The Worst USA Basketball Team of All Time

Why doesn’t the USA have an awesome 3x3 Olympic basketball team? They finished second from last on the Men’s side and the story behind how the team was put together is shocking.

[thedarkside]

Adam Silver "Mother fuck the Big 3, it's just big me."

[michaeldinsdale]

USA was 2nd in the world, mostly because of Jimmer (No1 in the world), but dude got injured early in the second game. Without him and no sub the rest of the tournament, USA didnt have a chance.

[PRODVE]

We should bring out the best BIG3 players to represent our country not JIMMER FREDETTE

[bhuwanchandra]

You forgot to mention that
1. jimmer fredette got injured in the first paris olympics game. And sat out for all remaining 7 games. Which forced other 3 players to play without substitution which is a key for 3x3, Where 1 player always substitute after every dead ball.
2. And also this current team won world cup last year, so they are not bum but yes always could get better.
3. Also 3x3 ball is size 6 with size 7 weight for mens. So NBA players will need an adjustment.
4. The foul and physicality rules are much different from 5x5. 3x3 is basically playing with prison rule compared to NBA rules.

[bobheyotue]

Three things you missed out on covering in this video. 1.) team USA is a pro team called team Miami, they are actually pretty solid team majority of tournaments and won the World Cup last year so in theory they should’ve ran it back. 2.) since March the team has been dealing with injuries and have been playing with a reverse for the past 5 months before Maddox came back so they weren’t ready from the start. 3.) the only way to play 3x3 in America(and this goes for every hooper.) is by going through Kevin garnet’s hoop it up, they are supposed to have local tournaments across the nation to get better players a chance to rank and qualify but they have been canceling locations left and right it’s impossible to play unless it’s a invitation only. There’s supposed to be a pro 3x3 league but that’s been cancelled as well. So AM though I agree that some nba players would help but this game is more physical you need goons like draymond, Greyson and a Dillon type of players to get medals

[Luximoto]

Did you fail to mention Jimmer getting injured like 3 minutes in?

[douglascubillo]

My man have you seen 3on3 games? How fast they play and you're asking for DWade after retiring and Melo! It's going to end worst than it is now....

[jamesxab]

3x3 is legitimately a different sport to 5x5. Obviously a lot translates but it’s like comparing the 100m sprints to the 1500m.

[MattSalvoThunderbaseball]

Shower Thoughts: why does AM hoops always post in the afternoon.

[charles]

I'm disappointed that you didn't include that Jimmer got hurt in pool play!!! His knee is literally torn. And it was in there second game. So don't just be a hater man

[de]

Jim Thorpe is insane if you'd know his story. At one point, he was arguably among the best football players, track runners, baseball players, fencers, lacrosse players, and basketball players. He also was the NFL's first president. The King of Sweden was right about him too. It used to be common to refer to Thorpe in the same way we refer to a Swiss army knife. He eventually got his medals back in 2022... 70 years after he died

[itsjunior]

I say we send out our best street ball 3v3 players

[raymondalba]

3 on 3 is highly aerobic. All players are constantly moving. I don’t think retired NBA players will succeed here.

[rodmansdagoat]

Is everybody forgetting the rules difference?? FIBA 3x3 is so boring to watch, although in a much faster pace. Possession for the team who gets scored on and 12 secs to attack??? Nobody plays like that, and without pause when a basket is made. With those rules, I see ex-NBA stars doing even worse than the current team.

[TheAwaper]

Awful video. No nba player could play in the olympics even if nba would let them. You have to play all year long and collect ranking points. The team has to have 2 players in top 10 and 2 players in top 50 in its own country points wise.

Team usa was one of the favorites to win in the olympics but they were bad because Jimmer got hurt in the second game and didn't even play the other 5 games. 3x3 basketball is more physical and more uptempo so that's why they sub each other at every whistle. Usually the tournaments lasts two days. So imagine playing a whole week with every game on the line without your best player and without substitutions.

Money wise, most of the european players play in the 2nd league of their country and they go to 3x3 tournament quest because the prize money is bigger than their salaries. I believe that would not apply to the states and for example ice cube's league. I believe those guys earn not a bad amount of money.

And for the whole 3x3 basketball itself, everybody has their own opinion about it. Whether you like it or not, it allows other players (that are not that good to be 1st league players) to have a good career and represent their countries on the world stage.

By the way, Dylan Travis is not a euroleague player and never was.

Just try to do more effort on your videos and takes because lately you're on a little downhill compared from a year ago or so when i started watching you.

[nuagor]

Thanks for covering the Big 3 drama. A lot of good stuff on Jimmer, but you really need to mention his early injury and exit at the 2024 Olympics to paint a correct picture.

[SpaceIsForEverybody]

Being from The Netherlands I've enjoyed the 3v3 tournament immensely. 🥇

[vincentguan]

How you guys not understand this! You need to play in the FIBA 3x3 event or 3x3 world tour to gain ranking point to be eligible to compete in the Olympics. Fredette competed in event so he earned ranking points. If the US has so many good basketball players why aren't they calling up each other to compete as a four a FIBA events. They just aren't. If American ballers cared they would be playing in those FIBA events earning points for their team and themselves. They don't put in the effort to be the best, So you don't get the best results. Fredette wanted to compete in the Olympics so he put in the effort to compete in events to earn his ranking. Can we say anything about the effort from your retired ballers! Did your BIG 3 players compete in FIBA events! Did you put in any effort? It seems like the other countries did!

[donrane]

Fred is like rather a king on a bum team than a bum on a king team.

[operm]

But they absolutely ruined the spirit of the game with their 11 fouls in 10 minutes or their thing called “defense”