Charles Barkley says Team USA too reliant on isolation players

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    As the United States men's Olympic basketball team has struggled by its own lofty standards in Rio de Janeiro, former NBA player and current TNT analyst Charles Barkley said the team's woes are rooted in the construction of its roster.

    "It's not a good team to put together," Barkley, 53, told Sports360AZ.com. "If you take away DeAndre Jordan, every guy on that team is a ball-dominant guy. You see them playing a lot of one-on-one basketball.

    "That's the thing I've noticed more than anything. Like, you have to understand when you put a team together like that, you have to have some role players."

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