USA National BasketBall Team

The United States are a particular place, under many points of view . They live sport in an absolutely unique way , attributing primary importance to it , which often leads them to excel . Basketball, as evidenced from the NBA, it's definitely one of those disciplines where they tend to excel. The biggest international stage , the Olympics , saw them always go to the podium, and win 14 of the 17 editions in which they participated. Yet the Olympic history of the U.S. is not as linear as all the gold medals could testify . Relive the history of the National Basketball stars and stripes, through 5 fundamental, representing them with the five corresponding jersey .

1956 Melbourne

Since the first edition of the Olympic Games ( Berlin 1936) where they  played basketball , the States had a rule that forbade professional NBA players to play for the national team. For this reason, in 1956 , Bill Russell, one of the 4 strongest NBA players of all time, decided to postpone by one year his input to the pros , in order to defend the colors of his country. It was a triumph , 56 -point gap on average, for what remains to this day the best performance ever of any Olympic sport ( team ) . It was the '50s and the team uniform was white and white.

The edition of '72 was perhaps the most controversial in the history of the sport. The national team were 60 matches without losing , yet another final against the USSR during the Cold War . For a technical problem that we are not here to explain , the U.S. found themselves celebrating ahead of time, unless it is then tricked by a second term by the Soviets. The climate is tense , the action did not help the Americans, that they incurred in their first Olympic defeat . The jersey of the national team , and hairstyles of the players on the field was the essence of the 70s. Incredible.

The most classic of drops that breaks the camel. The U.S. , while padded future NBA stars , lost in semi-finals still against the Russians , this time sharply. We are facing an epochal moment in the history of the Olympic and the Olympic Games themselves. The rule that prevents the pros wear the shirt of the national team will be abolished. From the next time , you will do it seriously. Divided by a game that was much like that of the Knicks , fatal symbol , apparently.

Ladies and gentleman: the Dream Team. Archived disappointment Asia , the United States will grant to pro to join the national team, and for the first absolute dress of gold. The strongest , exciting , cool and talented team in the history of sports for posting. Michael Jordan. Pippen, Magic Johnson, Bird Lerry and we could go on forever. A global phenomenon, an example of pop culture that invaded the whole world. The background is certainly the most interesting one regarding Isaiah Thomas. Definitely one of the guard ( if not THE point guard ) strongest at the time, was ruled by the will of Jordan, who thundered : " him or me". They have not even left finir talking, goodbye and Isaiah. The jersey of the expedition is simply divided by the most popular game in the history of basketball.

There is a little 'healthy patriotism in the latter inclusion . After '92 , and to this day , the U.S. will always win the Olympics without ever losing a match . If it was not for 2004. At the Greek Olympics "Nightmare Team" suffered the first defeat in the history of the Olympic pro-American . The team nightmares actually consisted of Iverson, Lebron James , Wade and players from the NBA level . However, the expedition was so unfortunate as to end in third place behind champions Argentina and Italy (from which the pride of above). The uniforms were made ​​by Reebok , the result was not exactly exciting.