooters on that squad. Show how important spacing is.

Exactly. Especially right now

That's what they did in ,1992. Just threw a bunch of guys together and won the gold🤷

US basketball did not intend to fail, it is just the players selected to play did not want to participate.

Ya be trying ya best to explain why Lebron got a Bronze Medal😂😂😂😂

Ok but still got that tim duncan and iverson. I mean with those 2 you should win.

@@marche83ful I agree but it's not like every better team wins every game. It just didn't work out but with having more great players returning it would have helped decrease the chances.

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@@marche83ful not in international competition. If you’ve watched the Olympics at all you can see that. The 2000 teams was a shot alway from losing. I stayed up to watch the 08 team and Spain was right there with them in the 2nd half. Showed it wasn’t just about throwing stars together. It’s also the system and cohesion

@@marche83ful The Mavericks have Luka and Kyrie and they stunk up the court the last few weeks.

RJ is top tier funny without trying

I pretty sure he was directing that to tommy. Reddick went to duke which one of if not the biggest sports programs in the country

@@plutobaby9996 that was for sure a sarcastic joke towards JJ

@@plutobaby9996 RJ hates Duke because he lost the NCAA Championship to Duke.

He’s been extra snarky throughout the clip and both interviewers knew it and JJ kept trying not to smile about it. It’s gold content there.

He's always brutally honest. He don't gaf lol

The alcohol babyyyyy

That was a great moment.... Not you almost crashing btw!

Right after he said he's more professional on air while at it.

Be safe 🙏

Facts he doesn't get enough credit shoutout 🇦🇷

Relax. He took out a extremely mediocre team USA. That wasn't an A or B team. C at best and I wouldn't even say that. Why should he get credit for beating a subpar team? Just because they're wearing USA jerseys? Get outta here

@@Lloyd00 HAHAHA Americans bringing out the lame excuses. The 2004 team was: Tim Duncan Iverson LeBronze James Wade Carmelo Amar'e Stoudemire Shawn Marion Lamar Odom Stephon Marbury Carlos Boozer Richard Jefferson Americans saying they're supposed to lose because they brought the C-Team. 😅🤣😂

​​@@TomCruz54321aye it's okay because yall expected us to win even year unlike whatever country u from lol. Second, when your country and the world catch up with all the Olympic gold medals we have, then u can have braging rights 😂. Livin off a 2004 Olympic tournament are u kidding me? Win this 2024 first 😆 if your American we all know you are to shame and hate lbj. Dis grace to the country if you are living in it

​@@TomCruz54321HAHAHA thinking they have to be American because they're being realistic

Another way to look at it is, you can only shoot 48% if you only take good 3pt shots.

@@dannyheel1 if you have an incredible scorer who can kick out the ball to the three-point line then you might be shooting some wide-open threes. Something like Steve Kerr. Highest three-point percentage in NBA history.

@@dannyheel1 I'm from Durham and I watched JJ play in college at Duke. He can hit him whether he's open or not.

That’s some surface level basketball understanding.

@@eric8146 what? I wasn't trying to make any deep point I was only saying here's what they shot for their careers. Get over yourself.

I wasn't, I was happy 😌. Never again will they underestimate the other countries and not make the lineup consist of super stars and throw in role players and rookies that aren't top 5 in their fields.

in one podcast interview with Arroyo, he said something like "We could win this." after beating the USA only to be trashed later by a different team.😂 That 04 USA was really not up to their usual standard.

Crazy part is that Spain come inches within pulling one of the greatest upsets against one of the most stacked rosters.

LeBron was not even 20 years old and was just coming off his rookie season when he joined that 2004 team. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

I blame the nine players who said no. I am greatful that LBJ, Wade and Melo showed up even they don't have the exp to win.

Bron Wade and melo barely played

I bet ChuckShaw thinks the college game is better…

And in 2018 and 2020 they sucked. Its all about choosing good players, shooters. Even 2008 was not exactly balanced, 2012 also. The Gasol brothers were feasting and the US was always undersized. 2016 is an example how to crush competition in modern FIBA competition. Get Kyrie + Curry. You are kinda good from the getgo. Dont get players that REALLY WANNA PLAY but arent fitting the team, like e.g. Donovan Mitchell. A great player but a completely wrong choice.... Jayson Tatum. Just nooo. 2000 2002 2004 2006 all had some shitty performances 2000 did win the gold but Jasikevicius missed a game winning 3.... that team didnt dominate.

Do you think the dream team would have problems with Spain?

@@domagojgreguric6957 Curry wasn't in the 2016 squad! You literally talking about 2014 squad

@@domagojgreguric6957 Lol you also forgot the young USA team lead by 1-2 veteran that dominated in 2010 FIBA as well

​@domagojgreguric6957 don't even bring up 2008. They dominated everyone except the #2 ranked team who had a starting 5 of NBA players.

They were too young, they would’ve been cooked by the Europeans and their team chemistry.

As a black athlete why tf would you say yes to being on the American team lol. Why would you support a country that at one point in time saw you as 3/5 of a human

​@@lornegreen6755 didnt seem to stop any of the previous players from previous years from playing in it up until that point. Also hasnt stopped any of them since then either

You have to remember this was a different time. Before smartphones even. This was just a few years after 9/11. There were legit security concerns of flying anywhere. Especially NBA players who probably flew all the time. Im sure in hindsight like RJ said the players knowing what they know now wouldve not refused and played in the Olympics. U could also argue that this was the height of how arrogant the US was in terms of bball. Eh why would i play in this when its a forgone conclusion that we r gonna win regardless of who we play bcuz we hv all the best players. Like many have said, they didnt realize that the rest of the world were catching up

​@@lornegreen6755 you never experienced that you clown

​@@NaruBrilu this

Awesome, they might have had 3 guys good enough to play in the NBA, and the NBA sent 12 All Stars.

Manu wasn’t better than AI or Kobe. Stop it.

So why were they getting beat by 40 in qualifying? Just accept that it took the USA D team for Argentina to win.

​@@vaudou_finally someone who gets it. RJ said they had 3 guys returning and had to ask 30 players to get the other 9.

@@vaudou_ HAHAHA Americans bringing out the lame excuses. The 2004 team was: Tim Duncan Iverson LeBum James Wade Carmelo Amar'e Stoudemire Shawn Marion Lamar Odom Stephon Marbury Carlos Boozer Richard Jefferson Americans saying they're supposed to lose because they brought the D-Team.

I wouldn't be soo certain given the Olympic program wasn't well structured like the post 2004 reforms, even in 2000 the US came very close to loosing.

@@frankincensemerchant1284 2000 was Fredrick vice foh it wasn't close

So was Lebronze, wade, Carmelo, Tim Duncan, Iverson, Amar’e Stoudemire. Seems like a team full of super stars

@@rayleigh8 4 of the players you mentioned played less than 20 min a game with 2 of them under 7min because the coach refused to play young players anymore than he had to.

A scrub throwing rocks at the throne

@@lionelt7882 Still very accurate

Nice one 🤣🤣

How do you know the US wasn't the problem. I remember hearing them speak about sending in role players and young players instead of our best players and being like "wtf are they thinking?" I was okay with the line up because it wasn't that bad. But I was shocked when other teams were busting us, especially when shooting those outrageous 3's before Steph was doing it 🤔.

They were 1 year into the league, playing a completely foreign type of basketball, and it still doesn't address the woeful lack of shooting. I don't think it would've changed the outcome.

Clearly don't know how Olympics teams works LOL they were rookies, never experienced this. Casual

@@kb5509 Carmelo Kyam Anthony is right there and middys are a universal language, like love. This excuse does not fly.

​@@sayomom so losing was better than playing rookies because they knew how the Olympics work? What are you even saying? You're justifying losing

​@@kb5509 Yeah, that 2004 team just had their chances cut from the beginning, but the rookies of Lebron, Wade and Carmelo not even playing made it even worse for their chances

Yet Melo won multiple gold medals after so your comment is idiotic

Melo is actually the most decorated men’s basketball Olympian *AND* the all-time leading scorer, but keep going with that *BOGUS* narrative. 🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

Your lack of knowledge about basketball is shocking. Wow.

he did mention it, and they said they didnt show up

Neither did any of the other teams.. not even close

Yeah, no one seems to know that. 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@johnbrowntheprophettalk about not providing context. The media tells the story and they conveniently omit that dudes said no. I had no clue why we sent that roster to the Olympics in 2004.