About USA team, I admit it wasn't the best team, yet it was very good, and they ended 6th. Why? Because it wasn't a team, just a mix of stars. That's mainly why they lost, same reason why Lakers lost against Spurs. Let's do a comparation: Argentina was the first team in beating an all NBA team ever. The best argentinian player for most people (I don't agree) is Manu Ginobili, who is just a reserve at Spurs. Just name only one of USA national team who is a reserve at his team. Keep thinking for years, you won't find him!
Even more: the last Panamerican Games, USA presented a team of NBA rookies and college player assuming that would be enough: they ended with the worse loss ever for an USA basketball team (more than 60 points down against Argentina) and the last place in championship. Now they learnt the lesson, and I'm sure they will win the Olympics, Duncan, Shaq, Kobe, jason Kidd is just too much, but in the near future, I doubt USA team will reign over all other teams. It simply won't happen
