Since the United States began to allow professional players on their Olympic roster for the 1992 Games, there have been 63 NBA players to win Gold Medals. The United States has won the Gold Medal in five of the six Olympics, accounting for 60 of the players, while there were three NBA players on Argentina when they won in 2004.

The following team-by-team list tallies the Gold Medal winners at the time of their respective games.

The Utah Jazz have won the most Gold Medals with six, followed by the Thunder/Sonics with five, Bulls, Lakers, Heat and Knicks with four.

The Bobcats, Grizzlies, 76ers and Wizards have yet to have a player win a Gold Medal.

Atlanta Hawks (0)

Boston Celtics (1): Larry Bird (92)

Brooklyn Nets (1): Deron Williams (12)

Charlotte Bobcats (0)

Chicago Bulls (4): Michael Jordan (92), Scottie Pippen (92), Scottie Pippen (96), Andres Nocioni (04)

Cleveland Cavaliers (1): LeBron James (08)

Dallas Mavericks (1): Jason Kidd (08)

Denver Nuggets (3): Antonio McDyess (00), Carmelo Anthony (08), Andre Iguodala (12)

Detroit Pistons (3): Grant Hill (96), Carlos Delfino (04), Tayshaun Prince (08)

Golden State Warriors (1): Chris Mullin (92)

Houston Rockets (1): Hakeem Olajuwon (96)

Indiana Pacers (1): Reggie Miller (96)

Los Angeles Clippers (1): Chris Paul (12)

Los Angeles Lakers (4): Magic Johnson (92), Shaquille O’Neal (96), Kobe Bryant (08), Kobe Bryant (12)

Memphis Grizzlies (1): Shareef Abdur-Rahim (00)

Miami Heat (4): Tim Hardaway (00), Alonzo Mourning (00), Dwyane Wade (08), LeBron James (12)

Milwaukee Bucks (2): Ray Allen (00), Michael Redd (08)

Minnesota Timberwolves (3): Christian Laettner (92), Kevin Garnett (00), Kevin Love (12)

New Orleans Hornets (2): Chris Paul (08), Anthony Davis (12)

New York Knicks (4): Patrick Ewing (92), Allan Houston (00), Carmelo Anthony (12), Tyson Chandler (12)

Oklahoma City Thunder/Seattle Super Sonics (6): Gary Payton (96), Vin Baker (00), Gary Payton (00), Kevin Durant (12), James Harden (12), Russell Westbrook (12)

Orlando Magic: Dwight Howard (08)

Philadelphia 76ers (0): (Iguodala was member of 76ers until semifinals of 12 Olympics)

Phoenix Suns (3): Charles Barkley (92), Charles Barkley (96), Jason Kidd (00)

Portland Trail Blazers (2): Clyde Drexler (92), Steve Smith (00)

Sacramento Kings (1): Mitch Richmond (96)

San Antonio Spurs (3): David Robinson (92), David Robinson (96), Manu Ginobili (04)

Toronto Raptors (2): Vince Carter (00), Chris Bosh (08)

Utah Jazz (6): Karl Malone (92), John Stockton (92), Karl Malone (96), John Stockton (96), Carlos Boozer (08), Deron Williams (08)

Washington Wizards (0) 

Colleges

The below list accounts only for Olympic Gold Medals since 1992.

Duke and UCLA have had three separate Gold Medalists, while Cal has had three by counting Jason Kidd’s two wins.

Alabama: Antonio McDyess (00)

Arizona: Andre Iguodala (12)

Arizona State: James Harden (12)

Auburn: Charles Barkley (92), Charles Barkley (96)

California: Shareef Abdur-Rahim (00), Jason Kidd (00), Jason Kidd (08)

Central Arkansas: Scottie Pippen (92), Scottie Pippen (96)

Connecticut: Ray Allen (00)

Duke: Christian Laettner (92), Grant Hill (96), Carlos Boozer (08)

Indiana State: Larry Bird (92)

Georgetown: Patrick Ewing (92), Alonzo Mourning (00)

Gonzaga: John Stockton (92), John Stockton (96)

Hartford: Vin Baker (00)

Houston: Clyde Drexler (92), Hakeem Olajuwon (96)

Kansas State: Mitch Richmond (96)

Kentucky: Tayshaun Prince (08), Anthony Davis (12)

Illinois: Deron Williams (08), Deron Williams (12)

LSU: Shaquille O’Neal (96)

Louisiana Tech: Karl Malone (92), Karl Malone (96)

Marquette: Dwyane Wade (08)

Memphis: Penny Hardaway (96)

Michigan State: Magic Johnson (92), Steve Smith (00)

Navy: David Robinson (92), David Robinson (96)

North Carolina: Michael Jordan (92), Vince Carter (00)

No College: Kevin Garnett (00), Kobe Bryant (08), Dwight Howard (08), LeBron James (08), Kobe Bryant (12), Tyson Chandler (12), LeBron James (12)

Ohio State: Michael Redd (08)

Oregon State: Gary Payton (96), Gary Payton (00)

St. John’s: Chris Mullin (92)

Syracuse: Carmelo Anthony (08), Carmelo Anthony (12)

Temple: Pepe Sanchez (04)

Tennessee: Allan Houston (00)

Texas: Kevin Durant (12)

UCLA: Reggie Miller (96), Kevin Love (12), Russell Westbrook (12)

UTEP: Tim Hardaway (00)

Wake Forest: Chris Paul (08), Chris Paul (12)

The Team USA 2012 comparisons to the original 1992 Dream Team were inevitable, but the general consensus in what has become an excessively debated issue is that the current team is a few future Hall of Famers short.

Injuries to Dwight Howard, Blake Griffin and Chris Bosh have also weakened the 2012 edition in the frontcourt, which makes comparing Tyson Chandler, Kevin Love and Anthony Davis to Patrick Ewing, David Robinson and Karl Malone difficult to sustain.

More interestingly, Ian Thomsen’s report that it is unlikely for the under-23 rule to be implemented in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro puts a new Dream Team that could realistically make the argument as greatest team ever assembled truly into play.

Check out the ages during the two weeks of August in 2016 of 20 potential Team USA players.

2016

LeBron James (31)
Dwight Howard (30)
Kevin Durant (27)
Russell Westbrook (27)
Derrick Rose (27)
Chris Paul (31)
Chris Bosh (32)
Blake Griffin (27)
Kevin Love (27)
Kyrie Irving (24)
Deron Williams (32)
Anthony Davis (23)
Jabari Parker (21)
James Harden (26)
Greg Monroe (26)
LaMarcus Aldridge (31)
Carmelo Anthony (32)
Eric Gordon (27)
DeMarcus Cousins (25)
Shabazz Muhammad (22) 

Similar to that projected 2016 roster, nearly the entire roster was in their absolute prime. They also had Larry Bird and Magic Johnson included in a more ceremonial capacity.

1992

Charles Barkley (29)
Larry Bird (35)
Clyde Drexler (30)
Patrick Ewing (30)
Magic Johnson (32)
Michael Jordan (29)}
Christian Laettner (22)
Karl Malone (29)
Chris Mullin (29)
Scottie Pippen (26)
David Robinson (27)
John Stockton (30)

Beginning in 2007 with the formation of the Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen Celtics and then solidifying with the 2010 offseason when Dwyane Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh joined forces, the best NBA players have grown singularly obsessed with becoming teammates with their upper echelon peers. The formula for winning titles throughout the history of the NBA has been for one of the game’s five best players to have at least one teammate that is in the top-15 and preferably a third in the top-30. This new generation of stars knows that and is taking their own team success into their own hands.

There are very few exceptions to this rule and after watching Garnett toil on mediocrely talented Wolves teams for far too many years while Tim Duncan won four titles playing with the likes of David Robinson and then Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, there is little desire for any player to stay put and forgo legitimate title contention.

The New York Knicks responded to Miami by putting together a lesser Big 3 in Carmelo Anthony, Amar’e Stoudemire and Tyson Chandler after they ran out of assets to pursue Chris Paul.

Paul signed off on a trade to the Clippers to join Blake Griffin in a super-two after his near-trade to the Lakers was vetoed.

And the Thunder built their own Big 3 through three successive drafts when they selected Kevin Durant at No. 2 in 2007, Russell Westbrook fifth in 2008 and James Harden third in 2009.

Unsurprisingly, these four teams (along with the Lakers) each had two representatives on the three All-NBA teams in 2012.

The All-NBA team is a fairly reliable annual measuring stick for the 15 best players in that individual season while taking into account positions. It may skew more toward teams with top-5 records, but truly deserving players are rarely left omitted.

When the NBA expanded voting to include a third team in 1989, the Utah Jazz were the only team with multiple representatives and 14 of the 27 teams had at least one player. That is a 52% share compared to 33% this past season.

Assuming Dwight Howard is traded to the Nets, here is a plausible idea of what the 2013 All-NBA Teams will look like:

G: Chris Paul (Clippers), Kobe Bryant (Lakers), Rajon Rondo (Celtics), Russell Westbrook (Thunder), Deron Williams (Nets), Dwyane Wade (Heat)

F: LeBron James (Heat), Kevin Durant (Thunder), Blake Griffin (Clippers), Kevin Love (Wolves), Carmelo Anthony (Knicks), Dirk Nowitzki (Mavericks)

C: Dwight Howard (Nets), Andrew Bynum (Lakers), Tyson Chandler (Knicks)

That scenario would leave Rondo (Celtics), Love (Wolves) and Nowitzki (Mavericks) as the only members to not have a teammate joining him and nine total teams with representatives. We very well could see a Harden or Bosh find their way onto this team to make three from a single team, something that only happened in 1995 (Sonics) and 2005 (Suns) during the timeframe.

The average number of teams with an All-NBA players over this timespan since 1989 has been 12, but there have been three seasons in which there have just been 10 teams represented and two of them have been since 2008 (the other being 1995).

1989: 14
1990: 12
1991: 13
1992: 11
1993: 12
1994: 13
1995: 10
1996: 11
1997: 12
1998: 12
1999: 12
2000: 13
2001: 12
2002: 12
2003: 13
2004: 12
2005: 12
2006: 12
2007: 13
2008: 10
2009: 12
2010: 13
2011: 12
2012: 10