Few teams in basketball history carried expectations and delivered as emphatically as the 2008 United States “Redeem Team", as they were just enshrined in the 2025 Basketball Hall of Fame. After a ...

From the ashes of international defeats, the 2008 'Redeem Team' rose to reclaim the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics. Steve Aschburner From players to coaches to executives, Team USA’s 2008 ‘Redeem ...

When Team USA gathered in 2008 to restore the honor of U.S. basketball after winning bronze medals at the 2004 Olympics and the 2006 FIBA World Cup, there was no doubt they would succeed in that ...

Jerry Colangelo still remembers all the meetings. They were in 2005 and 2006, sit-down sessions, often over breakfast, with the likes of Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and ...

THE ICONIC MOMENT associated with the Redeem Team, rightly, is Kobe Bryant with his finger pressed to his lips. The defiant pose, after a crushing 3-pointer as he was being fouled in a vital moment in ...