Lebron23
08-19-2022, 10:53 PM
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“It’s not a matter of the rest of the world catching up to the U.S.,” Bryant said at a FIBA press conference on Friday. “The rest of the world has been caught up for quite some time. It’s to the point now where us in the U.S., we’re going to win some and we’re going to lose some. That’s just how it goes.”
Bryant brought up the 2008 Olympics, when one of the most talented teams ever assembled led Spain by just two points early in the fourth quarter of the gold medal game. At the World Championship two years later, a U.S. Team with four future NBA MVPs escaped with a two-point win over Brazil in pool play.
“Put the best players that you think are going to make the best team out there on the floor,” Bryant said, “we are still going to have challenges. It’s not going to be a cakewalk. The days of the ’92 Barcelona Dream Team are gone. They’re over.”
https://www.nba.com/news/team-usa-postmortem-world-cup
“It’s not a matter of the rest of the world catching up to the U.S.,” Bryant said at a FIBA press conference on Friday. “The rest of the world has been caught up for quite some time. It’s to the point now where us in the U.S., we’re going to win some and we’re going to lose some. That’s just how it goes.”
Bryant brought up the 2008 Olympics, when one of the most talented teams ever assembled led Spain by just two points early in the fourth quarter of the gold medal game. At the World Championship two years later, a U.S. Team with four future NBA MVPs escaped with a two-point win over Brazil in pool play.
“Put the best players that you think are going to make the best team out there on the floor,” Bryant said, “we are still going to have challenges. It’s not going to be a cakewalk. The days of the ’92 Barcelona Dream Team are gone. They’re over.”
https://www.nba.com/news/team-usa-postmortem-world-cup