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The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and won the gold medal. Nicknamed the "Dream Team", it was the first American Olympic team to include active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.
The 2024 roster had won a combined 14 gold medals in major international events. [17] It was the oldest U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 30 years and 9 months when the Games started, surpassing the 1996 team's average of 29 years, 10 months old. [5]
Composed of several Hall of Fame players, the '92 Dream Team dominated competition, restoring glory to U.S basketball.
Team USA has unveiled its men's basketball roster that will represent the red, white and blue at the Paris Olympics this summer. Some are already comparing it to the "Dream Team" that won gold in ...
April 17, 2024 at 1:01 PM. ... USA Basketball announced the men's roster for the upcoming 2024 Olympics on Wednesday, and it includes major names like LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant ...
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G: 4 Dražen Petrović: 27 – () 22 October 1964 New Jersey Nets: G: 5 Velimir Perasović: 27 – () 9 February 1965 Slobodna Dalmacija Split
The United States women's team won the bronze medal after losing to the CIS in the semifinal, suffering their third and last defeat to date in the Olympic basketball history. The men's top scorer was Oscar Schmidt with 198 points in 8 games, with an average of 24.7 points, and Drazen Petrovic was second with 187 points in 7 games, with an ...