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What you don't know about the Olympics is the U.S. men's basketball team

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1. As a veteran of the "Dream Team", Charles Barkley led the U.S. men's basketball team to two Olympic championships in 1992 and 1996. He also averaged 18 points per game, becoming the first scoring champion in the history of the Dream Team.

2. Scott Pippen and David Robinson fought side by side at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, winning eight NBA championship rings and four Olympic gold medals during their careers.

3. As a member of the 1992 "Dream Team", Clyde Drexler played three games as a starter at the Olympics, but he could still score 10.5 points per game throughout the series.

4. Gorilla Patrick Ewing only participated in the first Dream Team, but he grabbed a total of 42 rebounds on his barcelona trip with the team. As of now, the rebounding record of this "dream team" has not been broken.

5. Larry Bird made nine three-pointers at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

6. Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson were the two core figures of the 1992 Dream Team.

7. Derek Coleman, Steve Smith and Shaquille O'Neal led the U.S. team to the men's basketball world championship in 1994.

8. Larry Johnson helped the U.S. win the 1994 World Championship with a 37.7-point margin.

9. At the 1996 Olympics, Pence Hardaway contributed 35 assists to his teammates.

10. The strong interior line of David Robinson, Hakim Olajuwon and Shaquille O'Neal was the strongest guarantee for the U.S. team to win the 1996 Olympic Games.

11. Scott Pippen and Shaquille O'Neal teamed up to win the 1996 Olympic Men's Basketball Championship trophy for the United States.

12. During the Atlanta Olympic Games, former Vice President Gore of the United States inspected the U.S. men's basketball team and talked cordially with assistant coach Lenny Wilkens.

13. Grant Hill asks "boxing champion" Mohammed Ali for boxing skills. As the main player of the 1996 U.S. men's basketball team, Hill averaged 9.7 points per game.

14. Tim Duncan was the second scorer of the 2004 U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 12.9 points per game.

15. Gary Payton was the assist king of the 1996 U.S. men's basketball team. His total number of assists at the Olympics is 36.

16. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Garnett played for the U.S. men's basketball team for the first time, averaging 10.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game.

17. At the Sydney Olympics, U.S. center Alonzo Mourning averaged 10.2 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, the highest number of blocks in that Olympic Games (2.3 per game).

18. In Sydney, Australia, the U.S. men's basketball team is once again on top of the world.

19. Jason Kidd is the U.S. team assists king at the Sydney Olympics, delivering 35 assists.

20.2000 U.S. Men's Basketball Head Coach - Rudy TomJanovic.

21. Ray Allen was the three-pointer of the 2000 U.S. men's basketball team. He made 10 three-pointers at the Olympics.

22. Alain Houston stepped off the team bus before the game, and the "king of the middle pitch" also participated in the Sydney Olympic Games.

23. Duncan Garnett, the dream frontcourt group of the 2000 U.S. men's basketball team.

24. Carl Malone was also a two-time Olympic champion (1992, 1996).

25. Iverson was the leading scorer of the U.S. men's basketball team at the 2004 Olympic Games, averaging 13.8 points per game.

26. The three players who entered the NBA threshold in 2003, Carmelo Anthony, LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, jointly represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games, which had a huge impact on world basketball.

27. Wade averaged 7.3 points per game at the 2004 Olympics.

28. Stoudemire Jr. suffered a defeat in Athens in 2004 with the United States.

29. As the successor of the "Dream Team", "Coach K" led the team to achieve perfect results.

30. Kobe Bryant and James' friendship began with the "Dream Team."

31. In 1992, the "Dream Team" achieved a record of 8 wins and 0 losses at the Olympic Games.

32. At the 1996 Olympics, Gary Payton played 6 matches in the first round.

33. Charles Barkley and Shaquille O'Neal were rebounding champions in the 1996 U.S. men's basketball team.

34. Jordan represented the United States at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics.

35. Jason Richardson and Sean Battier played for Team USA in 2001.

36. Chancy Billups represented the United States at the 2010 World Championships and won the championship.