Although the American Dream Team has no longer dominated the basketball overlord in recent years, there is no doubt that as long as the United States can take the best players seriously and send out the best players, they will still be the strongest team in the world 。 However, what is little known is that there is an international team that is not at all inferior to the Dream Team, and they are the Yugoslav basketball team. If Yugoslavia had not disintegrated, the historical lineup they brought out would definitely be considered the top team in FIBA. Let's take a look at the deep basketball heritage contained in the former Yugoslavia through this lineup.

Point Guard: Doncic

As one of the most popular stars in the NBA, Doncic, who has just entered the NBA for three years, has become a league MVP-level player and is almost a rare opponent on the court. After returning to the international arena he was familiar with, Doncic also led Slovenia to the Olympics in seamless connection, and scored a record 48 points in his debut. But there is no need to wonder Doncic is unsolvable in the international arena. After all, he made a fortune by making a fortune by international basketball.

Point Guard: Peterlovic

At his peak, Petrovic was the strongest international player in the NBA at that time. He was known as Jordan in Europe. He was able to score 22.3 points per game with his superb skills and his shooting percentage reached 52%. The shooting percentage is an astonishing 45%, which overturned the public's prejudice against white European players. Unfortunately, after playing his best performance in his career, Petrovic, who was only 29 years old, died in an accident in 1993. The legend of Mozart in basketball failed to last.

Small forward: Peja

In the NBA at the beginning of the century, if you want to mention the shooter, except for Ray Allen, everyone will think of Peja's name. As the number one outside scorer of the former gorgeous king, Peja performed her shooting to the fullest, and at her peak, she was an All-Star level average of 20+ per game. Such an outside shooting machine is a perfect killer in the international arena, not to mention that Peja was also elected as an MVP in the Greek League. For him, it was like returning home.

Power forward: Kukochi

Kukochi, who was a fledgling European league in 1990, led the team to win the European championship and MVP with a rapid offensive, and helped Yugoslavia win the championship in the following World Championships. Although he was educated by Jopi at the 1992 Olympic finals, he immediately became a role in educating others after entering the NBA. He completed evolution in just three years and won the award for the best sixth man with his all-round skills. Such an all-around player standing at the fourth position in the international arena is really a nightmare for all teams.

Center: Jokic

There is no doubt that Jokic is currently the number one center in the NBA. Apart from his slow pace, you can hardly find his technical weaknesses. His solid inside skills and accurate projection are already hard to defend against, but he still has top-notch Organizational ability, such a center is unsolvable no matter which league it is placed in. The most important thing is that the current US inside line is declining. Faced with this center bug, they can only watch him do whatever he wants on their heads.

Doncic + Petrovic + Peja + Kukoc + Jokic's starting five tigers are so fierce, right? However, their bench was even more hidden, with NBA champions such as Divac, Dragic, Bogdan, Belica, Vucevic and Nurkic. I have to say that if Yugoslavia had not disintegrated, the lineup depth of the Dream Team would have to tremble a few times when they saw it.