LBJ to play for Team USA

[AlwaysWhat,NeverWhy]

Sounds like the kind of thing people said about the original Dream Team.

And in 2002 and 2004.

[Andrew]

Sounds like the kind of thing people said about the original Dream Team.

Exactly. I don't buy the idea that a team of stars can't work period, since we saw it in 1992 when 11 greats and Christian Laettner dominated the competition, we saw it in 1996 and we didn't see slippage until 2000 which was around the time Stern said "No more Dream Teams". That said, it won't work with stars who can't co-exist (an all too common trend these days) or with a coach who won't utilise the talent pool to its full potential.

[Null17]

11 greats and Christian Laettner