Same reason nobody talks about badminten.....

DeAndre Jordan was a great fit on this team I thought. You can't have 13 offense first players and expect to dominate everything.

I think part of the problem was the three players who played the most minutes were Kyrie, Carmelo, and Durant. All superstars obviously, but none of them are known for their defense.

Of the 3 the only one known to play with a passing and sharing mentality is Durant. If you had 3 balls on the court Durant is going to see who may have a better shot while the other 2 are gonna find a way for the ball to leave their hand toward the bucket. Defense is suspect as is team play. Goes back to what MJ said so many years ago...."It's very important to get my teammates involved, It's my role to keep them in the game." I have a hard time believing Carmelo will do an about face and change his game like MJ did. That season came after MJ realized that all his high scoring games were not bringing wins. It all changed after that...

I think it's more about teams meshing well, and sometimes the star studded USA team is a great compilation of players but not a great team. Maybe they should let the NBA champion team & coaching staff represent the US, less any foreigners on the team. Not practical and mostly joking, but I bet they would be ore dominant than the US team.