Gave and Torrence make their way back to the vault on Second Chance Points to discuss the collection of talent known as The Redeem Team that came together in the quest to help USA Basketball recapture the gold medal on the men's side during the 2008 Olympic Games out in Beijing following the squad's recent induction into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
As the two provide their respective insight and thoughts on the changes that Jerry Colangelo was attempting to make to the program after being named the director of the program in the months following USA Basketball's widely-regarded disaster at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens (01:44).
In addition to whether or not overconfidence played a role in Team USA's faltering down the stretch against Greece during the semifinal round of the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan (07:30) two years before returning to the grand stage of international hoops, prior to talking about the overall impact that Hall of Famers Jason Kidd and Kobe Bryant had on the group after making their way onto the team (15:24).
While also reflecting back over the things that stood out to them in the midst of witnessing The Redeem Team's victorious run in the Games of the 29th Olympiad (22:33) and giving their own personal synopsis on their lasting legacy (26:55) & more about a moment that would come to mark the beginning of a special era in basketball history.
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