Get a preview of Season 2 of the #1 New Sports Podcast of 2020. Sports journalist vets Jack McCallum and J.A. Adande take listeners through an insider's study of the 2008 US Olympic Men's Basketball Team and the legendary players that defined a new generation of NBA basketball, including Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Jason Kidd. Season 2 features guests including Carmelo Anthony, Phil Jackson, Chris Bosh, Robert Horry, Jerry Colangelo, Deron Williams, Mike Krzyzewski and many more, bringing you an epic examination in athletic challenge, transformation, and ultimate victory.
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Episode Transcript
Redemption for Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and the two thousand
eight Olympic basketball team that was the Mission Redemption. Michael
Jordan's Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were the dream team
that had rolled through the Olympics. But then the world
got better at basketball and America got worse. The two
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thousand eight Olympic team had a monumental challenge do not
only win the gold medal in Beijing, but do nothing
less than restore that tarnished Red, White and Blue image.
I'm Jack McCallum and I'm j A. Dande join us
for the Dream Team Tapes Season two, Kobe, Lebron and
the Redeemed Team, the inside story of one of basketball's
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most overlooked chapters and the story of how the Redeemed
Teams shaped the modern NBA. Hear new interviews from the players, coaches,
and executives who were there Invaizing, like Carmelo Anthony, Jason
Kidd and Coach k moment in time that you know,
some of the greatest players in the history of our
game could share together. We all understood the pecking order.
We knew Kobe and Lebron We're gonna shoot the ball
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or that you know, more or less, Kobe was going
to shoot the ball. I've never said this, but I
remember sitting there watching those guys when we were in harmony.
You can't play better than this. I remember. Cole was
just like one of those guys that was in the gym,
constantly trying to get better. I mean every plate he
was going hard. The most pressure moment I've ever had
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as a coach was the gold medal game with eight
minutes to go. The Dream Team takes Season two Kobe
Lebron and the Redeem Team is available now. Listen and
follow on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or
where every listen to podcast
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