Just as Michael Jordan did in 1992, when he recruited 10 stars to attend the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, now Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will seek to build a new Dream Team ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
According to reports from The Athletic newspaper, the recent failure in the 2023 Philippines, Indonesia and Japan Basketball World Cup has made James wants to work to recruit big NBA stars and recreate the dream team that was seen in editions such as 1992, 2008 and 2012, which allows the United States to return to the top of the world basketball game.
The forward, who has already won two gold medals with his team in the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012), hopes to have names of the caliber of Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis and Jayson Tatum.
In the same way, LeBron would add to other pieces stories and future members of the Basketball Hall of Fame such as Damian Lillard, Draymond Green or Kyrie Irving.
The recruitment of James would be well regarded in American public opinion after the team that attended the World Cup will return empty-handed from the competition.
Team USA fell in the semifinals of the World Cup against the Germany of also NBA Dennis Schroeder, the eventual champion, and for the third place match they were left without a medal when they succumbed to the Canada of Dillon Brooks and company.
If the new dream team for Paris 2024 comes to fruition The United States would repeat again as the favorite for the gold medal, which it has won seven of the last eight times.
The only brick that the USA stumbled upon in the last 32 years was in 2004, when the Argentines composed of Manu Ginobili, Luis Scola, Fabrizio Oberto, Andrés Nocioni, among others, beat the Americans in the semifinals 89-81, sealing the gold medal. by beating Italy in the final of the tournament.
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