Beijing Olympics 2008 USA BASKETBALL TEAM!

Composed of the Best players of NBA (National Basketball Association)

Team Line Up

Player name: position:

Tayshaun Prince (forward)
Carmelo Antony (forward)
Carlos Boozer ( Center forward )
kobe bryant ( Guard )
Lebron James (Guard )
Dwight Howard ( Center forward)
Deron williams (Guard )
Jason Kidd (Guard )
Michael Redd (Guard )
Dwayne Wade (Guard )
Chris Bosh ( Center forward )
Chris Paul (Guard ).

Additional Information: Nickname
The Dream Team

General
The USA has long been the international benchmark for men's Olympic basketball. The American team, which since 1992 has included players from the NBA, the world's strongest league, has taken gold in 12 of their 15 Olympic Games participations. The 'Dream Team' has earned an overall win-loss record in Olympic play of 114-5 but the team's most recent Olympic result, a bronze in Athens, was the team's worst ever performance.

The team lost more games at the 2004 Olympic Games than it had lost in all previous Olympic competitions combined. This, in addition to a bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships in Brazil, has put the American team under immense pressure to perform in Beijing. The task has been made even more difficult as the team has been unsettled in the past years. After the Athens debacle the powers of USA basketball decided that all national team players must commit two years to the team, taking their involvement to the end of the 2008 Olympic Games. This request forced several veteran players, like Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, to rule themselves out of the team leaving head coach, Mike Krzyzewski, to rebuild.

The 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney was the last time team USA won a gold medal, it was the third consecutive success for the Americans after they won gold in Barcelona and Atlanta. In Beijing the team will again have no shortage of talent, with the trio of NBA superstars, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwyane Wade leading the team from the front. With support coming from dominant big men Dwight Howard and Chris Bosh the USA should again be the team to beat.

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The following results are included in the Competition Highlights field. There can be small discrepancies due to the lack of sources for certain results. Note that the results are sorted on rank within a competition.

Results in Last Olympic Cycle:
- All Placings at 2004 Olympic Games and World Championships
- All Placings at Continental Championships

Historical Results (before OG 2004):
- All Placings at Olympic Games and World Championships

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Schedule of games

Men's Preliminary Round Group B- Game 12
August 10: USA vs China 22:15
Men's Preliminary Round Group B- Game 23
August 12: Angola vs USA 20:00
Men's Preliminary Round Group B- Game 35
August 14: USA vs Greece 20:00
Men's Preliminary Round Group B- Game 48
August 16: USA vs Spain 22:15
Men's Preliminary Round Group B- Game 59
August 18 USA vs Germany 22:15