America’s ultimate Olympic dream team starts with Jordan, Bryant and James, you can fill in rest from there, Wade says
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If Dwyane Wade was picking his roster of Team USA’s all-time Olympic greats, only three players would be automatic picks.
The 2008 gold medallist, said if a team had Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James, you could pick anyone else from the teams that had competed since the Barcelona Games in 1992 to fill out the roster.
That would include Carmelo Anthony, who has won three golds and is his country’s record point scorer at the Games, achievements that led Wade to label him “the greatest Olympian winner”.
“But it’s tough, I am going to miss so many players that have played in the Olympics,” Wade said.
Speaking to the Post on the sidelines of the GBA International Sports Business Summit in Macau, the 42-year-old said the 1992 Dream Team, the 2008 Redeem Team and the 2012 London Team were the best he had seen at an Olympics.
With three places going to Jordan, Bryant and James, the rest of the roster could read like a who’s who of NBA stars.