Picking the Perfect Team USA Roster: Who Would Be on Today’s Dream Team?
August 11th, 2010 by Tyler Conway Leave a reply »Let's me be bluntly honest for a moment. There will never be another "Dream Team".
There can be a "Redeem Team", a "Supreme Team", or an "'Anything else that rhymes with team' team". But never another "Dream Team".
The United States' 1992 "Dream Team" was not just about the talent on the floor or the team's overall dominance.
The Dream Team's main significance was its worldwide cultural impact. It was about having opposing players walk up to members of the "Dream Team" and asking for autograph’s moments after being pounded by 50 points. It was about making basketball "cool" in countries where children never considered playing organized basketball. Most importantly, it was about showing developed countries how to play basketball the right way.
Now, there are more youth basketball associations worldwide than ever before. There are better international players than ever before. In fact, the state of basketball (the NBA's collective bargaining agreement notwithstanding) has never been in a better place worldwide.
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