USA’s Kobe Bryant celebrates at the end of the men’s basketball gold medal match Spain against The US of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 24, 2008 at the Olympic basketball Arena in Beijing. The US won 118-107. | Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images
Spain was a worthy opponent but in the end, the US was a much, much better team.
People have asked lately if this year’s Olympic team is better than the Dream Team of 1992 to which we say: probably not and certainly not yet.