2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team

"Redeem Team" redirects here. For the documentary, see The Redeem Team (film).

The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada. The team was nicknamed the "Redeem Team", a play on the "Dream Team" name for the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, and a reference to the fact that the United States came away with disappointing bronze medals during the 2004 Summer Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Former Phoenix Suns chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo was named managing director of the national team program by the USA Basketball Executive Committee in 2005.^[1] Kobe Bryant was named the team captain and Mike Krzyzewski was named the head coach of the 2008 team.^[2] An ESPN program, Road to Redemption, followed the team's preparations. Additionally, a Netflix produced documentary titled The Redeem Team was released in 2022.^[3]

2008 United States men's Olympic basketball team

Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski
2008 Summer Olympics
Scoring leader	Dwyane Wade 16.0
Rebounding leader	Chris Bosh 6.9
Assists leader	Chris Paul 4.0
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The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008.

The United States defeated Spain 118–107 in the final to win the gold. Dwyane Wade was the leading scorer for team USA averaging 16 points per game.^[4]

Record

Main article: United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics § Basketball

Preliminary round

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament § Group B

The team competed in Group B of the preliminary round.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
3	Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
4	China (H)	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
5	Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
6	Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

August 10, 2008
United States	101 – 70	China
August 12, 2008
Angola	76 – 97	United States
August 14, 2008
United States	92 – 69	Greece
August 16, 2008
Spain	82 – 119	United States
August 18, 2008
United States	106 – 57	Germany

Tournament bracket

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament § Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

Lithuania

94

B4

China

68

A1

Lithuania

86

B2

Spain

91

B2

Spain

72

A3

Croatia

59

B2

Spain

107

B1

United States

118

B1

United States

116

A4

Australia

85

B1

United States

101

Bronze medal game

A2

Argentina

81

A2

Argentina

80

A1

Lithuania

75

B3

Greece

78

A2

Argentina

87

Roster

The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

United States men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Carlos Boozer 26 – (1981-11-20)November 20, 1981 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Utah Jazz G 5 Jason Kidd 35 – (1973-03-23)March 23, 1973 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Dallas Mavericks F 6 LeBron James 23 – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Cleveland Cavaliers G 7 Deron Williams 24 – (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Utah Jazz G 8 Michael Redd 28 – (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Milwaukee Bucks G 9 Dwyane Wade 26 – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Miami Heat G 10 Kobe Bryant (C) 29 – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Los Angeles Lakers C 11 Dwight Howard 22 – (1985-12-08)December 8, 1985 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Orlando Magic F/C 12 Chris Bosh 24 – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Toronto Raptors G 13 Chris Paul 23 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) New Orleans Hornets F 14 Tayshaun Prince 28 – (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Detroit Pistons F 15 Carmelo Anthony 24 – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Denver Nuggets	Head coach Mike Krzyzewski Assistant coach(es) Jim Boeheim Nate McMillan Mike D'Antoni Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on August 9, 2008

References

1. "USA BASKETBALL ANNOUNCES 12-MEMBER 2008 MEN'S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014.
2. Sean Gregory (July 24, 2008). "1. LeBron James - 100 Olympic Athletes To Watch". Time. Time Magazine. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
3. The Redeem Team (Documentary).
4. "2008 Stats - United States".
5. "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – United States roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved October 10, 2012.

External links

• USA Basketball, official site
• The Redeem Team, 2022 Netflix documentary