CHICAGO — Team USA used to be made up of amateurs. Now it's a small party of basketball's elite, and a quick look inside may show us where the game is heading.
The 1992 Dream Team signified the first time many NBA superstars (including Michael Jordan, Larry Bird, Karl Malone and Magic Johnson) took the court together—excepting for All-Star games. That famous instance expanded the imagination of the game, giving way eventually to the reality of a handful of superteams competing at the top of the league.
The seed of the Miami Heat’s Big Three of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade was said to be planted in 2008 with Team USA at the Beijing Olympics. That free-agency coup has changed the way we view the league, and the interactions between players during the offseason have earned our extra scrutiny. Especially now that Kevin Love, with whom LeBron struck great chemistry during the 2012 games in London, is reportedly being traded to James' new/old team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Article written by John Wilmes