(Historically.) The failure of the Dream Five American media put most of the blame on Pierce as the leader. ）

"This is one of the most humiliating failures in the history of American basketball, one of the most humiliating failures in the history of American sports" - The Washington Post

"Last night in Conceco, I saw the worst basketball game of my life" - Los Angeles Post

"This is the first loss in an international competition in which an NBA star has represented Team USA since 1992" - AP

"Argentines end 10-year unbeaten run of the American Dream Team, and the myth of the American team is shattered" - Argentine Clarion News

"The U.S. team staged a shocking defeat, burying the miracle of Dream Team 1 and Dream Team 4 in one fell swoop" -- British Daily Telegraph

In the game between the United States and Argentina on September 6, when the United States team finally lost to Argentina 80-90, on the second day, basically the mainstream media around the world focused on this, for the American team, their win is not news at all, and their loss is the thing that can really attract everyone's attention, for this game, basically the world's mainstream media on the front page of the next day made a detailed report, Even media outlets like the Wall Street Journal, which focuses on the economy, made the news the main focus on their front page headlines, and then calculated an account for CBS at the end, because of the loss of the American team, the broadcaster of the tournament, CBS will lose more than $200 million.

"It's really unbelievable. I still can't believe that this team will lose in the end, in the eyes of many people the United States is undefeated, especially for the dream team with NBA players, in the last decade, except for the 1998 World Championships, whether it is the 1992 Dream Team or the 1994 Dream Team 2 or the 1996 Dream 3 and 2000 Dream 4 teams, these four teams have not given anyone the slightest chance of beating them in the international competition. These four teams are the greatest teams, and these four teams are also defending the dignity of American basketball compared to them. I think this year's USA team is going to disappoint a lot of people, and they're not just losing this game, they're going to lose ugly. After the game, when we used to pick up the technical statistics, we found that this team was behind Argentina in every aspect, and they were completely blown out by Argentina. I don't want to finish the word explosion, but yesterday's game was a fact, they let themselves fall into the trap from the start, and even didn't score a point in the first three minutes of the game, and finally trailed by 13 points after the end of the first quarter, and at most they were 20 points behind, and after the game they shot 50% from the field compared to Argentina's 55%, and most importantly, Argentina shot 3-of-16 from three-point range. That is to say, the team shot more than 60% of their two-point shots, and in fact the team from the Americas scored 52 points in the three-second zone under the leadership of the Timberwolves' Ginobili and Argentina's Scola, which turned the U.S. restricted area into a sieve, while the opposing U.S. team scored only 12 points in the three-second zone. These twelve points and 8 points are Anthony Davis's second offense in the frontcourt rebound, in this game the United States team is all spent on the inside, here I have to congratulate the management of the Timberwolves and the management of the Spurs, they did a good job in the summer, Ginobili fully deserves 4 years 28 million, no. Let's abandon the prejudice against international defenders, this is a player who can sign a maximum salary, and it is a miracle that Scola can be selected by the Spurs for a second-round position, he will be one of the best rookies in '02, of course, maybe this is a very bitter thing for the head coach of the United States team, Mr. Karl, I am afraid he would not have thought that it would be his disciple who beat him in the new team"

"Just like Coach Z said in the game, this team didn't let all their energy play, they were beaten by themselves, George Karl was too chasing his outside offense, his command in this game also showed that he didn't have much study of the joint defense, he looked a little helpless, this is also the overall performance of the American team in the end, this team is too chaotic now, whether it is the tactical system or the composition of the players, Carl has not been able to integrate this team, and this team does not have a real leader, Reggie Miller didn't play much at all at the World Championships, and Ray Allen was even worse this time, and he was largely responsible for the defeat of the entire U.S. team, and he failed to take responsibility as a leader. ”

"Perhaps, I think after this game loss, the new head coach of the Timberwolves will regret his underestimation and sloppiness or even unpreparedness, the current international basketball is not what it used to be, there are many teams that can beat this United States, not only this Argentina, maybe from today, the World Championships and the Olympics will not be a vacation trip for NBA players, they need to treat this game as a war, a game of life and death"

"I think this loss can teach us a lot of lessons, and now we need to learn those lessons, and we can't make the same mistake at the Olympics in two years' time, so, Mr. Pat Riley, are you ready?"

After this game, basically every member of the Dream Team encountered a lot of pressure, as the team's head coach George Karl or as George Carl's favorite general Ray Allen, these two people became the focus of all newspapers in the United States at almost the same time, no one will show them mercy in such a failure, compared with other media such as the New York Times and other meanness, as the most influential media in American basketball, the report of Today America is much milder, Even if it is much milder, but it also has the meaning of blaming these two men, it can be said that the American team is now almost everyone in danger under George Carr and Ray Allen.

Now it's just the end of the quarterfinals, the U.S. team lost the opportunity to compete for the championship, but this unlucky team still needs to play qualifying, which is the so-called 5-8 qualifying, in the first qualifying game this team easily defeated the Chinese team, and in the fifth place race this team actually lost again, this team actually lost to the Spanish team, and in this loss to Spain, the stubborn coach of the American team Karl continued to adhere to his outside-oriented strategy, And then once again his advantage came to naught, it can be said that he died in his own hands again, and Gasol, who was beaten and cried by Duncan and Garnett two years ago, directly beat the American team to tears in this game, this interior player is the best performance in this World Championship except for Nowitzki, and even to some extent, under the rules of international basketball, this interior performance is the best of all the inside lines in this World Championships.

If the loss of a game is still an accident, then for all American fans to step on the same river twice in a row is absolutely unacceptable, plus the poor result of the sixth place in the World Championships simply makes these Dream Five team players want to commit suicide, after the game with Spain, Zhuang Fei directly received a call from his two American team disciples Posey and Xiao Ao, the state of these two people on the phone is simply described as extremely depressed, Although these two people are not the biggest responsible persons for the Mengwu tragedy, the pressure of public opinion is also huge.

In this case, it is not only the members of these Dream Five teams who are under pressure, but also those NBA big names who refuse to play for the American team, including Iverson, Carter, Kobe Bryant and Duncan and even Garnett and other super big names have all expressed their willingness to represent the American team in the Olympic qualifiers a year later, these guys are obviously afraid of the media and fans being held accountable, and then have to make such a promise, but no matter what, in the current United States, although the World Championships are not over, But a storm of accountability has begun.

As the head coach of the most glorious time of the American team two years ago, Zhuang Fei could not escape the baptism of this storm, and some people have even begun to plan and advocate the possibility of Zhuang Fei returning to the helm of the American team, but Zhuang Fei directly rejected this suggestion, and the head coach of the next Olympic Games is Pat Riley.

In addition to Zhuang Fei has been clamoring to come out and retake charge of the U.S. team, Pat Riley, as the head coach of the Dream Six team, is now under tremendous pressure, although the players who represent the U.S. team in the World Series have changed from NCAA players to NBA players, but for the position of the coach of the U.S. team, many NCAA college coaches now have ideas, especially the failure of George Karl this time has caused great distrust of the current U.S. team coach led by Coach K. In their opinion, if George Carr fails, then Pat Riley is likely to fail, and the head coach of the US team should be controlled by the head coach of the NCAA, which makes the US team become the NBA star NCAA coach model, and this model has received a great response as soon as it is proposed.

Now the basketball circle in the United States has become very chaotic because of the defeat of the Dream Team, but under this chaos, the 2002 World Championships also came to an end, and Argentina, who defeated the United States team in this tournament, finally lost to Yugoslavia in the final, and finally relegated to the runner-up. And Zhuang Fei also ended his responsibilities as a CBS commentator after the end of this World Championships, and then also set off back to Boston.

It's mid-September, and the new NBA season is about to begin. (To be continued)