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The one thing that people don't understand about the Redeemed team is that the US... let's break it down. We had 12 guys on a team. We played Argentina in Puerto Rico to qualify for the finals. The next year, nine of those 12 players say no, they're not going to the Olympics after qualifying.
Then they asked 30 guys and they all said no. They fielded the youngest roster that they ever, ever have of a bunch of players with zero international experience. LeBron, Dwyane, Amar'e, Carmelo, all these guys. I went from a guy that didn't play to a starter in the Olympics. I didn't play the year before.
After the Olympics, they recognized that their system was flawed.