hard to get back to the basketball empire
The U.S. lost to Lithuania, Germany and Canada failed to get the medal.
The team used to be invincible. But it is losing the power of controlling the international games.
The head coach Steve Kerr thinks that compared with other powerful teams in FIBA, the U.S. team is unable to maintain continuity of lineup, which is a very important problem.
Being recruited to the national team is exciting and glorious. It is a dream for many players to fight for their country.
However, the U.S. is different. With the top league like the NBA, basketball for them is like a job.
There are other components, such as the coach tactics, protective equipment and player treatment, which are not as good as the NBA.
Also, taking the risk of Injury. For NBA players who only care about money, joining the national team is a thankless job.
In this game, there were no players that had the experience of joining the national team and selected to the All-NBA Team before.
This was the first time since the NBA players started to join the national team.
Steve Kerr thinks that this will only get severer.
If they hope to get back to the Dream Team, the top NBA players need to negotiate with each other.
The U.S. team back to 1992, it included almost all the best players of the NBA, including Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, etc.
We believe that it will take many years to achieve the Dream Team.
