Team USA’s Historic Gold Medal + Future of Olympic Basketball for LA 2028 | The Hoop Collective
Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk about the impact of Team USA’s dramatic gold medal victory including Steph Curry’s heroics, Joel Embiid’s significance to the team, LeBron James’ astonishing production, the rationale behind Jayson Tatum’s limited minutes and more. Plus, the crew questions if LeBron & AD’s production calls into question the Lakers’ recent inability to build around them, Victor Wembanyama’s brilliance & incredibly bright future right away and look ahead to Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and beyond
0:00 Welcome to The Hoop Collective!
2:48 Shockingly close women’s gold medal game
4:06 Was Steph Curry the moment of this gold?
11:52 Lakers failing LeBron & AD
15:26 Embiid’s significance to Team USA
17:57 Lakers failing LeBron & AD
20:22 Wemby lives up to big moments
23:28 Serbian team had fun before medal ceremony
28:10 Wemby lives up to big moments
37:59 Future of Olympic basketball
46:57 Final thoughts on Tatum playing time
57:44 Initial thoughts on LA 2028
1:06:24 Windy’s final Olympic thoughts
1:01:15 Thanks for watching!
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22 Comments
KD, Antman, Tatum, Booker could've closes out the game also.
windy bending over for steve kerr nasty nasty stuff
Brian right about young players in fiba. for Olympics for spots 11 &12 put young players that commit to worldcups in previous years.
GOAT CURRY WITH THE GOLDEN DAGGER!
Back in 2004 when team USA had to settle for the bronze medal 🥉 every white man who covers the NBA proclaimed that the world had passed the United States (black basketball players) and since then team USA has reeled off FIVE gold medals 🥇and now white men are proclaiming yet again that the world has passed black basketball players 😂😂
USA basket all in trouble..these youngins don;t know how to play FIBA basketball…smaller court and no defensive 3 second rule makes crazy difference
Bontemps should apologize to Yabusele, Cordinier and Lessort
Bontemps is right about the Lakers. They wasted the final years of LeBron.
Victor will dominant NBA for a WHILE! except you know what I mean..
I'm glad they spoke on the Tatum situation because everyone were loosing their minds over it for absolutely no reason. Tatum was not needed, he was a luxury. It would've been nice to find him some minutes somewhere but he just didn't fit in the framework of this team. Bob Cousy being red with rage was ridiculous.
I am a Serb and even though the refs were…let's say…bad….even though Embiid is a dude from Cameroon, nobody thinks of him as an American…..
I will never get over this loss…This is probably the last time in Jokic's prime that USA will have a DREAM TEAM. Sure next gens will have good players but nobody exists of Bron's, Curry's and KD's calibre…
The Best player in the world against a continent of super athletes, and it was that close…
I will never forgive Luka Dončić for having respect unlike Embiid and playing for his homeland instead of Serbia(he has Serbian roots)
If Serbia has players above Jason Tatum, could any of those players make All-NBA 1st Team?
Windhorst is insufferable and frankly just an a**. What the arrogant man REFUSES to acknowledge is that Tatum did NOTHING Wrong. Stop acting like Tyrese was such a perfect angel and Tatum was throwing a tantrum. He did no such thing. Windhorst also can't get over his own arrogance to simply note that Steve Kerr essentially stoked the fire with the whole Tatum thing by refusing to say anything intelligent on the matter. I hope to god he at least apologized to Tatum for literally TRYING to make him come off as somehow incompetent and less than. We all know Kerr is trying to collude to get Booker, but get over yourself. Frankly done with Windy, last listen here. Bye bye. Good riddance.
Lebron winning mvp is hilarious 😂😂
My guys! Big B, Sassy T and Mr.Mcman
Steph put the competition to sleep.
Oui Oui-ners
😅 now thats a high level dad joke
Bon temps needs to listen more. Just annoying to hear him cut people off before hearing the full concept.
For the second time Team USA affraid to lose the medal of the and of match. France is really awesome and i win USA at tokyo and world cup. If France arrive in final at L.A 2028 is not sur than USa have Medal gold.
53:57 lmfao 😂😂😂
So true. I was there late June and I was walking in Paris near the Bercy train station and a lady was walking with her dog unleashed and we all stood there to wait for them to pass because we did not want to be attacked. She stared at us like what are you stopping for and took all her time while the dog came close to us acting all weird.😂😂😂
You better start winning the world cups, because eventually they are going to be very important.