Yugoslavia men's national basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball, and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.
Yugoslav roster at EuroBasket 1961 on home soil in Belgrade. Though losing the final versus the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia's silver was its very first major competition medal.
Krešimir Ćosić and Pau Gasol are the only players who were awarded the EuroBasket MVP twice.
Andro Knego going up for a rebound against Italy's Renzo Vecchiato during the Olympic final in Moscow. The 1980 games was Yugoslavia's first (and only) Olympic title.
Yugoslavia team that dominantly won EuroBasket 1989 on home soil in Zagreb, a major title after nine years of failing to do so ever since the 1980 Olympics.
United States men's national basketball team
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all nineteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, including sixteen golds. In the professional era, the team won the Olympic gold medal in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020. Two of its gold medal-winning teams were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2010: the 1960 team, which featured six Hall of Famers, and the 1992 "Dream Team", featuring 14 Hall of Famers. The team is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings.
Danny Manning and the Navy's David Robinson battle Arvydas Sabonis in the 1988 Olympic semi-finals
Team USA members warm up before the game in 2004 in Belgrade Arena
The US players standing prior to a game against China in the Beijing Olympics
The 2012 team practicing in Washington, D.C.