1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team explained

Club:1996 United States men's Olympic basketball team
Manager:Lenny Wilkens
League:1996 Summer Olympics
Top Scorer:Charles Barkley[1]
Ppg N:USA
Ppg:12.4
Rpg N:USA
Rpg:6.6
Apg N:USA
Apg:4.5
Prevseason:1992
Nextseason:2000

The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[2] [3] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original "Dream Team", from the 1992 Olympic basketball tournament: Charles Barkley, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton, and David Robinson. Gary Payton was a late replacement for the injured Glenn Robinson.[4] [5]

Roster

With Michael Jordan intimating in 1994 that he would pass on the opportunity to participate in his third Olympic Games (previously in 1984 and 1992 (the "Dream Team")) to let others get their chance at a gold medal, USA Basketball officials sought to construct the team dubbed Dream Team III (Dream Team II was the moniker of the lesser-known 1994 FIBA World Championship team) with a winning combination of veteran players from the 1992 Dream Team that won the gold medal in Barcelona and some of the league's best young talent. The first ten players of the 1996 United States Men's national basketball team roster were announced in the summer of 1995, featuring young talent, and first-time Olympians, included the likes of Penny Hardaway, Grant Hill, Shaquille O'Neal, and Gary Payton, who was added as a replacement for an injured Glenn Robinson. Other veteran players who were first-time Olympians were Reggie Miller and Hakeem Olajuwon. Mitch Richmond, along with Charles Barkley, were added in April 1996 completing the roster as the eleventh and twelfth members. Thus, the holdovers from the 1992 Olympic Team, Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, David Robinson, John Stockton, and Charles Barkley, coupled with the first-time Olympians and 1988 Olympian Mitch Richmond formed the 1996 United States Men's Olympic basketball team roster.

Staff

1996 USA results

1996 Olympic standings

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2944/tid/379/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/accumulated-statistics.html 1996 Olympic Games : Tournament for Men 20 Jul. to 3 Aug. 1996 - Atlanta in United States of America.
  2. News: Rhoden . William C. . Sports of The Times;Competitors Without a Competition . July 23, 1996 . The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20110124163016/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/23/sports/sports-of-the-times-competitors-without-a-competition.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm . 2011-01-24 . live . 2017-02-14. WAGERS were being taken on how badly Dream Team III would route Angola last night in Game 2 of its gold-medal tour..
  3. News: Why Michael Jordan didn't return for 1996 Atlanta Olympics. NBC Sports. OlympicTalk. May 1, 2020. December 23, 2020.
  4. Web site: Glenn Robinson off Dream Team. .
  5. Web site: Robinson Out of Olympics. .
  6. Web site: Team USA Basketball: What About the 1996 Dream Team II?. Bleacher Report. 8 June 2017. 3 September 2008.
  7. Web site: Games of the XXVIth Olympiad -- 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20150429161915/http://www.usab.com/history/national-team-mens/games-of-the-xxvith-olympiad-1996.aspx. dead. April 29, 2015. USA Basketball. NBA Media Ventures. 8 June 2017. 14 September 2012.