USA Basketball: Defending the Throne
The 2016 Summer Olympics was another chance to see USA Basketball defend the throne. We get to watch our guys demolish teams and defend the gold medal. Yesterday, as I sat back and watched Team USA play Argentina, I was struck by a flashback from 1992.
In 1991, when the greatest basketball team ever assembled was formed for the 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona, Spain, the possibilities of their capabilities were endless. The infamous Dream Team. I still remember how Argentina was the only team to get within 40 points of the 1992 Dream Team. Argentina, after not winning a medal in 1996 or 2000, finally beat Team USA in 2004 at the Olympic games in Athens, Greece.