The Worst Team USA Basketball Squad of All Time 

Lol...I was going to say... Maybe they should've waited to make this video 😉

Because Germany is awesome

FIBAWC 2002 and 2019 were even worse. Those two teams didn't make the Top Four.

it is not surprice .pre world cup they won against slovenia on last period won against germany last 3-4 min and lost agains litvania

@@Alexandre-sz2jb Lemming

Wtf would he know Vlade if you can’t say it

😂😂😂😂 these youtubers outta hand

Amazing 😭😭🤧

I caught a video of this guy months ago, can't remember the video topic but he pronouncing vlade the same there. I remember making a comment that you shouldn't be making basketball content if you don't even know who vlade is. Still hasn't learned anything.

Vlade way better than LeBron....in hairline

Euro ball just looks more fun.

Great points

Exactly the average NBA fan just sees the athleticism and apparent "skill" and accepts it, not realizing the league has manipulated the rules for a visually pleasing game. The NBA is very much a commercial product today. That's the reason former Euroleague players are dominating the NBA today, Jokic, Giannis, Luka, Porzingis, Markkanen, they were brought up on physical, team-oriented play. I think that's why Jokic wasn't celebrating when he won the NBA championship. He knows it's not the best competition. The rest of the world is catching up because they didn't sacrifice the integrity of the game for offense. The 90s NBA players played through physical era so of course they dominated in the Olympics. The Dream Team was also more team-oriented, still fresh from the 80s. Today's players are used to rules that accomodate offense and rules that favor them. So when USA teams play international teams, they're not prepared for the physicality and the execution of other nation's national teams. Even the Olympic team with Durant suffered 3 losses. They barely won gold by 5 points over France.

@@turtleislandlac1490 Porzingis and Markkanen aren't dominate. Jokic wasn't celebrating because he views it as his job just like going to work in a factory. He said that.

@@zachsabbath1 Doesn't change the fact that NBA today is soft and overrated. In 2021 a Team USA squad of Durant, Tatum, and Lillard LOST to Nigeria. They also lost to Australia. You can even go back to the 2006 FIBA World Cup, when Lebron, fresh off averaging 31.4 ppg and Wade, a Finals MVP and NBA champ, and Top 10 scorer Carmelo Anthony LOST to a Greek team with ZERO NBA players.

plus some stars like Toni Kukoc, Drazen Petrovic and many more! good looking out dude

Yeah but this isn't the same Yugoslavia. FR Yugoslavia in this video consisted of Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo and was just a "formal" leftover from "real" Yugoslavia which ceased to exist in 1991. Croatia, Slovenia, Macedonia and BiH became indenpendent countries at various points.

Glad someone said this "Today it's called Serbia" made me wince :D

Yugoslavia with Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Macedonia ceased to exist in 1991, that Yugoslavia in the video consisted of Serbia and Montenegro so he was not wrong calling it Serbia because there were no players from Montenegro on this team@@lukesherifflobo

@@Alexandre-sz2jbReported as misinformation and unwanted/spam. It’s a load of nonsense mate

@@Alexandre-sz2jb worship me

backetball and OPETH? a man of culture

@@Lindsayfan Another one right here. Blackwater Park is the reason for the "blak" in my handle.

Can people start keeping their religion to themselves? God is not a bearded white man or Arabic man in the sky. There's nobody coming to save us. We are God and Goddesses. Know ye not that ye are Gods, Children of the Most High. This is a basketball video about basketball. What does religion have to do with putting a ball in a hoop? We have free will to choose how we live and it's nobody's business what we choose.

​@@Alexandre-sz2jbwrong vid, try again.

He's the all-time leader in game winning or tying buzzer beater shots. So he's pretty good.

@@alexandermendez4653 he's the reason we had to start sending Jason kidd and kobe caliber players to represent our country..because if you send Paul pierce we won't win gold

Didn’t Lebron lost in the 2004 Olympics and in FIBA WC 2006? Is he trash too?

@@sadsam3488 Not trash but he wasn't a superstar yet. And in 2004 he was a rookie. Meanwhile Paul Pierce is 7 years older and was in his prime during the tournament.

@@sadsam3488 well they only seem to have selective memory when it comes to Lebron lol

WHY???!!!!

@@lighthousemaccabee8133 BECAUSE ONLY HORRY AND GOD BIRD ARE BETTER IN HISTORY THAN REGGIE. WHEN U NEED 3 IN LAST SECOND U BET ON BIRD, HORRY AND REGGIE.

He was old...if it wasn't in Indy he wouldn't have even been there

@@twizzy585ful Miller was old but was in finals ??

@@PIP...33 ok and Jeff green was in the finals last year tf is your point....miller was just Reggie miller atp not millertime

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Exactly

​@Alexandre-sz2jbAllah is a pagan god!

@Alexandre-sz2jb My God, the God of all God's. Is the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob! His name is "Ahayah" You keep Allah

08 was because of all of them. Not just Kobe. 🙄

Uhhh no

Nope after Canadian loss. Shame.

Actually he is correct, rather more correct than you.

Lebron was the best player on that team. He came off the bench to ignite the team time and time again as an 18 year old. Jordan couldn't even make the 100th string of a Dream Team at 18. Lebron was miles better.

Lebron was a rookie who didn't even play that many minutes. And comparing mjs rosters to the 04 roster it isn't even close. Adding on to that international basketball has dramatically gotten better

@@windycityassasin5236 I remember it very clearly...even though he got very few minutes, his +/- was insane. He was electrifying and so damn fast. He would enter the game and USA would catch up or go ahead and he would sit and the energy would just exit the team.

@Veggamattic I was like 12 or 13 at the time and I even thought then the roster was whack. That Argentinean team was no joke either.

Oh yeah, a team consisting of 3 rookies, role players, and 4 super stars. You make a lot of sense. Nonsense that is. Do more research and quit reaching 🙄

Then choose a better time to make videos. Also learn to pronounce names correctly, you really should know who vlade is. Also Yugoslavia is more than just Serbia. Put a little bit more time in preparation. It might come off as rude, but if you want to be taken seriously as a sports youtuber this is good advice.

Send me an email if you think you can help

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I wondered about that, lol. On another note, you might want to research European competition further. The former Yugoslavia republics, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Bosnia were always talent hotbeds. Lastly, international basketball rules are slightly different than domestic leagues.

@@swaymcthunder1219Excellent constructive criticism and advice.

The USA lost to both Puerto Rico and Lithuania in group play in 2004. They finished 3-2, fourth in the six-team group, good enough to advance. However, it meant they had to face the number one seed from the other group, Spain. Spain was a basketball power, but the USA did defeat them. After the loss to Argentina, they defeated Lithuania to settle for the bronze medal.

​@@johnanderson9765Spain's glory days were still upcoming back then. I mean, they were very good already, but their prime was still to come. They would win their two World Cups, four Eurobaskets and play their two Olympics finals after that. Their first final was in 2006.

@@truthhearer6323 they were already in their prime 2008 but still could not do it without the saving grace of Kobe Bryant 🤣

Lebron James was in the US team that season

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AKA Vlade the Blade

Yeah but that's pronunciation in your home land, in America English tongue pronounce it differently.

@@jayjohnson7646 This is terrible logic. The correct pronunciation is correct everywhere.

@@jayjohnson7646 no. you don't change the pronounciation of names this is just rude.

what an idiot. the world hasnt caught up with basketball when jordan won his first gold. eventually europe started beating US college teams which is why they had to bring NBA stars staring in 1992

Lebron was still a teenager. Why leave out that detail?

6-0 in the finals too

On another episode of: How does this affect LeBrons legacy?

@Alexandre-sz2jb Stop forcing religion on people 😔. We all have our own beliefs.

It's about shot selection. It's not necessarily a bad thing they use three pointers but it's lazy when teams live by the three and stop running an offense.

2010 and 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup as well for Team USA without most of their top-tier best players. The United States wants to showcase their depth in the FIBA Basketball World Cup to try knocking out two birds with one stone: grabbing one of the top two slots from FIBA Americas to automatically qualify for the Olympics and winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup title.

@@Alexandre-sz2jb What? This is a sports topic not a religious one. I think you have the wrong site.

I mean, we won all the golds since 2008 in the Olympics so not sure what you’re talking about but hey, that’s just my take. Honestly though, and not to sound arrogant, do Americans really care about FIBA tourneys? I mean, I’m mildly interested but I think why these teams don’t have better talent is due to the grind of the NBA season plus the playoffs. It seems like most of those guys wanna rest their bodies for the upcoming season plus the interest seems like it’s just not there for the elite players. That’s why we usually do terrible in FIBA play imo. But the Olympics….that’s a whole different ball game. The rest of the world has definitely caught up to us but if we field our “top” talent, we’ll always be tough to beat.

They weren''t stack that team didn't have any shooters!

@@joe3009 Casually Asses Said Uneducated Assessment in a Lengthy manner and maybe you can figure this out.🤣🤣🤣

Kosovo is not a country and Serbia and Montenegro were called Yugoslavia until 2003 when they were renamed Serbia&Montenegro. And then just went separately in 2005. Learn some history.

@@johnsnow04 its funny acting smug and being wrong at the same time, Kosovo is now a country. I mean like technically Serbia Russia and like, a couple other countries do not recognize their independence but it is... in fact a country.

​@@williambrabston3045Kosovo i Metohija is a southern region of Serbia.

@@williambrabston3045 Terrorist utopia that sells drugs and human organs under protection of imperialist pigs like you who take their cut, will never be a state.

@@NikolaBlahBlahh it is an independant country to the international community. It has be recognized as such, just not by serbia lol

Of course FIBA made the rule that disallowed NBA players from participating in the Olympics and it was them that changed it to allow it. NBA players being fatigued after an 82 game season (half of what Euro League plays) plus playoffs for some, is understandable and puts them at a disadvantage going into the Olympics.

@@cycleoflife565 Bora Stanković (Serbian) was FIBA's GM for long time. He and great late David Stern made that possible. Stern pushed with League and players and Bora pushed that in FIBA. That move made basketball very opened and "world" sport.

USA has won gold at 16 of 19 Olympics thats more than all the worlds combined golds x 5 it’s US by a mile ..

I’m not sure what you mean by the order of “Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and then USA” throughout history. The USA had been undefeated in Olympic basketball up until that loss to Russia in 1972, 63-0.

@@cycleoflife565 I wasn’t sure either but I believe it’s regarding just the FIBA world championship but even then ARG won the first followed by back to back by Brazil then the first for the USA before USSRs run of championships and then Yugoslavia and USA winning like the next 10 as he mentioned..

​@@Alexandre-sz2jblol

Hahaha. What makes him a bad coach...I'm 100% sure you don't even have an objective answer.

​@@VeggamatticI have an answer......he coached this team to a loss.

@@lionface1364 Learn how critical thought works.

@@Veggamattic when you throw an insult to back up your point.....you lose by default.

@@lionface1364 It was a piece of solid advice...take it as an insult if you choose.

I guess cause George Karl selected those players 😂😂😂

Germany won, so the worry was warranted. Lol

@@murloc_rampage3856 I watched it too.. Germany basically took it from us. No excuses on that one..

@@405boy4you know why usa losing in fiba? Because team usa have no chemistry even you change the coaching staff with European or any coach but the preparation is only 3 weeks . Still they they lose because of no chemistry and the relay on one on one.

Was Radmanovic even still on the team at that point. I remember him sitting in the stands in an earlier game I think, because of a dispute w the coaches or something.

The problem with 2004 was the line up. Tmac, Kobe, Shaq, Garnett, Kidd, and even Peyton weren't on the lineup. And those were the best players at their positions at the time. The all star teams, both East and West were better than the 04 team at the time. LeBron, Melo, and Wade coming off the bench? Obviously because they were rookies.

Yet, those three made the semifinals while the 2002 and 2019 squad didn't make the Final Four.

Edwards is probably going to be the best shooting guard in the league this year. Brunson is also very good.

@@mydogsnameislucy768ant is a dawg, but you cant say he could become the best sg in the league when dbook exists

imo Mikal Bridges stepped up into that 3rd best position over JJJ

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@@aidencarter687 yeah? thanks for telling me, you are a good guy

No disrespect but everyone still has to catchup to the USA basketball team. Those gold medals are stacked🥇53-4 but the NBA big love for the international players. Michael Jordan is the Goat but of all centers I really believe Hakeem The Dream the best period. He was great on both ends of the court and look where he was from💯

Guess he meant at the time of the tournament

@@dlee07 Then he shouldn't have used the word "ever."

​@@johnanderson9765he did say "at the time" ..which was 2002

@@milosmitic2071 You got a time stamp for that phrase?

@@johnanderson9765 he didn't say at the time, but it was very obviously implied since he was listing their All-Star accomplishments up to 2002 right before that. You are the worst type of RU-vid commenter.

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You do know that WWF was fake right

I think it's a computerized voice program because he was mispronouncing players' names.

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@@aidencarter687you did enough to comment 🤡🤡🤡

It’s pretty sad that the NBA has to send the 12 best American players in order to win gold. The top 12 nba players aren’t even all American. So the top 12 American players will consist of players in the top 20 in the NBA. Anything less than that is 2nd or 3rd or 4th place. The NBA is still the best in the league and Americans are overall still the best players in the world but other countries are not far behind and if USA doesn’t see the forecast for what it is, other countries will surpass the United States completely and we’ll wonder how we ended up in this situation

the point is there defence should have been so superior to the players that greece had that they should have NEVER HAD A SHOT THAT WASNT CONTESTED If you contest their shots with all the freak athletes they had on the team in 06 USA should have won easily.

Chris Berman said it best, "That's why they play the games."

Because it's not about the top players. It's about teamwork.

not in Serbia, aka where he's from.

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Yeah, he was a top 5 shooting guard at the time. Those who watched basketball before 2004 know.

kinda a crazy thought but you can press that button on your phone that raises the volume

This means you don't know basketball.