Top Contenders for Men's Basketball Olympic Gold Beyond Team USA
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00:00All right, so now let's take a look at the odds to win outside of Team USA.
00:04So who is the threat, Carlin?
00:05I know Team Canada, a lot of people feel like they're going to win several games in the
00:09Olympics.
00:10You also have France, who's pretty good.
00:12Serbia, let's be real here, Serbia has the same odds as France and close to Canada because
00:17of one guy, and it's Jokic, and that's it.
00:19So if he gets neutralized at all, I don't know that Serbia is even nearly as good as
00:23Germany or even Greece.
00:25But is it three teams?
00:27Is it four teams that have a chance outside of the U.S. to win the gold, or is there some
00:31sleeper that I haven't discussed?
00:32Yeah, it's those teams that were on the screen outside of Canada.
00:36I honestly give Canada a bronze medal chance at these Olympic Games because I think if
00:40they meet Team USA in the semifinals, which is very likely, the style of basketball that
00:44Canada plays is very similar to the style of basketball that all the Americans see in
00:48the NBA on a daily basis.
00:49It's not going to surprise them.
00:51Where Team USA is going to get surprised is playing a team like Greece, playing a team
00:55like France, playing a team like Germany that does not have that one-on-one style of basketball.
01:02It's more of a team sort of environment, and a great shooting night, it's over, right?
01:08You have one great shooting night in a one-game scenario, it is over.
01:11We saw that last summer, really, at the World Cup of Basketball, and Team USA fell to Lithuania.
01:17Team USA fell to teams that they shouldn't lose to because they got hot from three-point
01:21range, and that was it.
01:23So I expect that to be the case here in the Olympic Games.
01:25I would watch out for that second game, or the quarterfinals game, that might trip them
01:30up because they'll see a team that would be hot and have confidence in themselves.
01:34So be careful about betting Team USA in that quarterfinal matchup, depending on who it
01:38is.
01:39They should still win the gold, but Canada is not the bet.
01:41Stay away from Canada.