How the 2024 Olympic U.S. men's basketball team compares to the 1992 Dream Team

It doesn’t take long after you look at the bounty of talent on the U.S.

It doesn’t take long after you look at the bounty of talent on the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team before you ask yourself the obvious question: Is this the greatest roster ever assembled?

Answering that question, of course, proves to be difficult. 

Two contenders come to mind for the Best Team of All Time label: The 2008 Redeem Team from the Beijing Games and the generally accepted BTOAT, the 1992 Dream Team — the first U.S. Olympic basketball squad featuring professional players.

With all due respect to the Redeemers, the 2008 team falls out of the competition pretty quickly. While the top of the roster was loaded with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul and Dwight Howard all more or less in their prime, the back half leaves a little to be desired. 

The likes of Carlos Boozer, Michael Redd, Deron Williams, a then-35-year-old Jason Kidd and Tayshaun Prince don’t quite stack up to the backups on the 2024 squad. This group brought Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis off the bench in a tune-up against Germany this week — with superstar Kevin Durant out because of injury. (The 2024 squad also had Kawhi Leonard at one point!)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/paris-olympics-mens-basketball-dream-team-rcna163508

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