US Basketball Team in Argentina

Walking in the shadow of the Dream Team, the U.S. Olympic basketball team is also walking in its footsteps.

The Americans are back in Barcelona, at the very scene of the best basketball that has ever played. They are finishing their preparations for London.

Twenty years after their predecessors won the gold there, the Americans will see one of the Dream Team's lasting legacies: the strength of international programs that rose in part because of the interest it created.

The U.S. will play exhibition games against Argentina and Spain, teams with veterans old enough to remember seeing Magic and Bird play. The Americans beat both en route to the gold medal four years ago, holding off the Spaniards in a gold-medal game thriller.

Both countries have enjoyed lengthy stays near the top of international basketball, each winning a major title in the past decade, and should provide quality tests for a U.S. team that still has some improving to do.

Via [Fox News Latino]