Near the conclusion of this year’s Summer Olympics, Team USA captured gold by defeating Spain in a heavily contested game that had basketball fans around the world sitting at the edge of their seats.
By game’s end, it became apparent, at least to one writer, that the players who carried the United States in the final stages of the game represented the past, present and future of the league, much like Magic, Bird and Jordan had done in the 1992 Olympics.
Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant played brilliant basketball down the stretch and served notice to a worldwide audience that they owned the sport of basketball.
But here’s where the current group of superstars differ from their glorious predecessors: all three are still at the top of the game.
Indeed, at the end of the 1992 Summer Olympics, Larry Bird retired, Magic Johnson did the same and Michael Jordan ruled the league until he got bored and retired. MJ eventually came back and so did Magic but Jordan carried the league all on his own.
This new trio, on the other hand, is still playing after their Olympics effort. Even better, an argument coul ...
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