2024 Olympics basketball tournament and the competition Team USA will face.
This article is about the upcoming 2024 Olympics basketball tournament and the competition Team USA will face.
The mentality shift in international basketball can be seen clearly. In 1992, the Dream Team with Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson easily dominated the competition. However, in 2004, a less talented US team with only two All-Stars lost to Argentina in the semifinals. This showed that the rest of the world was catching up.
In the upcoming 2024 Olympics, LeBron James is aiming for another gold medal before retirement and has recruited the best players including Kevin Durant and Steph Curry. However, some unexpected players were left off the roster, such as Jaylen Brown. There is a conspiracy theory that Brown was excluded because he cut the Swoosh logo off his Nike shoes in protest of Kyrie Irving being dropped by Nike.
This article also details the logistics of the tournament. The 12 teams are divided into three groups. Team USA is in Group C with Serbia, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico. Group play will be held outside of Paris from July 27th to August 4th.
Coming to competition, while some individual players from other countries are very talented, the US has an overall stronger team. The bench players on Team USA alone are All-Stars from the NBA. Even though the rest of the world is catching up, the US is still the favourite to win gold. The biggest competition is likely to be France, which has a strong team playing at home.
