If the "BIG 3" are so great... Why none was on the Dream Team?

Question

The Dream Team won the gold again because they are the BEST TEAM in the world!!!!!

so talking about the "Big 3", if they are so "Great"... Why none was on the Dream Team?

Answer 1

Lol - if youre talkin bout dream team 08 thats easy... KG already has olympic gold and wouldn't be asked again for that reason..PP and Allen are a little on the older side and it gets to a stage where team usa can't pick too many vets  - it disturbs the philosophy of keeping the same squad together for a few yrs...

Answer 2

lakers fan keep complaining that they lost to a team with 3 all stars so kobe had to go 1 on 3 and all that jiburish... jordan beated quite a few teams with three all stars: jazz - stockton, malone, hornacek, Seattle: gary payton, shawn kemp, deleft scremphf,  cavs - mark price, larry nance, brad daugherty...  then they talked about how great of a defensive team boston was and all that yada ya...  jordan also beated quite a few great defensive teams... detroit bad boys and the other bad boy new york knicks just to name a few...  kobe lovers should stop making excuses for kobe and admit that he is no jordan... never has been and never will be...

Answer 3

They're too busy celebrating beating the Lakers by THIRTY NINE points!

Answer 4

Because they don't want to join....

Answer 5

maybe it's because none of them were even in the league when the dream team was formed. dream team is 1992, the one you're talking about is the  Redeem team, so no, the Dream Team didn't win the gold again. KG and Allen already played for the 2000 Olympics, so they don't have a need to play for the recent one. Pierce played the international one (forgot what it is called) in 2002, which he failed. I think he may want to spend time with his baby or just relax til the next season arrives.

d**n, I'm getting tired of answering this question over and over again.

Answer 6

they were way too young to be on the "dream team". that was 16 years ago.

Answer 7

they probably asked them, but the big 3 declined.

Thats why other players were not on the team

Answer 8

it don't matter that they were not on the usa team they won the championship who care if they were not on the usa team, the usa team is not a team of the best players in the nba!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

They need time to rest for the next season. After all, the big three are all over thirty.

Answer 10

because kg and ray allen already have their gold and rejected the offer.

pierce also rejected the offer when they asked players to commit to 3 years.

Answer 11

I know for a fact that KG was invited, but he didn't want to go. Besides, all 3 are getting older and it's time to let the next generation come in.

Answer 12

because they suck

Answer 13

umm they wasnt on the dream team cuz that was years ago in 1992 and featured 10 of the top 50 agreed basketball players of all time so i see no room on the roster for P2 KG n RAY RAY but on the redeem team roster they are just to old to fit the mix the new USA mens olympic basketball program is about getting players to commit 4 years in advance and train and work together there is no way the BIG 3 can make that kind of time commitment in there growing age