Road to Redemption by Nike, Ep. 1, Pt. 1

[RealDeanSadler]

I hate the way Magic talks. I thought forsure he was gonna talk about "SHOWTIME"

[Bigmarcus11]

that was pau gasol best move in his whole life lol

[mm3vang]

I know what happened to the 2004 team. They sat Stoudemire on the bench the whole time and played Odom. And Odom tried to do too much.

[JohnDAOTkenneth]

charles: "i dont know about angola" .. "BUT ANGOLA IS IN TROUBLE"

LOL sir charles

[ARayOfSunShine32]

Is this the beginning??

[ConcreteSurfer420]

1992 USA Basketball Team=The Greatest Team ever assembled in the History of Team Sports!

[HymanKaplan]

Jack McCallum needs to retire! The 1996 team would murder the 2004 team by 50 points!!!

[norma1250]

4 ppl r from Spain lol

[MrPrincePhengie]

no kobe.. no gold

lebron.. silver

[shaq430]

@MrPrincePhengie stfu lebron purposely didnt get much playing time at all in 04 because of larry brown... smfh neither of them were even the best players on that olypic team dwyane wade played the best during those olympics.. i can admit that and i dont even like wade that much

[sLuuugZz]

@MrPrincePhengie Stupid comment from a stupid person congrats you're retarded.

[MrPrincePhengie]

@sLuuugZz

shut up slug. Ahahahahah..

[ShadowNightGamer]

Vince had the best play i've ever seen in the Olympics....It's not everday someone 6'6" dunks literally dunks a 7'2" guy.

[HARDisTHEword]

Then as 2008, Kobe stepped in the USA team... we WON!!!!!

[mogana20]

@HARDisTHEword Yea i am sure that's what happened, he magically won the gold by himself stupid idiot.

[antonioaquilino77777]

u couldnt expect wade bron melo as rookies to win gold.

[nealogz]

SO how can Lebron be Better than Kobe! If he himself can't win gold without KOBE?

[nealogz]

SO how can Lebron be Better than Kobe! If he himself can win gold without KOBE?

[shaq430]

@nealogz smfh.... lebron didnt get any playing time in 04 because larry brown didnt want to play any of the young guys(dwyane wade Carmelo Anthony Lebron) not because they werent good enough.... dude if you really believe they couldnt have won the gold without kobe you dont know about basketball...

[Nomer1Baller]

i would like to see the dream team 1992 vs redeem team 2008 in a game

[hjh20]

This Video is damn cool man every ppl shld watch this cos it aint onli abt basketball but abt experience of life which wat we shld learn from...

[kidmulso]

has anyone noticed? MJ23 KB24. for olympics, its MJ9 and KB10. weird... o_O

[Dragonpro160]

thanks to jason and kobe

[dreadnoramp]

I dont know anything about Angola... but Angola in trubbble

[ronaraullo]

The level of talent of softies risen? A refocus on basketball fundamentals coupled superior athleticism will see the Team USA win again by 50. Too bad the basketball fundamentals of Americans have dipped since 1992. That's the real reason.

[MarkPatriots]

The 1996 team would've rolled any team in 2004, what is Jack McCallum talking about. The 1996 team might've taken the 1992 team.

[Manx17]

@MarkPatriots agreed

[JLe3]

Holy shit, that was a dirty move by carlos arroyo.

[Paragon231]

No wonder the 2004 squad lost, it was full of guys who couldn't play D or wanted to rebound

[usmarinesinfantry11]

Hey, this is America's game! -Magic Johnson....LETS GO!

[ConcreteSurfer420]

1992 USA Basketball team= "The Greatest Team ever assembled in the history of Team Sports"

[scottwill19]

im canadian, but i love the americans in basketball, i always cheer for them

[NBAfan1993]

@scottwill19 ur dumb

[Outlaw2308]

I was stunned when we lost by 40pts to puerto rico!!! We needed veterans on that team we needed players like KG,Shaq,Vince Carter even Kobe should joined the team

[scottwill19]

@Outlaw2308 u lost by 19 points einstein

[zwdrangers]

you look at the talent on that '04 team...some of it was a bit iffy with the shawn marions and the richard jeffersons...but wade, carmelo, lebron, duncan, iverson. still hard to look back at that roster 6 years later and know we lost to puerto rico

[tokinblckgie]

@zwdrangers

Now yeah it's hard to imagine looking at the names, but back then Wade, Melo, and Lebron were just rookies. Hell, Okafor hadn't even played in an nba training camp yet and he was our backup center. That team was just too young and inexperienced. More of the leagu's superstars should've played, but whatever we're champs again.

[2800CALALLDAY]

2012 team Should BE,

SF- Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant

PG- Chris Paul, Rajon Rondo, Derrick Rose,

SG- Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, Rashard Lewis

C- Dwight Howard, Amar'e Stoudemire

F- Chris Bosh, Carlos Boozer, Pau Gasol,

[jguan11]

@2800CALALLDAY you my friend do not know anything about basketball...pau is spain...rashard is no sg and where is d will?

[humza101]

@2800CALALLDAY too bad paul gasol plays so spain!!

[luckyceltic69]

@2800CALALLDAY last time I checked Paul Gasol is from Spain. CMON MAN!

[athlete913]

@luckyceltic69 last time i cheked His name was Pau

[Eauripik1]

No its African Americans game mother fuckers! And let be a lesson to all of you.

[american1great]

@Eauripik1 no its a american sport :)

[vu0ngster]

2012 USA ROSTER FOR OLYMPICS:

Centres : Dwight Howard & Amar'e Stoudemire.

Point Guards : Chris Paul & Deron Williams sub-Derrick Rose.

Shooting Guards : Dwayne Wade,Kobe Bryant-Captain! sub-Brandon Roy

Power Forwards : Chris Bosh & Carlos Boozer/David Lee

Small Forwards : Lebrons James, Carmelo Anthony & Kevin Durant

Just look at this fucken team! Just give USA GOLD!

[swatz25]

i still cant believe we didn't get gold in '04. Foreigners are catching up but we also gotta play by their rules. NBA rules are alot different than whatever rules they go by in the Olympics. I knew in '08 it was gonna be something special and The Redeem Team was gonna go on a tear.

[Paragon231]

"Oh we were cutting so beautiful, setting picks, nobody cared who got the ball, nobody cared who got the point, nobody cared who's name was in the paper, all we cared about was winning the game and dominating

Hey, this is America's game"

Man's a poet

[imcash133]

america game!!!!!

[SparticusHun]

Well, since Paul may be out for it, here is mine:

PG: D. Williams, C. Billups, D. Rose (if Paul is healthy in time, he's #1.)

SG: K, Bryant, D. Wade, J. Johnson

SF: L. James, K. Durant

PF: C. Bosh, C. Anthony

C: D. Howard, A. Jefferson

[sharplikeaknife]

i hear they wanna put role players like a lamar odom who is pretty much perfect wit super stars.

[thachozn1429]

2012 Team Should be:

PG: Chris Paul, D Williams, Tyreke Evans

SG: Kobe, Wade, Brandon Roy

SF: Lebron, Kevin Durant

PF: Carmelo, Chris Bosh

C: Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum

Maybe we should add another elite wing defender but this would be my squad. What do ya'll thinK? America = gold medal 2012

[luqmaniskool1]

i think it should be derrick rose instead of tyreke, but that's a good lineup regardless

[shh90]

SHOW CARTER DUNKING OVER THAT GUY, oh wait they did.

[Acientking88]

They need a leader,give em Kobe :) and look at what happened when Kobe leads :P

[aznl337g4ngster]

helll yeahhhhh

[Slapnutzmalone]

@Acientking88 Amen! You see what happened when LeBronze James was the leader?

[Acientking88]

lmao. Lebron ? A leader ? LOL dont make me laff :)

[raoulhery]

@Slapnutzmalone Lebronze james!! priceless

[davidson2014]

puarto rico gave us the biz carlos arryo was sick nasty hey a least we had nice uniforms lol

[triklops]

hahahaha 96 Team would have gone all the way !!!!!!

[jojozbludevilz]

That idiot at the end that said the 96 USA team wouldnt have won in 04 is stupid as hell. Im not saying 96 was better than the Dream team because they werent but 96 was better than 08 IMO. 04 was just a complete fuck up. The wrong coach and the wrong players.

[9933990]

i was born in1992 its ben 16 years and im 16 know cool lol

[Babsmack]

Sweet! USA! '04 team was too selfish.  Was awesome to watch in 08. Awesome.

[thachozn1429]

They weren't to selfish, Larry Brown was just to stupid to play the right players. When D-Wade, Lebron Carmelo average 12 points, thats the coaches fault.

[richaadd]

The team itself wasn't selfish, it was the whole country's mindset on basketball. The team was put together like a month before the Olympics started. They never got to practice, and the European game had gotten alot better than it used to be. So it was a collection of things, but not the selfishness of the players.

[rocklove021]

@Babsmack GO USA ! USA !

[thachozn1429]

@Babsmack

U're wrong,their was nothing selfish about that team. They lost b/c sorry ass Larry Brown couldn't coach and didn't select a single outside 3 -point threat. When you have make Dwyayne Wade, Lebron James, Carmelo Anthony, Amare Stoudemire Lamar Odom, and Carlos Boozer your bench warmers, an and you have guys like Shawn Marion, Emeka Okafor, Stephon Marbury and Richard Jefferson starting, thats bad coaching, not players being selfish.

[JayRabbit6]

THANK YOU for posting this!

[Youngetta718]

@JayRabbit6 SAY THAT AGAIN WISH THEY SOLD THIS ON DVD OR IT STILL CAME ON TV

[nickdekthai]

One of my friend thinks that the NBA doesn't care about the Olympic as much. I don't agree with that.

[biensure77]

they don't care about WIN the Olympic...but they do care about LOSE the Olympic

[AceroySangre]

1992 Baby! 80s Ballers for Ever!

[slipiowa96]

im suprised that italy got second in the basketball olympics thats very interesting

[biensure77]

Gasol is a pretty funny man

[howuthinkiknow]

QUE PASA BIG TICKET LOL LMAO

[rompetexos]

uno dos tres.. ole!!! ole!!!

[uwfootball206]

does anyone know the title of the song at the beginning of this segment?

[streetballer399]

ahh busdriver ur vid was sick

[trumpetsoul]

Hey UPLOADER

YOU ROCK!!!!!!! I'M CURRENTLY IN GERMANY SO ROAD TO redemption FROM THE NBA CHANNEL IS ONLY FOR VEWIERS WITHIN THE USA ! SO MANY THANKS TO YOU!!! I SUBSCRIBED

[guillettoaparicio]

i'm spanish but...USA Rules. i love the good basketball and USA plays it!

Bosnace, Ginobili got injured, yes, but he got 3 fouls in the first four minutes... ( the thrid one wasnt, but with two fouls he should have get out of the court)

[DtheProfessor23]

that 04' USA team man what a disappointment. I remember seeing a picture of the whole team in Sports Illustrated that year and they were all hyped up like they were on top of the world. Bunch of bullshit. They couldn't even hit jumpshots half the time.

[DarkLotus42000]

Continuity man. It's not that they had good enough talent its we didnt play together/ just like that 04 all star laker team getting swept by the pistons .

[DtheProfessor23]

well that's the point.  talent=winning regardless of how you do it....they didn't win they got bronze. Therefore they evidently didn't have that much talent.

[AceroySangre]

Charles Barkley = Greatest Usa Olympic Player Ever!

[cartoon806]

soccer would be NOTHING without Brazil. It wouln't be the Beautiful Game, it'd just be alright. Basketball would be nothing without the USA. The high flyers and handlers would non existent, you'd just have great shooters and passers.

[saturnstar718]

Ty for the post. The commentators were saying something like 2004 was the first time NBA players got bronze, but they got that in1988 too. Was the 88 team diff. than 04 in some way?

[raptorsball]

1988 was college players so not nba players after 1988 nba players were allowed to play so thats y it is considered different

[saturnstar718]

Thanks a lot for the info homey.

[americasace]

I was devastated, frustrated and embarrased along with my team in 2004. Hopefully we can reclaim our former glory and reestablish ourselves as the worlds best. This is the 2nd coming and I feel change in the air.

[commanderfreaky]

I'm an american and want the USA team to win but wouldn't you guys agree that this global competitiveness is good and exciting for basketball? Instead of watching blowouts we are watching good teams go head to head in games that increase ratings for BBall all over the world. This is good people don't be so negative about the US, in the end the NBA Finals will always be the pinnacle of Basketball.

[goldnuggett15]

i agree but the US blew out the majority of their competition this year tho :(

[BosnAce]

NO! what about the finals??? just by 11 and what about against argentina????? and remember Ginobili got injured at the beginning of the game! Former Sovijet Union or Jugoslawia would rip you another asshole! keep this in mind!

[goldnuggett15]

im waiting for htem to tear us a new asshole. im still waiting. Waiting...still waiting...

[BosnAce]

keep waiting...idiot

but rather go and move your stupid american ass and learn something about geography and politics coz Germany is not the capital of Australia

[goldnuggett15]

and when did i say hat? lol, and Americans are supposedly ignorant, at leats we live in a nationw here everyone can get along and become culturally diverse. Tell me how many hispanic, African american, Chinese, japanese, on and on and on you have in your country... OOPS. Stop laying the "America is ignorant" crap to hide ur own racism, intolerance, and ignorance instead of blaming on Americans Americans Americans. So much anti American sentiment yet we seem to be the ones who help you. dumbass.

[NTMIB]

USA 4 Life! Red, White, and Blue!

USA went 8-0 beating every team by double digits. Clear dominance over the "little kids" around the world.

[BosnAce]

lol

[NTMIB]

I wonder why wasnt Serbia in the olympics. They are a good team.

[raider8sox]

hahahahahaha=), i love your comment!, USA USA USA!.

[jhinnka]

COUPLE OF NOTES: this is not politics.yeah,football is big and beautiful game,but so is basketball.Facts: BASKETBALL IS THE MOST ARTISTIC BALL GAME THERE IS.u can only do so many tricks with football,tennis(and i LOVE tennis)volleyball and so on.but with basket,its LIMITLESS...enjoy sports...

[zero7kev]

soccer is the most boring sport ever, 90 minutes and 1 nil or 1 all....the world is full of morons thats why its world game...theres a reason why top 40 music sucks

[TypeDoubleR]

basketball is for real men!!!!

[zero7kev]

yeh i know, soccer is so gay full of floppers who want free kicks

[OTKP]

why are people talking about 9/11 when the video has nothing to do with that LOL

[RyanJohnston1507]

the fukin point to all this isss..... U.S is going to bring the gold back home and thats that.. pussies

[br4ve]

its that cockiness that got you in trouble in the first place - watch out for Argentina and Spain buddy I think you will realize the extent to which basketball has become an international sport!

[MrsHoltwick08]

Larry Brown is the reason why USA didn't win gold in 2004. Carmelo and Lebron played very limited minutes even though they were the best players on the team.

[jahood07]

Pause at 6:12

[phattysacks]

islamablad your a dusch...what the fuck does 9/11 have to do with basketball....that was a sad ass day and if anyone is a pussy its frickin osama you punk bitch...USA ALL THE WAY

[lumipifeslb]

"i dont know anything about Angola but Angola is in trouble" eheheheehehehehehhehehehehehhe­hehehee

[crazy77town]

ok us pussies, you think you can envay europe but I dont know why obamma begs for the alliance of europe???? I liked very much the game of greece with us...that was a fuck for life baby...

[chippi2000]

"the us womens team is the #1team in the world" NOT! the were it a few years ago but last 4 years germany was dominating womens soccer in the world.

USA and Soccer just doesnt work because you cant make advertisement during a game like it is possible in Basketball (time out etc.)

Thats the reason why the US pro women league got broke.

Its all about economics.

[chicagoguy19]

i find it funny how america is put about europe. I guess it takes a whole continent to equal the power the usa has. Noone ever say france or england...its europe. The differnce with usa not being good at soccer... here soccer is not popular.we dont like it..we dont play it.Europe love basketball so of course they are going to get better. Soccerin america really is for 10 year olds and their soccer moms,and women.which is a compliment because the us womens team is the #1team in the world.

[islamablad]

listen i love usa of 1992.. dont get me wrong i just hate undue american western arrogance and racism that developped recently...just admit europe is rapdily catching u up, with more skills than athleticims, which works in international basketball...soon euroleague=nba

[djmarku]

little fact for ya usa has twice as many medals as russia who is in second with 1000 something (ok partial fact) and usa has 3 times as many golds so in all of sports guess what... and i dont know who commented on the richest country sneakers and a ball is all you need.. western arrogance huh all us dumb obese people were the misinformed ones are we. usa has no problem winning gold no team comes within 10 reply in a month

[islamablad]

listen i love usa of 1992.. dont get me wrong i just hate undue american western arrogance and racism

[islamablad]

+ usa are so so so shit at football ("soccer") that you shdunt be talking about sports...at least europe matches usa in basketball.....but in foobtall if u lot think ur improving..omg usa so shit at fotbaall so spastic

[djmarku]

wasnt usa the only team to tie italy in the world cup? and europe does not match america in basketball one year of rookies got beat and suddenly the world has caught up of course players around the world can compete in the nba its no secret and who cares if usa is good at SOCCER just wait till rugby gets its light here and we dominate your tough sport (with college players who cant make nfl)

[mightymojnir]

USA has something for Argentina this year. Let's see Ginobili get off on kobe like that this olympics. USA wins the gold hands down this year

[BlackRainZero]

Who was that guy at 8:18?I forgot..

[BusDriver300]

i think it's richard Jefferson.

[islamablad]

im telling you, a europe all star team

pg papaloukas/calderon/lakovic/te­odosic/rubio

sg belinelli/navarro

sf stojakovic/kirilenko/kleiza/ga­llinari

pf gasol/krstic/lavrinovic/bourus­is

c bargnani/ilgauskas

would beat team usa

of cp3, kobe, lebron, carmelo, howard...btw is that the us starting team...cos i know carmelo plays on block and lebron perimeter bu they both sf??

[h0yh0yh0y]

ok they may beat team usa, but that would be pretty sad that you would need an entire continent to beat 1 country.

[sikingpogi]

any team with odom will not win any championship

[robbiemo10]

I dont understand why they are called the redeem team, they won gold for every single olympics in which NBA players participated, except 1 where they won bronze. So looooooads of gold medals and one bronze medal is still far far far better than any European team.

[islamablad]

ye im sorry but 2006 world championships---spain

1998-2002-- jugoslavija

jugoslavija beat u in 2002, greece in 2006 soviet union often beat usa and atm russia, spain, lituania, greece and serbia (although they in transition) and maybe even italy/croatia wud have chance vs usa....and then ofcourse add non europeans like argentina (altho all their players actually are)...you amerikanats have 2 admit europe has caught up with u in bball....shame u will never catch up with us in "soccer"

[robbiemo10]

For one thing, I'm not American. I am from the UK, so dont really care if the USA win or not. Secondly, none of those teams mentioned has won more medals then the USA, not a chance. Give respect where respect is due.

[adamthegreat888]

you need a whole continent to match up with the us and barely beat them in a bad year.

[islamablad]

yeh well think about this.america is the richest country, way richer than "europe" as you americanets say.bits of europe that are the best at bball aka southern/eastern europe are underdeveloped so we have disadvantage. ok i admit out of the 280 mil dumb and obese amerikanats, there are 1000 gifted basketball players.well fucking done/and they all africans you keep in dirt and poverty.european white guys are 100 times better than all america anglosaxon honky pink skinned protestant bitch like u

[adamthegreat888]

europe is fukin pusssy continent who are so small that they can't defend themselves. You just have tea and crumpets england as well as a defeated germany. Your other countries are just tourist attractions for americans. your whole continent would get raped by america in a war, probaly even by brazil.

[disalvo777]

you fucking retard. your the type that sets your people/faith back 3000 years. my father came here from sicily when he was a teenager so dont bother with the anglo shit with me.

[YoungBeta]

9/11 was a set-up...we know that now

[ilovemusicfyi]

your a discrace to al muslims

[kaederukawa187]

No one would be that stupid to start another world war again son of a bitch.

[adamthegreat888]

soccer is a fukin faget sport you stupid smelly punk european. I'm going to china to watch the olympics this year and i will see america destroy every european team out there. You can go and suck my cock you piece of shit and go play your pansy sport of soccer. You probaly wear the shortshorts with high sock you little soccercheering bitch!!!

[revrun46]

soccer is a worldwide sport... football in fact is the real name and football is played everywhere. its the main sport in most countries except in united states... everyone loves football so maybe u dont like it but dont disrespect it

[joelar24]

go fuck yourself douchebag not everyone loves soccer

[foggyfogs]

team had bron few years back and got 3rd ...paul dont even start

[peteandjordanlover09]

Lebron was super young did not have much experience now hes bigger faster stronger

[foggyfogs]

if u watched kobe play this year on team use u would know he was there D stopper and didnt look to fill up the stat sheet ...kobe = gold ...that simple

[uberathlete]

See what Magic said? That's exactly why the Original Dream Team was so good. Because they played as a TEAM.

[foggyfogs]

that 2004 team didnt have the best players richard jefferson...lamar odem give me a break...this team has kobe thats all i have to say

[lordi]

kobe sucks!! they jsut need to play as a team not look to fill their own indivdual box scores up!!!

[peteandjordanlover09]

no this team has lebron James and Chris Paul thats what i got to say Kobe sucks hes a stat padder

[eafanboyssuck]

jordan lover....

[peteandjordanlover09]

yes i am wats ur point Kobe sucks

[alvindalvin]

If you are worried about Bosh and Howard Lets take a look:

1. Not One foreign player can guard these players one on one.

2. Both can guard NBA Centers.

3. Both are quick enough to recover on "Euro style" perimeter centers.

4. Howard is a freak.

5. both play above the rim so rebouding is not a problem.

6. Elite shot blockers in the NBA.

7. quick defensive guards and shot blocking guards and forward in front of them.

8. Have shooting guards and Anthony to kick out to when double teamed.

[alvindalvin]

cont...

9. Can run the floor.

10. Can pull balls off the rim.

11. Can guard Euro centers from post to Perimeter one on one.

12. Can run the floor faster than Euro centers.

Will not let the game slow down, because of their shotblocking, rebound, kick and run ability.

[anabas666]

wel there are 2 centers that can run as fast Ioannis Bourousis and "big sofo" Sofoklis Sxortsianitis the later one can handle the powerplay too

[xM1ke]

We are simply the best.See u in Olympics.

Greeeeeece!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ninga0809]

lol...kobe bryant + Lebron James can take the whole Greece team by themselves =P

jking...but i have great confidence in Team USA this year XD

[Raptors2OO9]

Basketball was created in Canada and was invented by a Canadian

[gregwi562]

Dr Naismith was Canadian. But he invented the game in Springfield, MA by every account I have every heard and read.

[GATASngBAKA]

i'm quite doubtful with the roster of team USA now. I think it will be just like last olympics...anyway, i don't really know, no one knows.

i'm just not sure with their centers (bosh and howard), i do respect those guys and they are great, don't get me wrong, but i think amare should be there...

[LiLBankai]

nah talkin bout now

[BZOE]

whether or not naismith is canadian or not, its a FACT that he created it in america, thus its americas game

[KWSNMen]

And football (what you Americans call soccer) is an English game. So what? They get they asses kicked on every ocassion for many years now. Same thing with USA and basketball.

[gregwi562]

Don't hate on the USA because you England sucks at its own sport. It is not our fault that you lack talent and national pride to take your sport back and start winning again. Don't try and drag us down the same sorry pit you are in.

The USA has not won the gold medal in basket ball 3 times since the sport was introduced to the Olympics in 1936. And there is not reason to seriously doubt they will not win it back this time around.

[fullfadeway9]

lol Magic is a legend

[flybk4]

USA is NO1

[aquaba17]

then because we defeated you back in 2006 we are better than you.. HELLAS OE OE!!!

[yuddda]

Im going to bet on spain to win and usa to come last!

[Ninga0809]

well u're gonna lose big

[1brightshadow1]

f him its not americas game its canadas

[ThaChosenOne23]

GO TEAM USA!!

[vaaggie]

christan latner was on that team ... THE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN SHAQ ... make it 11 great players and a solid pro!!!

[LiLBankai]

Shaq is straight ass period

[vaaggie]

in 1992?????

[rachitballer]

At start, Magic Johnson said

This is America's Game

Well it happens to be Canada's game--James Naismith--inventor of basketball--Canadian