USA Basketball plans to announce the 18 players who will be candidates for the 2012 Olympic team in London late next week.
So fans won’t have to wait long to see how this team stacks up against the ’92 Dream Team.
Then again, Lebron James already cleared up any confusion. He told foxsportsflorida.com: “We can stack up with those guys,”
According to The Associated Press, Chairman Jerry Colangelo said he’s talked with players’ agents and about half of the players “got next” and are hoping to outshine the 2008 team that won the Gold Medal.
In fact, Colangelo has already said that he feels like the 2012 team is better than the 2008 team. He told foxsportsflorida.com: “You’re hearing Kobe (Bryant) right up there with the greatest of all time. Dwayne Wade and LeBron are right up there. You’ve got to add up the names, and you look at the young guys like (Kevin) Durant as an example and (Derrick) Rose as an example. There’s so many. There’s only been one Dream Team, and that’s the way I think it should be. But there’s no question our team will be much stronger than we had in 2008. They’re more mature, more experienced and we’ve got more talent.”
The roster needs to be in the hands of the U.S. Olympic Committee by the end of January even though the roster isn’t due officially until June 18.
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