Hall of Famer Charles Barkley says he’s not impressed with the way USA Basketball put together its current roster.
Sir Charles thinks there are too many ball-dominant stars, and not enough guys willing to accept defined roles.
The Americans are undefeated but have struggled during the Rio Olympics.
Per Sports360AZ:
“It’s not a good team to put together,” Barkley said. “If you take away DeAndre Jordan, every guy on that team is a ball-dominant guy. You see them playing a lot of one-on-one basketball.
“That’s the thing I’ve noticed more than anything. Like, you have to understand when you put a team together like that, you have to have some role players.”
“You take a guy like Kyle Lowry, who is a hell of a player, he wants to score. Kyrie [Irving] wants to score. Kevin [Durant] wants to score. DeMar [DeRozan] wants to score. So, I think they have been really stagnant offensively. […] When they put that team together in the future, they have to realize we can’t have just really, really great offensive players. They gotta have players that if they don’t get a shot, they’re not just gonna stand around and mope.”
