Ranking the top 10 basketball teams of all time

#3 Redeem Team 2008

Team USA at the gold medal ceremony

Following debacles at 3 successive major international tournaments despite fielding the most talented teams in said tournaments, Team USA actively reached out to Kobe Bryant in order to recruit him for his first bow for the national team. Bryant duly obliged, and the influence of the world's greatest basketball player at the time was felt right off the bat as Team USA shrugged off the funk accumulated over the noughties.

A roster comprising of, in addition to Kobe, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh all in their respective primes was a sight to behold as they rampaged through the group stages. Encounters with Argentina and Spain were the closest games of the tournament, but the team's staggering wing depth ensured that the gold medal was all but a certainty.