Top 10 Greatest USA Players of All Time 

Carmelo Anthony & KD.

Michael Jordan

Sir Charles, for what he did in 92 (Best USA player) and 96

Kd/Kobe

Jordan and Melo.

Legitimately the case for that gold medal three years ago too 🤣🤣🤣🤣 cause KD was loved for like three days and then boom, "He still a snake" 😭😭😭

He’s basically The Miz 😂

Well, he is the villain for every other country. He plays for the best basketball nation in the world. And if any county manages to make a great underdog run to threaten US dominance, he makes sure that it doesn't happen. 😂😂

*cues music* "I am a real American.."

Actually, it is not he who changes his personality, but the public that changes its opinion following the manipulations of the media.

I was gonna say the same thing. During the 92 dream team he was consistently the best player on that

yup, top 6

And he was the best player in the 96 Olympics all while doing crazy stuffs. Crazy, right

Why wouldn't he be? Isn't it well known that Chuck performed particularly well during the Olympics?

I agree. I d have Barkley #1,Jordan #2. Durant #3,& Kobe at #4. Barkley dominated on the dream team. I saw almost every game. He played out of his mind. #10 is totally wrong. The Knicks center should loose at least half his points. He traveled on at least half the time he scored. Go back and watch tape. I think he took 4 steps on a quarter of his scoring.

Fiba games are way harder to score as you can see from everyone’s stats

@@Christzo18 nah not really everyone stats are down because there playing wit other all stars and there’s only one ball

International bball is very defensively oriented. Average Euroleague top scorer is usually about 17-18 PPG. All time record is 26 PPG.

They are playing with less min per game, and it has only 10 mins per quarter plus he is playing with other stars.

The game is 8 mins shorter and the pace is much slower!

I wanted him to get another gold medal.

His ten all star selections would do that already

@@bolt7047 Fair enough; I just know that when other sports RU-vidrs talk about players like Carmelo who had somewhat "underwhelming" or "overrated" careers in their eyes, they oftentimes forget their significance as a player in college and/or outside of the NBA, as these things help to increase the overall impact a type of player can have like that on the game of basketball, which is of ultimate importance seeing the hall of fame for basketball is not entirely focused on one's career in the NBA. My point is that Carmelo has had a somewhat underwhelming career in the NBA compared to his fellow peers, but like Bill Walton & his dominance at UCLA and/or Manu Ginobli & his renowned success overseas for Argentina, Carmelo's Olympic and collegiate greatness are for the betterment of Carmelo's legacy as a whole.

​@@jarrynorme801Melo in college plus Olympics is nowhere near Walton college or Manu Olympics lol. Stop coping dude. He's just not good enough and it's his fault

​@@jarrynorme801if tmac is in the hof Melo and Rose are too

Yeah legends never get credit lmao

Some of them get way less than they deserve

He is probably the best mid range shooter ever. If he was not on social media as much and just ignored the hate he got for leaving OKC for the Warriors he would be way more appreciated.

If ring culture didn't exist, KD would be top 5 all time.

@@bolt7047 Yeah even though I wasn't a fan of his move even I felt he at times allowed fans and the media to get to him. His takes on Basketball are also very good and quite balanced.

@@Washyourbellybuttoni’m the biggest KD fan but imo he’s not making the top 5 unless you make scoring 75% of the grading. he’s the best “2nd best in the world” ever though

@@frankincensemerchant1284 I agree he has a incredibly high basketball IQ. He could easily be a front office member/Coach when he retires.

KD scored more, defended better, had more success, more longevity and went against better comp, which is probably similar to his actual nba case for being over Barkley, there's no way to put him over KD other than maybe u valuing your eye test as well peak performance

Lmao calling KD wildly inconsistent is crazy🤯💀

Oh ya MVP of the tournament

KD's first place is even more definitive if you include his FIBA achievements.

Part 2 but with FIBA games 👀

If I remember correctly Jason Kidd is like 42-0😂

Very interesting perspective. I think that as Americans we’ve normalized Team USA dominating in basketball. You opened my eyes. This was a great comment.

You're not wrong but at the same time we invented the sport so we expect to be good. Getting beaten at your own game is embarrassing for us. That's why there was such a shitstorm when we only got the bronze in 2004. Bronze was the worst performance we've ever had.

@@TeeEss700 I know because I lived and played on both sides. This is fact. Greece won a Euro in 2005 and those guys on that team wouldn't have a problem getting a heart transplant if God forbid they needed one. There would honestly be donors lining up. That's for an Euro gold. In America you might have crossed paths with an Olympic gold medal winner and the thought never crossed your mind. Outside of the US if you have the privilege to ever see, let alone speak to an gold medal winner it would be something you talk about and get beers for from mind blown people the rest of your life. No joke. Like if I ever met coach K that would be my best story. I've seen some things, but that would be what impressed people most. And vice versa, if I was at a bar and someone had an Melo or coach K story I'd buy him a beer. My day would be made just meeting someone who had a moment with an great. People here eat basketball, and we're good at it, but no one even questions the US supremacy. Countries would make idols of players where you might just go "meh, number 9". Number 9 in Serbia (or anywhere) gets more props than you guys give. 30 years from now Serbs will remember 1996 and 2018 silvers. Those guys are immortal. Your worst performance is better than Germany's best (outside 1936). It's just crazy.

@@whenisdinner2137 True, but even that is special. England invented football and only has one WC (Olympics don't matter in football) and they're lucky to get to the semi's ever since. You might snirk at it but they also (probably, or US or France) invented water polo and handball and volleyball, and those medals aren't with the inventor countries either. Just saying that inventing isn't a given road to success. In the early 2000s many people thought that the day came when US domination days are over and we all couldn't be more wrong.

​@@TeeEss700well that would be the case. Its because basketball is a canadian-american made sport. Its their sport and they should dominate.

04 team was hastily assembled. Coach also didn't let the rookies play and relied heavily on his starters. If it was coached differently and at least had a month of practice, easy gold medal for them.

@nicksamp515 Larry brown was a terrible choice for that job. Probably played a big role in why Kobe, Shaq, Kidd, KG, T-Mac, Jermaine, etc all said nah

@@jasonpierce2024 Larry Brown may be one of the most overrated coaches of all-time.

@@jasonpierce2024 his love for A.I was at it's peak during those times

You are absolutely correct. I felt the same way about Kobe Bryant in 2008. Was never the biggest Kobe fan(nothing personal, just didn't like the Lakers). I found myself jumping up and down rooting for Kobe and Wade in the 4th. After that, Kobe became one of my favorites.

Lowkey tho the most impressive players on that squad was: KD, Draymond, and Jrue.

And street basketball. Park Street legends for example the rucker in NY

True but I think one only focused on the Olympics alone rather than including the FIBA championships.

@@daevonthesavage7483 yea fair.

I think when it comes to all-time ranking, I think people forget to include international play. Durant won MVP of the tournament and his former teammate Stephen Curry was on this team as well and this is two teams where Durant has won MVP honours over Curry. I'm not saying Durant is better, but I do think Durant gets slighted on the all-time ranking by a few.

😂 laughing in Jordan’s last dance

The way Michael Jordan owned the world in 92 will never be reproduced. He is the greatest basketball player and olympian.

@@kleatise52 the world wasn’t close to us at that time. Kd is the best Olympian, it’s okay to not have Jordan first at something

@@larrylegend545 the world has only gotten closer because of his influence..making it more popular. It’s okay to respect the people that made the game what it is.

@@kleatise52 thank you for explaining making my point even further

He killed all the doubt that year about usa not winning gold or any medals at all

😂, whatever team.

Lol

Before watching the video if it was Durant it would be criminal.

I thought Shaq could possibly squeeze into this list. But this is a good list.

man lost to nigeria with superstars in his prime lol

@@BIGJERSEY908What medal did the nigerians end up with?

The team was a bit dysfunctional and still came through with gold

kobe 44%FG ????? lebronze ???? really???

@@onlyfacts3178 Kobe was clearly the leader of that team and was the main reason why they were dominant in that 08 Olympics, Kobe also was there best defender and closer for that team. You talk about his shooting but his coach told him he wasn't agreesive enough. He had no flaws

@@randomperson2540 yes he was and???? the main reason ??? you are talking about one game..typical from AMERICANS... HE Had no FLAWS??? well bad shoot selection ball hog...those 2 are huge flaws...

@@randomperson2540 1st game against china he didnt play well 2nd game he was even worse shooting a mediocre 30% . HE ONLY played well 3 games of the 8...

@@onlyfacts3178 you say ball hod but he damn near lead the team in assists, kobe for multiple games was there closer not just in Spain. And obviously players have flaws but as far as negatives on the court had had none, his coach literally told him to shot more, If anything he needed to be more aggressive

Why were u about to Whine like a bitch when Jordan don’t even deserve the #2 spot let alone 1…..

He definitely met the criteria to be selected

The NBA's all time assist and steal leader John Stockton has been selected instead of Isiah. Thats fair, because he suits the "greatest team ever" narrative better, and also Stockton is more important piece of the basketball history so its only reasonable him being there

@@safaemre6807 how the hell is stockton "more important" to the history of basketball than the guy that lead his team to TWO championships during the Lakers and Celtics dominance?

@@xedyir_oZZ Isiah Thomas won the Finals MVP award in first Detroit championship, Dumars won in the second if i am not mistaken. And yes being first by far in the 2 of the 5 major statistics of the game is much more value than 1 Finals MVP trophy. The way to approaching the game just by the ring count is not just wrong its also very unfair to most legends

Even if we think Jordan would still have come (which is a very big if), his selection would have hurt the team's chemistry and image a little bit. They obviously still would have crushed competition but I like the Dream Team the way it was. They needed guys like Stockton Drexler Mullin or even Robinson for their lesser ego and team-first mentality.

Huh??? Every US team was with all stars🤣🤣🤣🤣what's your point??? Kevin Durant won gold medal with worst supporting cast than any other US team. All US teams before had better roster at Olympics than KD's US team in 2020...

@@hristijandimitrovski8664 Just making a joke about him playing on the Warriors and bouncing around to play with other superstars lol

@@ronski4059 oh ok, my bad

I would only put Barkley one spot higher though. Lebron's the better overall player, but I think Barkley had a bit more impact in the Olympics

Bro Nick Galis and Arvydas sabonis monsters of Europe

Yeah! That’s a great idea. I would love to make a video about him at some point

He’s not #1 tho

@@michaellacoste8009Likely means that on top of 6 championships, DPOY, and whatever else, he also never lost a single Olympic game. A lot of people put stock in MJ never losing a finals series, so this would be similar.

​@michaellacoste8009 yes he is, go cry somewhere else

He is a blatant AI hater, he had to make sure his Iverson disclaimer was in there, dude is weird.

@@gangstagummybear3432 I will not stand for A.I hate.

He was

​@@melvinhhcp3615He wasn't. I don't know the specific but he's the only player ever to have 60+points with 0 assists in one game lol. He is the definition of a ball hog. I love Melo but he isn't unselfish. But I also believe that the only thing allowing him to be unselfish is that he had a great supporting cast in the Olympics

​@@melvinhhcp3615he was but late in his career.

Different game, rules and players bud. When you have superstars coming off the bench, you wouldn't mind sharing the ball with them more compared to an average bench player in the NBA.

Happy 4th to you as well! 🇺🇸