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[earnest music builds slowly]
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[crowd cheers rising]
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[music intensifies]
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[commentator 1] The US have,
as expected, won the gold.
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[commentator 2] A walk-away win
for the United States.
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[commentator 3] Gold again for the USA.
They are unbeatable.
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[tense music builds]
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[commentator 1] There's a new era
in Olympic basketball.
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It's a celebration
for the rest of the basketball world.
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[tense music continues to build]
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[commentator 1] Jokić for the win!
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Oh!
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- It's good!
- [commentator 2] Are you kidding me?
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[crowd shouting] MVP! MVP!
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[commentator 1] Antetokounmpo
throws it down!
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander!
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[music recedes slightly]
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The game is not just
an American game no more.
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[announcer] Welcome to
the FIBA Basketball World Cup.
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Last year in the World Cup we lost,
and it was heartbreaking.
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[commentator 1] The Germans have done it!
They have stunned the United States!
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[Curry] We were watching
the basketball world cup,
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and that's when the conversation
started, you know, going around.
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Are we the favorites anymore?
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When the best 12 guys come
with that Team USA across the jersey,
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nobody should beat us.
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[dramatic music rises slowly]
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["Run It Up" by Bas playing]
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Excitement for this basketball tournament
is off the charts.
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[man rapping]
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[commentator] You can feel
the anticipation in the air.
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A different level of intensity.
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We're at an interesting time
in the game of basketball right now.
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You have three, four, five teams
that are contenders
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More importantly, three, four, five teams
that believe they can win a gold medal.
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♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
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The United States Men's Basketball Team
has won four straight Olympic gold medals.
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[Hill] We're still the best at this.
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We beat you with greatness.
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When you get your moment, you bring it,
or we bring another Hall of Famer in.
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Holy shit. He's so fucking good.
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[commentator] Curry!
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[echoing] Oh!
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♪ I overcame all the odds ♪
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You look in the NBA, our most recent MVPs
have been international players.
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[in Serbian] Get into a bit of a fight
with them… Let them get nervous a bit…
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[in English] The basketball in Serbia gave
happiness to people when time wasn't good.
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[commentator]
Bogdanović, deep ball, and it's good.
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[Bogdanovič] Basketball is in our blood.
When you're young, everybody teaches you
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that we are the best in basketball.
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- [in Serbian] Who's the best?
- Serbia!
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[in English] With the success we have,
you know, you start believing it.
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We're not intimidated
by the United States at all.
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Canada has its own national sport.
It's hockey.
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But they're developing some players.
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[Brooks] This is supposed to be the best
United States since the Dream Team.
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We can put any one of our ten
against any starting five,
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and we have a chance to win.
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I'm playing for my life.
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♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
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[Wemby] We just had two
first overall picks in a row.
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More and more people know what's coming,
you know, from France.
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[in French] We're not the team
we used to be! Not anymore!
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It just doesn't work!
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Yes, we want the gold medal
at the Olympics. My ass!
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[in English] At home, we got one chance
in a lifetime. We can't waste it.
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It's going to be on us to have the balls
to embrace that pressure.
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[commentator] Wembanyama.
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Two to shoot. Fournier. A bomb!
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♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
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Basketball is always gonna
have to go through… the US.
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[Bam] The world's catching up to you.
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You don't wanna be that team
the world catches up to.
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[Durant] Treating them like
they the best teams in the world.
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That's just crazy.
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[Durant] Because we need to be at
that level if we want to play at our best.
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- Cheers.
- [all] Cheers!
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I feel like all of them a threat.
And when somebody's a threat to us,
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then you know what happens after that.
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[commentator] Carter. It's…
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Oh!
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♪ Nothing can stop me ♪
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[music fades to silence]
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[shoes squeaking on court]
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{\an8}- [shoes squeaking]
- [overlapping chatter]
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["RISE!" by Tyler, The Creator plays]
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{\an8}I'm good. I'm good.
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{\an8}Ball. Ball. Ball.
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{\an8}[Durant] Hey, Book! Goddamn Book!
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{\an8}Goddamn Book! Goddamn Book!
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Ice, 'Bron! Ice! Ice, 'Bron!
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Lock in! Lock in, come on!
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[Durant] Since I've been coming
to USAB, we talk about,
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{\an8}"Pressure's there every time
you put this jersey on."
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{\an8}Exhibition or a regular game.
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I feel like we can't lose…
or have a tight game,
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which is the pressure you need to become
a better player, a better human being.
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I'm low. Yeah.
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{\an8}On paper, I feel like
this team can compete with
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{\an8}all of the Olympic teams
that's come before us.
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Swing. Swing, Joel.
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You got cutter. I'm corner.
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One dribble, pass.
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Put it down early.
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[Kerr] All my coaching friends,
they laugh and they just say,
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{\an8}"Coaching USA Basketball is
the most thankless job in sports."
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{\an8}You're just supposed to win.
And if you do, who cares?
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If you lose, it's, you know…
you're… you're a failure.
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Come on. You got room.
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We want to get to this spot.
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If you're in the corner,
Ant, you're right there,
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and I shoot from this side,
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we got to sprint back through this elbow.
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We're going to pick off
three extra possessions a game.
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Alright? Here we go. Next group.
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[Davis] You got it. You good.
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Weak. Strong!
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[grunts]
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{\an8}For this roster, I looked at it,
kind of as three buckets.
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{\an8}You have the…
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seasoned guys.
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Guys whose legacies are cemented.
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Then you have maybe some guys
who are in their prime.
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[Tatum] Get through it, Steph.
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[Hill] And then you have
some younger guys.
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And you wanted representation
from all three buckets.
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[Edwards] There we go!
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Let's get them on a group text,
where they now can start bonding,
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and coming together,
forming those relationships.
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Watch out, I got it. Ant, stay home.
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♪ And I'll always be ahead of you
Don't you forget it ♪
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{\an8}- You gonna come to Indy?
- I might wanna come to Indy.
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{\an8}- Come on. Make it happen.
- Psych! Never in my life.
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{\an8}I would rather retire.
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[laughing quietly]
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Yo, that's not fair, bro.
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Next time y'all come to Indy,
let's go to dinner. Come to my crib.
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I'm good, man.
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- Gotta get out the hotel.
- I'll come to your crib.
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- Come to my crib.
- I'll come to the game.
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Yeah, come on.
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[pensive music playing]
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[Malika] I'm really curious to see,
sort of, how Steve Kerr
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is going to manage all of these stars
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{\an8}because really this is a team
that has an embarrassment of riches.
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Rip, rip up. Rip, rip. Red.
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LeBron James, he's about to be 40,
you know, the end of this calendar year.
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[commentator] LeBron James,
a shot at history.
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My goodness!
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The NBA's all-time scoring record
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now belongs to LeBron James.
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His willingness to go out there,
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publicly, and say, "I'm in."
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{\an8}That's a powerful statement.
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{\an8}He wants, I think, to help show
some of these younger guys
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{\an8}what it takes to be… a gold medalist.
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what it takes to be an ambassador,
what it takes to be a star.
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Don't be in here.
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I'm taking the roll.
So I need you splitting the difference.
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So you can take there
if he throw it there, or there.
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Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.
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[Edwards] There she go.
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There she go!
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[Hill] Anthony Edwards is
one of our bright young stars.
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[commentator] Ant Edwards!
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The explosion to the rim!
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Anthony is… he's kind of one-of-a-kind.
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[laughing]
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[Hill] To throw him out there
with Kevin Durant,
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his hero from when he was a little kid…
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I mean, that's special.
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What's the number one thing
you look forward to?
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Playing alongside KD.
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That's the only thing I'm looking to do.
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- He means that much to you?
- He's my favorite player of all time.
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I want to see the Olympic KD.
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[Malika] Entering these games,
Kevin has three gold medals.
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He's going for four,
which would put him standing alone
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on top of the men's basketball pyramid,
as the only player ever
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to have four Olympic gold medals.
And, by the way, that's not it.
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He also is looking to become
the all-time leading scorer
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for USA Basketball, men's or women's.
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[Durant] Everybody's at
a different part of their career.
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You got Ant,
a young guy in the league, his first one.
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This is Steph's first one,
but he's 36 years old.
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{\an8}Steph Curry is the greatest person
to ever shoot a basketball, ever.
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[commentator 1] Clock at three.
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Curry, three! Oh!
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[commentator 2 laughs]
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- Oh, there's the meme!
- [commentator 1 ] What a shot!
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[Curry] This being my first Olympics,
it's the right time because of the stakes
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of Team USA regaining
and reliving our dominance.
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I think once we showed up to Vegas,
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{\an8}everybody was taking it serious,
everybody was locked in on…
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{\an8}making sure every day
we were getting something out of it,
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competing, having fun, talking.
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- I got him. Yeah.
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One of the things that these guys love is
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playing with the guys
they're used to competing against,
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and joining forces,
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and then sharing the responsibility
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that they're used to handling
on their own.
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[Edwards] See how
they forget about you, bro?
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- It's all good.
- [Davis laughs]
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Man, you have…
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such a gift. Like, just…
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I mean, look at… You were a tailback.
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- You're running over people, right?
- Yeah.
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When is that gonna translate
to rebounding?
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When is that gonna translate to…
find a body, and boom!
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- Yeah.
- Hit guys.
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My coach be getting on my ass
about the same shit.
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Yes, because that's the next step for you.
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You know, like,
you took such a leap last year
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from the beginning of practice
to the end of the World Cup,
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and then it translated. You became
one of the best players in the league.
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- This is the next step.
- Yeah, for sure.
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I'm watching…
I'm watching how hard LeBron practices.
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- I've never seen him practice before.
- Right, right.
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- I'm like, "Oh my God."
- Yeah.
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I've seen Steph, both those guys,
just all the talking, all the physicality.
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- Yeah.
- That's the next step for you.
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You got another level you can get to,
but it's all the little boring stuff.
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Yeah. No, I got you.
I'm gonna lock in on it.
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- Use that body, man.
- I got you, baby.
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[Kerr] To look at all you guys…
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half of you are already Hall of Famers.
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If you retired right now,
half this team would be Hall of Famers.
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The other half is gonna be Hall of Famers.
We got 12 Hall of Famers in here.
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But Grant said it,
this is going to take some time, right?
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So, can we commit right now
to throw all the NBA stuff out the window?
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Alright. Nobody's getting paid.
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Nobody's here for any other reason than,
man, we want to win.
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We want to win a gold medal,
and we want to play together.
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So, you might be in a position where
you don't even play for a couple games.
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I don't know how it's going to work out.
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I do know it would be really hard
to play 12 people in a 40-minute game.
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I've had a few people say to me,
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"This reminds me
of the Dream Team in '92."
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You guys have… I mean,
maybe a few of you were born.
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I guess LeBron, you were born. Steph.
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You know, that team…
transformed basketball,
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opened up the world to our game.
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Dream Team is the greatest team
ever assembled in any sport.
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The fascinating thing about the Dream Team
is what produced it, what forced it.
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{\an8}[commentator] Wasn't expected
to be this tense.
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{\an8}[Wilbon] The loss in 1988 in the Olympics,
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{\an8}the US team losing to the old Soviet Union
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and Arvydas Sabonis.
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Our traditional, classic model
of amateur basketball players,
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college kids,
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representing the United States of America
was not sustainable.
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There's a national pride,
there's embarrassment for USA Basketball.
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We own this. We created it.
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We…
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We are the template.
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[commentator] …goes home stunned.
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[Wilbon] In 1988, in Seoul, it was,
"We can't have any more of this."
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"We can't have losses like this."
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We couldn't win it anymore.
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USA Basketball, what are we going to do?
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And all of a sudden it was,
"Okay, let's get committees."
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"Let's have panels.
Let's have studies. Let's do something."
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{\an8}[tense string music playing]
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{\an8}[Wilbon] So by the time you got to '92,
when you put that team together,
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{\an8}you're trying to put together
the best possible group
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{\an8}of NBA players you could have.
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The opening press conference in Barcelona,
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one of the questions
was put to Charles Barkley,
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you know, "What do you know about Angola?"
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And Charles's exact answer was…
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{\an8}I don't know anything about Angola,
but Angola's in trouble.
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[Wilbon] So every team was in trouble.
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That was the badge of honor,
you got to be in trouble against them.
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You got to be in trouble against
the Beatles, the Stones… Jackson 5.
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You got to be on the floor with them.
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[Wade] All the international players
saw their favorite players.
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They got to touch them.
They got to hear stories about them.
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{\an8}They got to experience them in a way.
So it opened the game up for everyone.
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{\an8}The players that
the Dream Team played against,
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{\an8}it motivated them.
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{\an8}So, I just had started basketball,
like early '90s.
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{\an8}And, you know, I was just being a big fan.
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{\an8}And then… But the Olympics
changed everything for me.
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[upbeat music playing]
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[Nowitzki] It really put, I want to say,
basketball even on the map more in Europe.
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[Parker] Yeah, the Dream Team
had a huge impact on me.
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{\an8}When I was ten years old,
I went to the game in Monaco.
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{\an8}They played the French National Team.
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{\an8}And after that, I wanted to, you know,
go to the NBA. It became my dream.
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{\an8}The teams were catching up.
It was getting closer and closer.
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In '96, it was closer.
In 2000, it was closer.
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{\an8}[commentator] Gold for Argentina.
Silver for Italy.
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{\an8}Bronze for the USA,
but this game will go down in the annals.
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{\an8}In so many ways,
it was a coming basketball tsunami,
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{\an8}trumpeting the sea change
of international round ball power.
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[Wade] 2004, in Athens,
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we… we came home with the bronze.
We were very disappointed.
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[tense string music continues]
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[Wilbon] Americans call it a disaster.
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People who care about
world basketball called it
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the beginning of the enlightened age.
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[Wade] It was a disaster,
but it also did enlighten all of us that
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the game and the players
have gotten great.
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[Anthony] While we were looking
at our USA team,
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the rest of the world was looking at
their own players
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in their respective countries.
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{\an8}Right? So, they're taking that back
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{\an8}and planting those seeds
in their own countries.
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{\an8}And now, what you're seeing today
is just… those seeds has blossomed.
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[commentator 1] How about Jokić
with an incredible pass to Aaron Gordon!
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[commentator 2] Spins away, baseline shot.
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Shai puts it in and locks it up!
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[commentator 3] Trying to answer.
He is stuffed, and taken away.
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The fire, the sparks, the flame,
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the brush… is all 1992.
All of it. Every bit of it.
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[crowd cheering and whistling]
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The scary thing for American basketball
that we've now seen is,
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{\an8}when you run through who the top
four or five players are in the NBA,
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{\an8}to me, it's Jokić is the undisputed champ.
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It's Luka. It's Giannis. And if you really
want to get into it, SGA's Canadian.
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When's the next best player in the world
going to be from America?
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By yourself, champ. By yourself, champ.
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Yep, yep, yep.
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[grunts, shouts]
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[Malika] Coming into this Olympics,
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there's a lot of questions
about this men's basketball team.
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And exactly what it's going to look like.
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Because you're coming off
of a World Cup in Manila,
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where the United States
didn't medal… in Manila.
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And it was shocking.
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{\an8}[Wade] It's a pretty big deal,
to be in the World Cup.
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Some countries are trying
to get their first opportunity, bid,
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to make it to the Olympics.
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When you're looking at the USA,
it's a big deal to place.
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{\an8}[Curry] I do remember, we were watching
the Basketball World Cup.
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{\an8}Coach Kerr was coaching.
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There was a lot of new guys
representing the, you know, Team USA.
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[Malika] While you knew maybe
not all of the players are the same ones
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that you would see on the Olympic team,
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you're still talking about
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some of the top young talent
that's in the NBA.
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[commentator] These teams
entered with high hopes.
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Canada into the top four
for the first time in history.
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There's a positive factor there.
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It was a weird feeling being,
like, watching…
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and for all the guys
that have represented our country,
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{\an8}whether it's Olympics,
or World Championships,
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{\an8}like, losing's not an option.
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{\an8}[commentator] There is a nice shot
by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander once again.
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And the Canada fans now
start to celebrate a little bit.
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{\an8}If you look at the Dream Team,
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the guys that were playing against them
are, like, scared.
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I think that's changed now.
That fear factor isn't there anymore.
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[commentator] That's going to be it.
Canada, they have reached the podium.
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They have won the third-place game
against the United States.
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{\an8}In the Battle of the Americas.
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{\an8}When they ended up losing to Canada
in the bronze medal game,
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so finishing fourth, that's when
the conversation started going around.
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You know, the 24-hour news cycle of,
"Are we the favorites anymore?"
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[Malika] For years, I think the US
maybe has even taken for granted,
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since NBA players started
representing the country,
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that that means that
that is a shoo-in to win.
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[Russillo] It is funny with basketball,
how it'll become cyclical.
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Like, despite our success,
we can't just dominate everybody.
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We have to be challenged a bit
to be motivated to put together a roster,
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and a roster with guys
like Durant, LeBron, and Steph
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being like, "Let's fix this."
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[Hill] What was interesting was…
once we lost,
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you know, last summer in the World Cup,
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LeBron and some others talked
about their desire to be a part of it.
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What's up, man. We're gonna make history
this summer, man. So, I'm excited.
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[James] Oh, man. It's gonna be
a great summer. Absolutely.
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I know we all felt the same way.
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'Bron was the first one
to send a text message out.
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I believe I was at dinner,
here in the city,
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and the text was like,
'"Hey, what you think about next summer?"
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And I said, "Right now,
if you had to ask me, I'm all in."
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I get a text from 'Bron, like…
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he hadn't played in like 12 years.
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Steph, this is his first time,
everybody's so excited to come to Paris.
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So, I was like, "Man, of course."
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[Curry] It didn't really sink home for me
until I got my jersey.
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This is real.
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We're gonna represent our country well,
go get that gold.
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That's something I don't have,
and I really want it, so…
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There's a few guys who are,
you know, just kind of automatic, right?
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I mean, LeBron James,
Steph Curry, Kevin Durant.
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The main thing
with the Paris Olympics, alright?
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2024… you're not getting a single "no."
Nobody's saying no to Paris.
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'Cause even if the player
doesn't wanna go,
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his wife or girlfriend wants to go,
you know?
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So, you're getting everybody.
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I think everybody, from the start,
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when we first text each other
in a group chat,
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it was like, "They're saying
these other countries have caught up."
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Like, "Let's find out. Let's see."
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[Durant] When you look at it
from the top to bottom, resumes,
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what these guys accomplished
in the league,
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and you put it all on paper, it's insane.
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My expectations for the team
was a flat out, just a gold.
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If we win by 50… I want to… I want to win
by 40 points, as much as we can,
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but I know it ain't gonna always
be like that. That ain't the game.
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And I do respect that they got better,
the rest of the world,
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the rest of these teams,
but I just wanna win the medal.
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[Durant] Good pass, boy. Good pass, 'Bron.
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The entire conversation as we head
into Paris is… "Is this enough?"
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[indistinct shouts]
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[Wilbon] The common expectation
is "wipe the floor."
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That will happen in the first game or two.
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Do I think that will happen
later in the group stage
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and in the medal round? No.
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No, I think other teams
around the world are too good.
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They have too many good players.
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[grunts]
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[Kerr] Well, the gap's closed.
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And I hope my players
are upset about that,
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because the challenge that
they will receive when we get to Paris,
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it will be difficult.
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That's a good first day.
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We'll keep layering it and getting better.
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You guys'll get your legs underneath you,
and we'll be rolling before long.
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Let's keep working every day.
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We're gonna finish up with
free throws and shooting baskets.
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- But let's bring it in. Good stuff, guys.
- Great work!
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- Gold, man. One, two, three!
- [all] Gold!
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[light music playing]
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{\an8}[pundit 1] How can the red, white and blue
live up to their lofty expectations?
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{\an8}[pundit 2] The expectations are fair
if anybody thinks…
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{\an8}[pundit 3] The world is not in awe of us.
They're not scared of us anymore.
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{\an8}[pundit 4] Anything short of a gold medal
will be viewed definitely as a failure.
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{\an8}There's only one task. That's gold.
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{\an8}That's the only goal, the only task,
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the only thing that will suffice.
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[man on mic] There's no one in the world
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who's a bigger basketball fan,
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and there's no one in the world
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who's a bigger supporter
of USA basketball.
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So, with that said,
I'd like to bring out our special guest.
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[audience clapping and cheering]
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[Obama] I just want to come here to,
obviously, help send off
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{\an8}soon-to-be gold medal winners.
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{\an8}There are a lot of things
that make America exceptional.
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Nothing has represented that
more powerfully than USA Basketball.
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Having said all that, y'all better win.
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[audience laughs]
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[Obama] Sometimes,
I've been accused, to a fault, of
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{\an8}being interested in
what goes on outside our borders,
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{\an8}and reminding us that
we're connected to everybody,
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and that America needs to be a partner
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and not just dictate terms to the world.
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But when it comes to basketball…
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I expect the USA
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to win a gold medal
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every single time.
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And yes,
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them getting a silver medal
would be… terrible.
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And embarrassing.
Just wanted to get that on the record.
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[overlapping chatter]
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00:24:10,615 --> 00:24:13,702
[Obama] I didn't think I'd start…
What do you think about this young guy?
461
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,163
- He can hoop a little bit, huh?
- Just a little bit.
462
00:24:16,246 --> 00:24:18,081
- Huh?
- Man, y'all better stand down.
463
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:20,584
- I'm the truth.
- He's the truth?
464
00:24:20,667 --> 00:24:23,628
- You said you're the truth. Yeah?
- These boys know.
465
00:24:24,171 --> 00:24:26,465
- I guess.
- He's cold. I gotta give him credit.
466
00:24:26,548 --> 00:24:28,717
He gives up 50 every time we play him.
467
00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:30,427
He's lucky I ain't seven foot.
468
00:24:30,510 --> 00:24:34,139
And y'all got two seven-footers,
and he's still scoring on them.
469
00:24:34,222 --> 00:24:36,933
Hold on. Don't talk…
We ain't gonna do all that.
470
00:24:37,017 --> 00:24:39,227
- No, I'm just saying…
- Three seven-footers.
471
00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:42,814
- That's right, because he got Naz Reid.
- I gave him credit. I told you.
472
00:24:42,898 --> 00:24:45,066
He did give you credit. I remember that.
473
00:24:45,650 --> 00:24:46,818
Yo, K.
474
00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:48,320
- LeBron.
- Watch him.
475
00:24:48,820 --> 00:24:50,113
Come on.
476
00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:54,409
Are y'all talking to this young man?
'Cause he just keeps on…
477
00:24:55,202 --> 00:24:58,538
Right now, he just said
he's the truth and all that, and…
478
00:24:58,622 --> 00:25:00,874
The truth, the whole truth,
nothing but the truth?
479
00:25:00,957 --> 00:25:03,668
You asked… Tell him
the whole context of the situation.
480
00:25:03,752 --> 00:25:06,421
You asked him
what he think about this young man.
481
00:25:06,505 --> 00:25:07,714
And he said I'm okay.
482
00:25:07,797 --> 00:25:10,884
I said, "I'm the truth, he's tripping."
That's what happened.
483
00:25:10,967 --> 00:25:12,469
It's nothing wrong with that.
484
00:25:12,552 --> 00:25:14,262
- [Obama] See?
- Nothing wrong with that.
485
00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:16,306
- Gotta have that.
- That man the truth.
486
00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:18,475
- Gotta have swag like that.
- He ain't lying.
487
00:25:18,558 --> 00:25:21,353
- [high-pitched] He ain't lying.
- He ain't lying. [laughing]
488
00:25:21,436 --> 00:25:24,231
Hey, 'Rese, what that is right there?
Strawberry lemonade?
489
00:25:24,314 --> 00:25:26,525
[Haliburton] Mocktail,
yeah, Shirley Temple.
490
00:25:27,108 --> 00:25:28,735
- It got, like, alcohol in it?
- No.
491
00:25:28,818 --> 00:25:31,321
- Oh, I'll take one of those.
- There you go.
492
00:25:31,404 --> 00:25:33,698
That's… Way to go, young man.
493
00:25:33,782 --> 00:25:36,284
See the old guys, they're all like, "Nah."
494
00:25:38,745 --> 00:25:41,581
[Obama] Here you've got to take,
by far, the best talent,
495
00:25:41,665 --> 00:25:43,667
but you gotta meld it into a team.
496
00:25:43,750 --> 00:25:45,377
The competition is serious.
497
00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:47,712
It's not a given… that we win.
498
00:25:47,796 --> 00:25:50,715
- [tense string music playing]
- [shoes squeaking on court]
499
00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:52,801
[indistinct shouting]
500
00:25:57,013 --> 00:25:58,056
[in Serbian] Hands!
501
00:25:59,307 --> 00:26:01,851
[Pešić] We shouldn't exaggerate
in anything,
502
00:26:01,935 --> 00:26:07,607
{\an8}but all the arguments are there
that this is the hardest tournament,
503
00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:09,609
{\an8}Olympic tournament up to date.
504
00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:14,155
We have… you play as your practice.
505
00:26:14,239 --> 00:26:17,576
And that's how you gain confidence.
506
00:26:17,659 --> 00:26:20,829
These are very important things.
507
00:26:20,912 --> 00:26:22,914
- [clapping]
- [overlapping shouts]
508
00:26:23,999 --> 00:26:26,668
- [whistle blows]
- [Jordi in English] Good ball pressure.
509
00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:28,336
There we go. There we go.
510
00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,966
- [shouting]
- [whistle blows]
511
00:26:35,552 --> 00:26:38,138
[Jordi] There's no easy team
to play against.
512
00:26:38,221 --> 00:26:39,973
{\an8}You go team by team,
513
00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:42,684
{\an8}and they all have superstars.
514
00:26:42,767 --> 00:26:45,854
They have groups
that have been together for many years.
515
00:26:45,937 --> 00:26:47,814
We're going to play France in France.
516
00:26:47,897 --> 00:26:51,568
Say we play Team USA, Serbia,
just go on and on and on.
517
00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:55,030
{\an8}We're not intimidated. We look forward
to the challenge, what it presents.
518
00:26:55,697 --> 00:26:57,741
[Jordi] Nobody in this tournament
519
00:26:57,824 --> 00:27:01,661
can play the same way
we're capable of playing.
520
00:27:01,745 --> 00:27:03,747
[music ends]
521
00:27:06,041 --> 00:27:09,628
I don't know that I would
put one team out there, but France,
522
00:27:09,711 --> 00:27:13,548
they have incredible continuity
with their team.
523
00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:18,094
Coach Collet… and they're playing
on their home soil.
524
00:27:18,178 --> 00:27:22,182
["Haut Parleur" by AXS Music,
Jule Thorel Guillan, LYMS & Slaik plays]
525
00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:30,523
[man rapping in French]
526
00:27:33,652 --> 00:27:36,696
[man in French] Could the Olympics
in France be a tipping point
527
00:27:36,780 --> 00:27:38,198
for French basketball?
528
00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,118
[Diaw in English] Being at home,
529
00:27:42,202 --> 00:27:44,621
I don't think I fully grasp
the extent of it.
530
00:27:45,705 --> 00:27:48,083
{\an8}The biggest sport event in our lifetime.
531
00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:52,671
{\an8}Because the last time
the Olympics was in Paris was 1924.
532
00:27:54,422 --> 00:27:58,343
[woman in French] Competing in
the Olympics at home, there's a pressure
533
00:27:58,426 --> 00:28:01,721
which often manifests
physically and psychologically.
534
00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:04,683
How do you think a younger player,
535
00:28:04,766 --> 00:28:07,894
like Wembanyama,
would be able to handle all that?
536
00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:10,355
[energetic music playing]
537
00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:12,399
[commentator in English]
Wembanyama with a stuff!
538
00:28:14,234 --> 00:28:17,737
{\an8}More and more people know
what's coming, you know, from France.
539
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:22,951
The new wave, you know,
the energy around basketball.
540
00:28:23,660 --> 00:28:26,162
- [commentator] On the drive…
- [commentator 2] Oh my!
541
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:32,669
[Malika] Victor Wembanyama is
the greatest prospect of all time.
542
00:28:32,752 --> 00:28:34,212
[commentator] …has three assists.
543
00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:36,172
What a pass by Wembanyama!
544
00:28:36,256 --> 00:28:39,300
Everyone's excited to see,
like, what is this young man going to be?
545
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:42,095
And having his first Olympics
this early in his career,
546
00:28:42,178 --> 00:28:45,390
at about 20 years old, roughly,
that makes it exciting.
547
00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:49,102
[commentator] …to the bucket.
Oh, with authority! Over Şengün!
548
00:28:49,602 --> 00:28:51,438
Count the basket and the foul!
549
00:28:51,521 --> 00:28:54,315
Wemby, immediately, is not afraid.
550
00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:58,486
And Wemby, I feel, has the best mindset
of any super prospect that I've ever seen.
551
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,238
Like, he's about the right things,
552
00:29:00,321 --> 00:29:03,324
he says the right things,
he's all business, no bullshit.
553
00:29:03,408 --> 00:29:05,577
You can tell that
there's zero fear with him.
554
00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:07,871
[commentator] Uh-oh! Uh-oh!
555
00:29:07,954 --> 00:29:09,789
Whoa!
556
00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:12,250
I think France is coming. I really do.
557
00:29:14,627 --> 00:29:17,881
{\an8}For this tournament, the way we are built,
with the players we have,
558
00:29:17,964 --> 00:29:20,550
{\an8}defense is going to be our blueprint.
That's for sure.
559
00:29:21,259 --> 00:29:24,721
Together as a team,
we can be the best defense,
560
00:29:24,804 --> 00:29:27,015
and so we have to focus on that.
561
00:29:28,266 --> 00:29:31,561
The biggest part and most important part
is the team chemistry,
562
00:29:31,644 --> 00:29:34,314
because they've been
playing together year after year.
563
00:29:34,814 --> 00:29:38,318
And sometimes that can be, you know,
something that might be tough for the US.
564
00:29:38,401 --> 00:29:40,612
You know, they're gonna
practice for three weeks.
565
00:29:40,695 --> 00:29:43,281
Sometimes it's hard
to find that chemistry in three weeks.
566
00:29:43,364 --> 00:29:45,450
[overlapping shouts]
567
00:29:45,533 --> 00:29:47,452
[Wilbon] France has a chance.
568
00:29:47,535 --> 00:29:51,164
What is it about that somebody
doesn't understand… in terms of
569
00:29:51,247 --> 00:29:54,542
the ability of France to challenge
the United States and anybody else?
570
00:29:54,626 --> 00:29:56,544
[in French] And what about
the American team?
571
00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:59,798
Since you've already played them
and you have as many stars as they do,
572
00:29:59,881 --> 00:30:01,591
does it make them seem less god-like?
573
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:07,347
I don't know. I think we'll be able
to tell only after the competition.
574
00:30:08,932 --> 00:30:12,769
[in English] The USA and France rivalry
started in 2020 in Tokyo.
575
00:30:12,852 --> 00:30:14,687
{\an8}[dramatic music plays]
576
00:30:14,771 --> 00:30:16,606
{\an8}[Wade] France was making their step.
577
00:30:17,398 --> 00:30:18,858
{\an8}Sometimes you get caught.
578
00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:21,569
It happens for Team USA
every now and again,
579
00:30:21,653 --> 00:30:23,655
where teams have been preparing for you.
580
00:30:23,738 --> 00:30:26,741
They've been dreaming about this moment,
dreaming about this game.
581
00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:32,121
This is everything for them,
so sometimes they're gonna get you.
582
00:30:32,205 --> 00:30:34,582
They're gonna play a little harder,
better than you.
583
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,668
{\an8}[dramatic music continues]
584
00:30:38,336 --> 00:30:42,173
{\an8}[Kerr] We played France
in the first pool play game in Tokyo,
585
00:30:42,257 --> 00:30:45,635
and it was a really bizarre set
of circumstances because of COVID,
586
00:30:45,718 --> 00:30:47,220
the Olympics being pushed back.
587
00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:51,015
[commentator] Good hustle by France.
588
00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:54,269
And what a bucket there by Evan Fournier.
589
00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:58,022
{\an8}Everybody wants to beat the US.
590
00:30:58,106 --> 00:31:01,025
[commentator] Holiday for three,
and it will not go,
591
00:31:01,109 --> 00:31:03,653
and the 25-game win streak
592
00:31:03,736 --> 00:31:06,322
for the United States of America is over.
593
00:31:06,406 --> 00:31:09,367
[Fournier] After we played Team USA
the first game in Tokyo,
594
00:31:09,450 --> 00:31:11,160
winning against them was special.
595
00:31:11,244 --> 00:31:13,121
Playing Team USA is always special.
596
00:31:14,038 --> 00:31:16,416
[Batum] Tokyo, we beat them
in the first game,
597
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,879
but we knew, like,
we're gonna see them again.
598
00:31:22,630 --> 00:31:27,051
{\an8}[commentator] And here we go from
Saitama Super Arena, gold medal matchup.
599
00:31:27,135 --> 00:31:30,680
The United States in white,
France in blue.
600
00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:33,975
Part of me wished that
we would have played them only once,
601
00:31:34,058 --> 00:31:35,643
to kind of surprise them.
602
00:31:37,061 --> 00:31:38,313
KD went nuts that game,
603
00:31:38,396 --> 00:31:41,524
and sometimes, you know,
you just lose against a better player.
604
00:31:41,608 --> 00:31:42,734
[commentator] Durant.
605
00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:45,820
Three more for the big fella.
606
00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:48,823
{\an8}And that's the way it's going to end.
607
00:31:50,658 --> 00:31:52,744
Coming up short in the final,
it's painful.
608
00:31:54,495 --> 00:31:57,332
[Batum] The positive we have to take
from that game is, 20 years ago,
609
00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:59,542
we'd be like, "We lost to the US.
We're good."
610
00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:00,960
But now we're pissed.
611
00:32:01,044 --> 00:32:03,713
[Wade] For France,
that was a confidence builder in 2020.
612
00:32:03,796 --> 00:32:05,381
That, "Oh, we almost…"
613
00:32:05,465 --> 00:32:08,134
"Oh, we… We're there."
And that was without Wemby.
614
00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:10,428
That was without,
quote-unquote, their best player.
615
00:32:10,511 --> 00:32:11,930
[music ends]
616
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:16,225
Yeah, I just want to beat France.
617
00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:18,394
They had seven new players
go into the league,
618
00:32:18,478 --> 00:32:20,438
so they're feeling themselves,
and I get it.
619
00:32:20,521 --> 00:32:23,191
And they just really feel like
they can beat us.
620
00:32:23,274 --> 00:32:25,026
[indistinct chatter]
621
00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:27,111
[triumphant instrumental music plays]
622
00:32:28,613 --> 00:32:32,116
{\an8}[commentator] We are in
the heart of Paris, a city renowned
623
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:35,495
{\an8}for its sport, art, culture, and history,
to mark the beginning
624
00:32:35,578 --> 00:32:39,040
of an extraordinary event
that simultaneously transcends borders,
625
00:32:39,123 --> 00:32:42,377
inspires generations,
and brings the world together.
626
00:32:42,460 --> 00:32:45,922
Welcome to the Games of the 33rd Olympiad.
627
00:32:46,005 --> 00:32:48,007
[triumphant music intensifies]
628
00:32:50,927 --> 00:32:52,971
Look at you. You look good.
629
00:32:53,054 --> 00:32:55,098
How you feeling, Steph? Looking fresh.
630
00:32:55,181 --> 00:32:58,643
Oh, I feel great.
You know, this is… This is wild.
631
00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:02,647
This is wild. Let me go call my wife.
632
00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:04,482
Hey, fam.
633
00:33:05,692 --> 00:33:06,567
Alright.
634
00:33:06,651 --> 00:33:09,654
Lady right there.
Get your tie, right behind my man.
635
00:33:09,737 --> 00:33:10,989
- Blonde lady.
- Yep.
636
00:33:13,741 --> 00:33:16,202
- So you're going for five, huh?
- Four.
637
00:33:17,453 --> 00:33:19,414
I got my Polaroid, I'm locked in.
638
00:33:19,497 --> 00:33:22,250
The only one that got
a different jacket is Bron-Bron there,
639
00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:24,252
with his flag-bearer jacket. Look at him.
640
00:33:28,589 --> 00:33:31,384
Gotta add a little bling to it, you know.
641
00:33:32,593 --> 00:33:35,096
- Put something extra to it, but…
- I look better.
642
00:33:36,222 --> 00:33:38,057
He's just darker than me.
643
00:33:38,141 --> 00:33:39,642
[crowd chattering]
644
00:33:39,726 --> 00:33:41,394
[James] I don't know where we at.
645
00:33:41,978 --> 00:33:44,647
We headed to Opening…
Opening Ceremony, man.
646
00:33:45,231 --> 00:33:47,817
- 2024. Live from Paris.
- Damn! The whole family out there.
647
00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:49,569
[music recedes slightly]
648
00:33:49,652 --> 00:33:53,364
[Batum] Of course we wanted to be there,
but we played the next day at 5 p.m.
649
00:33:53,448 --> 00:33:56,701
{\an8}We want to be part of it, for sure,
but you want to win game at the end.
650
00:33:56,784 --> 00:34:01,039
{\an8}So we took a decision to not go, and just
stay there and be ready for the game.
651
00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,001
- Hi, good luck.
- Appreciate it.
652
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:13,134
[Fournier] When we play Team USA,
we definitely have an advantage.
653
00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:16,763
We know each other.
We've played together for ten-plus years.
654
00:34:16,846 --> 00:34:18,639
We have training camps every summer.
655
00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:22,435
These guys don't. These guys just show up
for three weeks and just go play, right?
656
00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:27,148
It's extremely hard to create a team
and create chemistry like that,
657
00:34:27,231 --> 00:34:30,735
and I think that's…
that's their biggest disadvantage.
658
00:34:30,818 --> 00:34:33,362
And… that's always a challenge for them.
659
00:34:33,446 --> 00:34:34,530
[music ends]
660
00:34:34,614 --> 00:34:36,866
Y'all can play together
every day for five years.
661
00:34:36,949 --> 00:34:38,159
That ain't gonna help you.
662
00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:41,621
That chemistry gonna help you
when you got to guard Steph?
663
00:34:41,704 --> 00:34:43,581
[laughing] That's…
664
00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:47,376
So, whoever's talking, man,
especially France, man…
665
00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:51,130
Like, just play the games, man.
We ain't talking about y'all.
666
00:34:51,214 --> 00:34:55,593
We're respecting what y'all are doing
over there, but… just play the games, bro.
667
00:34:55,676 --> 00:34:58,012
[tense string music plays]
668
00:34:58,096 --> 00:35:02,058
[Fournier] I'm actually happy that Steph,
LeBron, KD, all these guys gonna be here.
669
00:35:04,018 --> 00:35:05,728
Because it's kind of…
670
00:35:06,854 --> 00:35:09,774
It's kind of upsetting when,
you know, you play against them…
671
00:35:11,526 --> 00:35:13,945
You beat them,
or you have a close game, whatever.
672
00:35:14,028 --> 00:35:18,157
And some guys say, "They didn't have
their best team, blah, blah, blah."
673
00:35:18,241 --> 00:35:19,575
You know, it's upsetting.
674
00:35:19,659 --> 00:35:22,161
So, I'm happy that
they brought their A-game.
675
00:35:25,998 --> 00:35:28,876
[chanting] USA! USA! USA!
676
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,842
[indistinct chatter in French]
677
00:35:41,722 --> 00:35:44,642
{\an8}[announcer 1 in English] Los Angeles
will host the next Olympic Games.
678
00:35:44,725 --> 00:35:48,271
This is the most successful country
in the history of the Games,
679
00:35:48,354 --> 00:35:51,649
with over 1,000 gold medals,
over 2,500 medals in total.
680
00:35:52,233 --> 00:35:56,445
Flag-bearers are tennis sensation
Coco Gauff, the 2023 US Open Champion,
681
00:35:56,529 --> 00:36:00,283
and two-time Olympic gold medalist
and NBA superstar LeBron James.
682
00:36:01,325 --> 00:36:02,618
[Gauff] This is crazy.
683
00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:04,871
{\an8}With LeBron James!
684
00:36:04,954 --> 00:36:06,330
{\an8}- [woman] That's incredible.
- Crazy.
685
00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,457
{\an8}- With LeBron James!
- [woman] That's incredible.
686
00:36:15,548 --> 00:36:17,633
[Batum] Why… did they bring the big team?
687
00:36:18,634 --> 00:36:21,179
Why, this time, everybody's coming? Why?
688
00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:24,056
Because maybe they know… [chuckles]
689
00:36:24,140 --> 00:36:26,309
…if they don't do it,
they might lose again.
690
00:36:26,893 --> 00:36:28,060
Oh, okay.
691
00:36:28,144 --> 00:36:29,187
Oh, alright.
692
00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:34,233
What? Okay, we got to bring our A-team.
Y'all got to bring yours too.
693
00:36:34,317 --> 00:36:35,943
You got Victor now. I get it.
694
00:36:36,027 --> 00:36:38,362
[announcer 2] That must mean
there's one more boat to come.
695
00:36:38,446 --> 00:36:39,572
[announcer 1] France.
696
00:36:40,072 --> 00:36:41,282
{\an8}[announcer 2] France…
697
00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:47,246
{\an8}Five hundred and seventy-three competitors
698
00:36:47,330 --> 00:36:49,916
taking part in front of their home crowd.
699
00:36:49,999 --> 00:36:51,876
[whooping]
700
00:36:51,959 --> 00:36:53,961
[tense string music continues]
701
00:37:00,384 --> 00:37:03,596
[Durant] They can't talk like that, like,
"Ya'll better bring y'all best team."
702
00:37:03,679 --> 00:37:06,140
Okay, y'all better bring
y'all best team too.
703
00:37:06,224 --> 00:37:09,101
You… You seen what the results can be.
We got evidence.
704
00:37:09,185 --> 00:37:11,896
So, like, yeah,
that sure sounds good, but we'll see.
705
00:37:14,482 --> 00:37:16,484
[music fades out]
706
00:37:18,444 --> 00:37:20,529
[subdued music rises slowly]
707
00:38:47,575 --> 00:38:48,909
[music fades out]