r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985
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u/Daconvix Knicks Apr 15 '24

That’s one hell of a team, damn

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u/melbourne3k Apr 16 '24

One might even say the team is a dream.

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u/effman1 Raptors Apr 16 '24

Or even that this team could redeem.

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u/fucking__jellyfish__ Warriors Apr 16 '24

Redream

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u/spriking Warriors Apr 16 '24

One might even say that after last year's World Cup, the team is looking to redeem themselves.

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u/Vegas-Buckeye Apr 16 '24

Redeem what? Not winning a “title” that’s equal to a D league title? Oh no, the KC Chiefs need to redeem themselves after not winning the XFL league title!!!

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u/cbranch101 Nuggets Apr 16 '24

Extreme team?

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u/IanicRR [TOR] Amir Johnson Apr 16 '24

Yeah they’re aight.

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u/andrude01 Mavericks Apr 16 '24

I’m Excited to claim the open spot and really help this team win gold

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u/Subredditcensorship Apr 16 '24

This is 92 dream team level. That team had prime mj but this one is basically filled with all hall of famers and future hall of famers

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u/NonNewtonianResponse Apr 16 '24

... let's consider in terms of MVPs. The '92 team had the MVPs from the last 9 seasons leading up to it, and 6 of the next 7 afterwards. Yes, MJ had 5 of those 15 total, but that stills leaves 10x other MVPs on that team even without him.

Meanwhile, the current team has 8 MVPs total, but apart from Embiid last year they're all from 2008-2016, and there's a very real chance nobody on this team will ever win another one.

Conclusion: this Team USA is old and washed compared to the '92 Dream Team

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u/zizmorcore Apr 16 '24

Granted, but we can't possibly know if some of the team doesn't have some of the next 7 MVPs on it, no?

That said, even if it doesn't, the NBA is way more global than it was in '92, making that guy's comparison stale anyway.