WASHINGTON (MCT) — As an NBA assistant coach since retiring after a Hall of Fame career, Patrick Ewing might have a better seat than many of his contemporaries to compare this year’s U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team to the fabled Dream Team of 20 years ago.

Ewing was one of 11 Hall of Famers on that team and played in the shadow of Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Charles Barkley in Barcelona. But Ewing doesn’t think the current team led by LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant could compete for one simple reason.