USA Aims for 5th Gold at Olympics: Futures Odds Analyzed
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00:00The United States minus 600 to win its fifth consecutive gold medal at the
00:08Olympic Games they have been a hefty favorite all along so the question is
00:12not can a team stand in the Americans way for me Jacob it's will a team even
00:18challenge the United States in a close contest in the Americans pursuit of
00:23another gold. I think it's possible I think one of Serbia or maybe France
00:28France has a tough test against Germany though but I think Serbia could give the
00:33United States maybe a run for its money it's not necessarily gonna be like a
00:37down-to-the-wire game like we saw Serbia vs. Australia going to overtime it's more
00:42of a can a team stay close enough to the United States in the fourth quarter that
00:46there's a little pressure on I could see that happening if Nikola Jokic has a big
00:50game and if Steve Kerr doesn't change up his center rotation for that game
00:55because the thing I'm curious about for this upcoming game is how are they going
00:58to use Joel Embiid is he going to be not fully benched but is he going to be
01:03playing off the bench are they gonna use Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis more I
01:07think if they do that they're gonna be in good shape to beat Serbia but if
01:11Embiid stays in that starting lineup Jokic could get off to a hot start so I
01:15think the Americans will face tougher tests going forward but I don't think
01:19that we're gonna get any like nail biters like we did in the lead-up to the
01:23Olympics against South Sudan but I've been wrong before so we'll have to just
01:27see what happens later