{"id":3904,"date":"2024-08-12T03:22:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T03:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3904"},"modified":"2024-08-12T03:22:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T03:22:50","slug":"video-carmelo-anthony-shockingly-snubs-michael-jordan-in-his-all-time-team-usa-starting-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3904","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Carmelo Anthony Shockingly Snubs Michael Jordan In His All-Time Team USA Starting 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before concluding his illustrious basketball career,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/carmelo-anthony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carmelo Anthony<\/a>\u00a0proudly represented Team USA on the international stage, winning three Olympic gold medals. Recently, the Team USA men\u2019s basketball team secured\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/olympics\/fans-in-splits-as-tyrese-haliburton-hilariously-trolls-himself-after-clinching-gold-medal-with-team-usa-at-paris-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">their fifth consecutive gold<\/a>\u00a0medal at the Paris Olympics. Though Anthony is no longer part of the team, he has every reason to be proud of his contributions.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with BasketNews\u2019 Donatas Urbonas, Anthony shared his all-time Team USA starting five. Surprisingly, he excluded one of the greatest basketball players,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/michael-jordan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Jordan<\/a>, from his all-time starting lineup. Instead, he included himself,\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LeBron James<\/a>, Kevin Durant, Kobe Bryant, and Charles Barkley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Myself, Durant, LeBron, Kobe. Michael Jordan would be that [fifth player], but for the USA, I would put Barkley<\/em>,\u201d Anthony said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Would Carmelo Anthony Trade His Olympic Golds For An NBA Ring?\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DcUp31QRdPI\" width=\"725\" height=\"408\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/a\/anthoca01.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">former NBA star\u00a0<\/a>was aware that leaving Jordan off the list might spark some controversy among fans. To clarify his decision, he explained that Jordan\u2019s limited experience in FIBA basketball influenced his choice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>What he [Jordan] did with the \u201992 team, that would never be done, but the fact that he only played in that one Olympics, I\u2019m looking at guys who had a career in FIBA basketball<\/em>,\u201d Anthony added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<h2 id=\"h-carmelo-anthony-also-snubs-michael-jordan-in-his-ultimate-fiba-team-usa-picks\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Carmelo Anthony Also Snubs Michael Jordan in His Ultimate FIBA Team USA Picks<\/h2>\n<p>Donatas Urbonas later asked Carmelo Anthony about his list of the greatest FIBA Team USA players. Surprisingly, this time, Melo also snubbed Jordan while sticking with his earlier choices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>LeBron, Durant, myself, and again, you have to throw in Kobe in there. Kobe played two [Olympics], but I would just say the fact that we played more Olympics and had more opportunities\u2014four Olympics is a long time. Kobe played in two Olympics, and KD played four. Those are Mount Olympus when it comes to the Olympians<\/em>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his basketball career, Jordan won two Olympic gold medals. Anthony acknowledged the incredible impact Jordan had on Team USA. But, for Anthony, it\u2019s about honoring those who contributed significantly to Team USA over multiple international competitions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before concluding his illustrious basketball career,\u00a0Carmelo Anthony\u00a0proudly represented Team USA on the international stage, winning three Olympic gold medals. Recently, the Team USA men\u2019s basketball team secured\u00a0their fifth consecutive gold\u00a0medal &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3906,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3904\/revisions\/3906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}