National team career LeBron James
james attempts shot on china s yao ming @ 2008 summer olympics in beijing.
james made debut united states national team @ 2004 olympics in athens, greece. spent games on bench, averaging 14.6 minutes per game 5.8 points , 2.6 rebounds per game in 8 games. team usa finished competition bronze medal, becoming first u.s. basketball team return home without gold medal since adding professionals line-up. james felt limited playing time lowlight , believed not given fair opportunity play . attitude during olympics described disrespectful , distasteful columnists adrian wojnarowski , peter vecsey, respectively.
at 2006 fiba world championship in japan, james took on greater role team usa, averaging 13.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, , 4.1 assists per game co-captain. team finished tournament 8–1 record, winning bronze medal. james s behavior again questioned, time teammate bruce bowen, confronted james during tryouts regarding treatment of staff members.
before naming james 2008 olympic team, team usa managing director jerry colangelo , coach mike krzyzewski gave james ultimatum improve attitude, , heeded advice. @ fiba americas championship 2007, averaged 18.1 points, 3.6 rebounds, , 4.7 assists per game, including 31-point performance against argentina in championship game, ever american in olympic qualifier. team usa went 10–0, winning gold medal , qualifying 2008 olympics in beijing, china. james credited team s attitude , experience improvement, saying: don t think understood meant put on usa uniform , people representing in 2004. know now. @ olympics, team usa went unbeaten, winning first gold medal since 2000. in final game, james turned in 14 points, 6 rebounds, , 3 assists against spain.
james did not play @ 2010 fiba world championship rejoined team usa 2012 olympics in london, england. became leader of team kobe bryant, 34, stepping back. james facilitated offense post , perimeter, called defensive sets, , provided scoring when needed. during game against australia, recorded first triple-double in u.s. olympic basketball history 11 points, 14 rebounds , 12 assists. team usa went on win second straight gold medal, again defeating spain in final game. james contributed 19 points in win, becoming all-time leading scorer in u.s. men s basketball history. joined michael jordan players win nba mvp award, nba championship, nba finals mvp, , olympic gold medal in same year. afterwards, krzyzewski said james best player, best leader , smart playing game right now.
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