Team USA’s Historic Gold Medal + Future of Olympic Basketball for LA 2028 | The Hoop Collective

Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk about the impact of Team USA's dramatic gold medal victory including Steph Curry's heroics, Joel Embiid's significance to the team, LeBron James' astonishing production, the rationale behind Jayson Tatum's limited minutes and more. Plus, the crew questions if LeBron & AD's production calls into question the Lakers' recent inability to build around them, Victor Wembanyama's brilliance & incredibly bright future right away and look ahead to Los Angeles 2028 Olympics and beyond 0:00 Welcome to The Hoop Collective! 2:48 Shockingly close women’s gold medal game 4:06 Was Steph Curry the moment of this gold? 11:52 Lakers failing LeBron & AD 15:26 Embiid’s significance to Team USA 17:57 Lakers failing LeBron & AD 20:22 Wemby lives up to big moments 23:28 Serbian team had fun before medal ceremony 28:10 Wemby lives up to big moments 37:59 Future of Olympic basketball 46:57 Final thoughts on Tatum playing time 57:44 Initial thoughts on LA 2028 1:06:24 Windy's final Olympic thoughts 1:01:15 Thanks for watching! ☑️ Subscribe to ESPN+: https://plus.espn.com/​​​​​ 📱Get the ESPN App: http://www.espn.com/espn/apps/espn​​​​​ 🏀 Subscribe to NBA on ESPN on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2yxs3Og​​​​​ ☑️Subscribe to ESPN on YouTube: http://es.pn/SUBSCRIBEtoYOUTUBE​​​​​ ☑️Watch ESPN on YouTube TV: http://es.pn/YouTubeTV​​ #nba #espn #hoopcollective #olympics