“The days of the Dream Team are over”

The United States finished its worst Basketball World Cup in history, after finishing in seventh place, after beating Poland 87-74. The first world power of this sport was eliminated in the Quarterfinals by France and then lost the match for fifth place against Serbia.

Criticism is not expected, both the players who played the tournament, and the 15 elements that got off the ship at the time of truth, including Kevin Love, James Harden and Anthony Davis.

The defeat against France ended a streak of 53 games won consecutively in 13 years, So Kobe Bryant, one of the historical figures of the Lakers, considered that the golden years of the Dream Team, as the American team was dubbed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, are a thing of the past.

“This is not going to be a child's play. The days of the Dream Team of Barcelona 1992 are over so it will be difficult ”, said the former player, according to Marca.

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However, Kobe not only referred to the role in the World Cup held in China, but to the suffering the United States is getting used to in general, even with all its stars, and recalled that in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games he could barely against Spain in the gold medal match.

For that occasion it was said that the United States had taken the best team that could assemble and there it was Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony, among the main names.

The Dream Team won the first quarter with some margin, but in the next three he could barely overcome by one point and in the last period they felt that the night was coming.

“I heard that this was the best team we could take and I remember that we need a tremendous room to beat Spain. Twe had an amazing team and we need a real push to take us the gold medal ”, declared respect to victory 118-107.

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In Barcelona 1992, the Dream Team commanded by Michael Jordan, overwhelmed all its rivals by up to 40 points ahead.