Smooth sailing? US men’s basketball seeks more Olympic gold

We’ll have tough competition here. “We are more confident than ever that we will have great Olympic Games in Rio”.

Not only has the women’s team won five gold medals in a row, they also have not lost a single game since the 1992 Olympics. With a players like Tony Parker, 34, Nic Batum, 27, and Rudy Gobert, 24, they could be the biggest threat to the US’s run for the gold.

The losers of the quarterfinal games are eliminated.

Anthony could become the first man in Olympic history to win three basketball gold medals, having gone from a bench spot on the 2004 United States team that settled for bronze in Athens to a stalwart in golden efforts at Beijing and London and now a senior leader for a team with nearly no Olympic experience.

One team has a roster that includes 189 returning Olympians, that includes three six-time Olympians and seven five-time Olympians.

The French offer Charlotte’s Nicolas Batum, Utah’s Boris Diaw and San Antonio star guard Tony Parker, who has helped the Spurs claim four National Basketball Association crowns. And both Lithuania and Serbia have the ability to muck things up to knock the USA off its rhythm. “We have to find out lineups, we have to find out just what rhythm we want as a team. He’s obviously the most experienced guy here, so we’re going to follow his lead”. “Thinking about watching the Dream Team play, watching these other teams, you have an opportunity to play, you figure, ‘Wow, this is where other teams did it and where we could possibly do it.’ It’s mind-blowing”. Even with some top stars staying away this year due to concerns about Zika and injuries, the men’s team are heavily favored.

The Olympic Games 2016 started with the women’s football competition on August 3.

Over the last 10 years, Colangelo and United States of America coach Mike Krzyzewski have built a program that is better equipped for a one-and-done tournament against opponents they’ve never faced and who have been playing together a lot longer than whatever squad the Americans have put together in a given summer. And they’re well-deserved. Anthony is a fantastic global player, for a few reasons. “From a career standpoint, this is a major step for me and the guys to come on here and represent our country, especially during times where so much is going on back in our country”, he said.

He added, “They put us there”. We have to be prepared. One team will field 66 Olympic champions and 106 Olympic medalists, 43 of whom have more than one Olympic medal in their trophy case.

Center Brittney Griner, the tallest player on the American squad (6 feet 8 inches, or a little over 2 meters), said she has confidence in the U.S. Olympic Committee, which prepared the way for the players and has confronted all the issues of concern.

Former NBA player Juan Carlos Navarro makes his fifth Olympic appearance for Spain while former NBAer Rudy Fernandez and current Laker Jose Calderon and Gasol play in their fourth Olympics. It’s just like we would be staying in a hotel.

And make sure you keep an eye out for Adam Peaty who is aiming to become the first British man to win Olympic gold in the pool in 28 years.

No need to give the toilets a stress test here (we presume) or to ask fellow NBA-er Andrew Bogut for shower-curtain tips. Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving (20.3) and Golden State Warriors wing Kevin Durant (20.0) are the only two players averaging 20 minutes per game. “We’re all very competitive and we raise the level of intensity in situations like this”. However, USA Basketball are still tipped to go all the way and capture the gold medal in the quadrennial event. There’s a thin line between dominance and disappointment.