Dream Team:

In 1992, the U.S. National Men’s Basketball Team, composed of 12 NBA superstars, marched towards Barcelona. They shouldered the great mission of American basketball. Ten of this 12-player national team lineup later became members of the NBA Hall of Fame, almost including the top players in various positions in the NBA at the time (although Isiah Thomas, who was the strongest point guard at the time, was famous for his relationship with Jordan. Excluded from the national team due to suspicion), their lineup is amazing, and they are respectfully called the "Dream Team" by media around the world. In fact, they later became accustomed to calling it the "Dream Team." With such a strong Olympic lineup, the result is of course predictable: the Dream Team swept its opponents with a huge advantage of 44 points per game, 8 wins and 0 losses, and won the 1992 Barcelona Olympics championship. Its invincibility shocked the whole world.

Relevant points:

1. Barkley became the king of the Dream Team with an average of 18 points per game;

2. Jordan averaged 14.9 points per game. Points, 4.8 assists, and 23 minutes played. He is the player with the longest playing time on the team;

3. When teams around the world play against the Dream Team, they are all proud to get signatures from members of the Dream Team;

4. The Dream Team averaged close to 60 field goal percentage per game, and at the same time suppressed the opponent's field goal percentage to 36, winning each game by 44 points, and the least one game they won by 32 points;

5. Every position on the Dream Team was filled with top players in the world at the time, including Ewing and David Robinson (C), Barkley and Malone (PF), Pippen and "Big Bird" Bird (SF) , Jordan and Drexler (SF), "Magic" Johnson and Stockton (PG).

Dream Team 3:

In 1996, Dream Team 3 Representing the United States at the Atlanta Olympics, 5 of the 12 players, Barkley, Malone, Pippen, Robinson, and Stockton, are from Dream 1, O'Neal, and Miller are from Dream 2, while Hill, Olajuwon, Hardaway, Payton and Richmond were the new NBA stars at the time. Although the Dream Team 3 is a team led by the old and the new, and can represent the highest level of American basketball, as an Olympic national team, its loose and haphazard formation has begun to surface. Although Dream Team 3 eventually won the Atlanta Olympics men's basketball championship and won every game with an absolute advantage, almost every game would involve an anxious and hard battle with the opponent, which was far from as relaxed and comfortable as Meng 1.

Relevant points:

1. When forming this national men’s basketball team, because Jordan had little interest in Meng San, the national team was not invited;

2. During the match between the Dream Team 3 and the Angola team, there was even a fight. Malone was almost punched by the Angola boys;

3. In the first half of the men’s basketball final, the Dream Team 3 was once Trailing Yugoslavia 38-43, although the final victory was 95-69 by 26 points, the myth of the "Dream Team" has begun to fade.

Dream Team Four:

2000 Dream Team The four teams represented the United States in the Sydney Olympics. Since the league's superstars O'Neal, Kobe, and Duncan at the time were not interested in the national team, the Dream Team only had Mourning at the center position, while McDyess, Baker, and La. Stars such as Shim and Houston who cannot make the league's top three lineups have also been used to make up the numbers, which shows that the quality of this "Dream Team" has been greatly compromised. Relying on the heroic performance of Carter and Garnett, the Dream Team was able to maintain the dignity of the Dream Team in Sydney.

But compared with the first three "Dream Teams", the "Dream Four" may have performed the worst: in the group stage, they were not only 7 points ahead by the Chinese team, but were also forced by Italy to only 8 points behind. , and almost lost to Lithuania in the semifinals, which made people realize that the gap between American basketball and other countries is gradually narrowing, and the "Dream Team" is not invincible.

Related points:

1. When the Dream Team announced its roster, Ray Allen's first selection once made Carter, the most popular player in the league at the time, unhappy. In addition to making a lot of noise in the media, he also fought against the Bucks in the game. Allen soared in points;

2. The focus of this game was that in the match against the French team, Carter successfully dunked over the opponent's 218 cm high center, becoming a classic in history

Dream Team Five:

In 2002, the Dream Team Five participated in the World Championships in Indianapolis, but if you take a closer look at the lineup, you will find that there is no superstar among them. The center position can only rely on O'Neal Jr. and Ben Wallace who are former power forwards, while Brand, who has never played in the playoffs, second-rate insiders Davis, LaFrentz, and Andre Miller , Jay Williams, who just graduated from college, etc. In the environment of rapid progress in world basketball, especially European and South American basketball, it is really difficult for such an Olympic lineup to bear the reputation of the "Dream Team". As a result, the Dream Five first lost to Argentina led by Ginobili 80:87, which was their first loss since 1992; then they lost to Argentina led by Stojakovic and Divac 78:81. Yugoslavia was squeezed out of the semi-finals; and then was defeated in the battle with Spain for fifth place, only finishing 6th and missing the medal list. It can be said that the "Dream Five Team" suffered a complete defeat at the World Championships in Indianapolis, and the dominance of world basketball has been questioned as never before.

Post-game quotes:

1, France and New Zealand News: "After winning 58 consecutive games, the United States lost to Argentina for the first time on Wednesday. Instead of stimulating the Americans, that defeat turned them into a ragtag team without passion. In the key fourth quarter There is no motivation to turn defeat into victory."

2. Divac said after the game: "International games are different from NBA games, and it takes a lot of time for American players to adapt. Big, it's not fair to them."

3. George Karl: "Wanting to avoid losing for the first time since 1992 does put a certain amount of pressure on us, but I think it's better to look for it. For this reason, it is better to admit that Argentina played well. I hope that one day our real stars can play against players from other countries in the world, but if Bryant works very hard. What will it be like to join the team with O'Neal? I think this is a suspense for others." 4. Mavericks star Finley in "Dream Team" said: "The election committee left Kobe and O'Neal. quota, but they refused to participate, and they have the right."

5, Pierce said: "All other countries send their best players to the world competition, but our best players do not. Participate in the competition, I hope this situation will never happen again in the next Olympics, and it will be a wake-up call for everyone."

Dream Team 6:

In order to avoid the 2004 Athens Olympics. After the disastrous defeat in Indianapolis in 2002, after all the efforts of the United States men's national basketball team, the "Dream Six" was born. This is a team led by Larry Brown and led by Duncan and Iverson, but in fact it is still a team with many flaws: Boozer, Stoudemire, Ma Lyon, Odom, and Jefferson could only be regarded as second-tier stars in the league at that time. At that time, James, Wade, and Ansany were just kids who could only dunk but not shoot. Besides, except for Duncan, Foreign players are completely unable to adapt to FIBA ??rules. After experiencing the defeat in the last World Championship, it can be said that no one is optimistic that Larry Brown can complete the mission of saving American basketball.

As expected, Dream Team 6 was defeated by Puerto Rico in the group stage with a score of 92:73, and then was defeated by Lithuania and Argentina in the knockout rounds. They watched the championship fall by the wayside. In the end, they won 5 wins and 3 losses, and only won the championship. bronze medal.

Post-game summary:

1. Larry Brown knows the weaknesses of this team: no real point guard, no shooters... weak inside;

2. Meng Liu has no shortage of ball-handling experts, including Iverson, Marbury, Wade, and James. It seems far-fetched to say that they can’t pass the ball, but the fact is that the US team made as many as 22 turnovers in the game;

3. International basketball is very different from the NBA. Three-pointers can still kill people: the Lithuanian team made 21 of 37 three-pointers in the game they won, while Meng Liu’s three-point shooting rate was as high as 24 3 of 4 shots;

4. Most of Meng Liu’s points were at the basket, but when Duncan was restrained by fouls, there was no decent inside offense. He could only rush for rebounds and couldn’t shoot.

Dream Team. Current NBA stars. This time the 12-man roster of the American "Dream Team" is: Kidd (Nets), Billups (Pistons), Deron... Williams (Jazz), Kobe Bryant (Lakers), Anthony (Nuggets), LeBron James (Cavaliers), Reid (Bucks), Mike Miller (Grizzlies), Prince (Pistons), Money Dele (Hornets), Howard (Magic) and Stoudemire (Suns). Very promising.