{"id":400339,"date":"2014-08-21T15:28:52","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/?p=400339"},"modified":"2019-01-03T03:58:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T08:58:56","slug":"10-years-later-2004-olympic-basketball-teams-best-sneakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/10-years-later-2004-olympic-basketball-teams-best-sneakers\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Years Later: A Brief Look at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Team&#8217;s Best Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2004 Olympic Games was a successful sporting event for a few individuals, like Swimmer Michael Phelps who took home eight medals, but for some it was a moment that was filled with disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>The United States lost for the first time in Olympic men&#8217;s basketball since NBA players were permitted to play in the Games. This defeat came at the hands of Puerto Rico 92\u201373. Although Team USA&#8217;s play only warranted a bronze medal, a number of their shoes were golden. Today, we take a brief look back at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Team&#8217;s best sneakers.<\/p>\n<h1>Nike Air Zoom Huarache 2k4<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By: Carlos Boozer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan 7 &#8220;Olympic&#8221; PE<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By: Carmelo Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/08\/carmelo-anthony-air-jordan-7-olympic-pe-01-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan XIX &#8220;East&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snkrsday.com\/files\/2014\/08\/la_g_odomoly1_200.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Worn By:\u00a0Lamar Odom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Nike Air Zoom Generation PE<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By:\u00a0LeBron James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Nike Zoom LeBron II<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By:\u00a0LeBron James<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan XIX White\/Varsity Red<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By:\u00a0Amar&#8217;e Stoudemire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h1>Air Jordan 2 PE<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Worn By: Carmelo Anthony<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2004 Olympic Games was a successful sporting event for a few individuals, like Swimmer Michael Phelps who took home&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":149,"featured_media":400414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1219126],"tags":[1225551],"cultivate_rss":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.0) - 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