United States men's national basketball team

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The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf men's national sports team
national basketball team
allowedNBAPlayersFrom 1992
ameriCupTitles 7
awayColor navy blue
confederation FIBA Americas
country United States of America
dominantEra post-1992 professional era
federationMembership FIBA
fibaWorldCupDebut 1950 FIBA World Championship
fibaWorldCupTitles 5
firstInternationalMatch 1936 Summer Olympics
gender men
governingBody USA Basketball
governingBodyHeadquarters Colorado Springs, Colorado
hasYouthProgram United States men's national under-17 basketball team
United States men's national under-19 basketball team
historicallyAmateurUntil 1992
homeColor white
homeContinent North America
joinedFIBA 1934
nickname Team USA
USA
notableCoach Chuck Daly
Gregg Popovich
Lenny Wilkens
Mike Krzyzewski
notablePlayer Carmelo Anthony
Kevin Durant
Kobe Bryant
Larry Bird
LeBron James
Magic Johnson
Michael Jordan
Shaquille O'Neal
notableTeam 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team
notableTeamNickname Dream Team
olympicBronzeMedals 2
olympicCommittee United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
olympicDebut 1936 Summer Olympics
olympicGoldMedals 16
olympicGoverningRuleChange FIBA allowed NBA players starting in 1992
olympicSilverMedals 1
panAmericanGamesTitles multiple
primaryCompetition FIBA AmeriCup
FIBA Basketball World Cup
Summer Olympic Games
represents United States of America
reputation one of the most successful national basketball teams in history
sport basketball
typicalRosterSource National Basketball Association

Referenced by (58)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Allen Iverson
Carmelo Anthony
Chris Bosh
Damian Lillard
Dwyane Wade
James Harden
Jo Jo White
Kevin Garnett
Kevin Love
Kobe Bryant
Penny Hardaway
Shaquille O'Neal
nationalTeam
Bill Russell
Clyde Drexler
Larry Bird
Oscar Robertson
Vince Carter
OlympicTeam
Chauncey Billups
Jason Kidd
Kevin Garnett
Kyrie Irving
representedNationalTeam
Lenny Wilkens
Pete Newell
Phog Allen ("United States men's basketball team (Olympic trials and selection influence)")
coachedNationalTeam
Allan Houston ("United States men’s national basketball team")
Jo Jo White
Terry Dischinger
representedTeam
2010 FIBA World Championship
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
champion
Alonzo Mourning ("Team USA men's basketball")
Charles Barkley
memberOfSportsTeam
Chuck Daly
Gregg Popovich
nationalTeamCoached
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
defendingChampion
1992 Summer Olympics ("United States men’s national basketball team")
featuredBasketballTeam
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics ("USA Dream Team")
featuredTeam
2012 Olympic men’s basketball tournament ("United States men’s national basketball team")
goldMedalist
USA Basketball ("United States men’s national basketball team")
governs
Mike Krzyzewski
headCoachOf
Magic Johnson
memberOf
basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
menGoldMedalist
United States men's national basketball team ("Team USA")
nickname
1992 Summer Olympics ("Dream Team")
nicknameOfFeaturedBasketballTeam
Magic Johnson ("Dream Team")
nicknameOfTeam
USA Basketball ("USA Basketball Men’s National Team program")
notableProgram
United States men's national basketball team ("1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team")
notableTeam
United States men's national basketball team ("Dream Team")
notableTeamNickname
Bill Russell
olympicTeam
Alonzo Mourning
playedFor
Ray Allen
playedForNationalTeam
Larry Bird
playedOnNationalTeam
Derrick Rose
representedBy
USA Basketball ("United States in international basketball")
represents
United States men's national under-19 basketball team ("United States men's basketball")
representsInYouthCategory
Canada men’s national basketball team ("United States men’s national basketball team")
rival
1950 FIBA World Championship
runnerUp
Gregg Popovich ("USA Basketball Men’s National Team")
teamCoached
2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
winner

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