Celtics versus the "Redeem Team"?

It's nice to know that the Boston Celtics have some respect in Sweet Home Alabama. But that brings up an interesting idea. Could the Boston Celtics represent the USA? Interestingly enough, they were one of the few teams in the playoffs (perhaps the only team?) that did not have a foreign-based player on the squad. The only thing they would have to worry about is one of the key players defecting to their ancestral home a.k.a. Chris Kaman goes to German (just kidding of course). Given that the Celtics solidified as a unit during the regular season, and then again in the playoffs, would that give them an advantage over the ad hoc collection of stars and super-stars assembled for this 2008 USA Olympic team? After all, the problem in the past has been chemistry and composition for the USA teams. Also, they have been pretty much thrown together to play for a few weeks prior to the competition, which is pretty much what you see in the all-star games, where they have one day to practice together. But I understand that the "Redeem Team" was composed differently, and was assembled long ago with additional practice time together . . . so we shall see . . .