Can Anyone ACTUALLY Beat Team USA?
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- LeBron, Steph, KD, Davis, Embiid, Edwards - Team USA are looking for revenge in the Paris Olympics after an unsuccessful 2023 World Cup. On paper they look unbeatable, but can someone challenge them for gold? In this video, BasketNews' Augustas Suliauskas analyzes how good LeBron-Curry duo is and the weak spots of this superstar-filled roster.
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Whos here after that CRAZY game vs South Sudan?
wasnt crazy. Shows how bad US players really are. the NBA has become a hollywood show. FIBA and Euroleague aint a show, its real competition.
@@G30RG3KA Well when you have Lebron James's son that's playing in the NBA after the Draft, you know that its just become based upon NOT skill or talent but just the opposite. NBA of the past had way more variation. Today's NBA, only 3 pointer shots, very little variation. It just plainly sucks.
@@G30RG3KA Lmfao saying US players are bad is the crazy part.They were down 20 and still turned it around like nothing.If steph didn't miss those 2 open shots and ad with the slam dunk that wouldn't be even a close game.Don't forget kd still hasn't played a single game yet
@@G30RG3KAThey aren’t a team that has been together very long and they made a bunch of mistakes thanks to Steve Kerr, it’s not that Sudan is better but USA dropped the ball
@@G30RG3KA chill bro. It was a good game
The only team that can beat them is themselves. If they don’t take it serious enough, they’ll lose
Totally agree with your point
South sudan
exactly
@@Reno-pz3kt i feel like they aarent gonna take it serious and people are gonna call them trash not knowing that they themselves are the reason why they lost
@@sarsvfx Their hardest oponent is canada..Chill tf down...After this match against Sudan they should get a reality check and that should made them focus.Even if they are here only for fun it shouldn't be hard when you have 10 superstars on a team.I mean they were down 20 in the game and still won
South Sudan almost did 😂
They didn't give 100%. That's why
@@XYZ-no8olYeah.. I agree.. hopefully South Sudan gives their 100% next time
@@jadelag LOL good response. Hope they do.
@@theraikouemp4ror997 Whomp
South Sudan just showed that the answer to this question is definitely "YES!"
Yea, and not just South Sudan, it appeares Japan threw 105 points to Serbia, Serbia won by 20, but again, 105 points in FIBA game (enough to upset even USA) ... And Puerto Rico has simillar game -- they simply play on pure energy -- to the end.
P. S. I warned about big fat-contract stars in tem USA. They simply don't care enough. On the other side, Sudanesse are hungry, they are wearing on their shoulders the pride of whole continent of Africa being only African team. And they have only one goal -- to make Africa prowed, that is why they play with no brakes and gives 150%, becasue they don't care would they have injuries that will ruin their season or contracts. We were talking that 10 of 12 teems could fight for medals, but after this two games from South Sudan and Japan, it is actually 12 of 12, it never had been more unpredictable international tournament. All of a sudden Group B and C are also groups of death... Can elderly USA stars endure game after game after game of the same intensity as with South Sudan, that is the question... Because that is waiting them on Olympics.
@@svarozjov Hmmm. Yes. All that "analysis" and your "warning" was wrong. Thinking getting paid well for your passion, talent, and hard work somehow decreases your passion talent, and hard work was flawed from the get-go. I'm not sure how you can doubt the pure competitive nature of those players who bleed and break themselves for a championship every single year.
@@daShadoSage Well, I was right, South Sudan turn out to be formidable opponent, and Japan almost threw out France that later played finals... Both of them was not opponents you get steamroll over.
On he other hand, USA "survived" this Olympics thanks to Lebron, KD and Steph... If only one of them was not on the team, I don't believe USA would survicve neithre Serbia, neither France, maybe not even South Sudan. And that is old generation that is going soon to retirement, young generation of USA players -- they somehow don't give impression they are able to fill up the shoes of their generation. Lebrons and Steph generation is another world another mentality, this bext one is exactly what Isaid: fed up with money that somehow weak their passion for basketball...
@@svarozjov No. You were wrong. "Big fact contract team USA. They don't care enough". Your words. Now you say team USA would of lost if it wasn't for those same big fact contract players. Which is it? South Sudan played great. Future stars. They also were coached and put together by a former big fat contract NBA player. If surviving means winning every game on the way to yet another Gold then more teams need to learn that skill. I guess somehow losing is better than surviving in your book? Or is it that USA is so favored and respected that anything less than absolute domination is perceived as lesser? Not a bad place to be all in all. USA has always had big fat contract players and through 30 years of Olympics have won Gold that no other country will catch up to. Countries that are catching up and doing well are all led by big fat NBA contract players including France. So at every single angle your argument falls flat and is wrong. The only thing possibly right here, which I said and agree, is that team USA might be in trouble in the next Olympics after these current USA and basketball greats retire. It will be interesting. But again, the international teams that stand to be formidable and even win, include and are led by hungry relentless FELLOW big fact contract NBA players
@@svarozjov I do have to make you understand your own argument here, because it's just not sound. You're saying how USA would possibly have lost to Serbia and France without their biggest NBA stars...exactly what do you think would happen if Serbia and France also did not have their biggest NBA stars? Did you actually look at the roster and who were their leading players before you said that?
Seeing the games myself, I think Joel is the biggest weakness. Considering he is a starter. It feels like he's playing his own game at times and not together with the team but I have no doubts he's able to adjust throughout their time together.
I’ve been saying since they picked the teams that AD is a much better fit as a starter. More versatile on offense and defense. It doesn’t make a lot of sense either considering that Embiid isn’t from the USA, he’s from Cameroon.
@@_XAV_ Guy is a mvp no way he would play a bench role like ad.It's like puting joker on a defensive 5 bigman role.He's not that kinda player
@@saadsylas9824 He’s not Joker, with all due respect. I completely understand what u saying, they wouldn’t bench him, but AD just fits better with the team. I think Embiids playstyle slows down the offense and AD is just way better at moving on the court on defense. I think they just shouldn’t have picked him up. He should play for his country, they could’ve qualified with him.
@@saadsylas9824 he will be good for some matchups tho💯depends who they face
What about South Sudan ?
wow steph is so good off-ball with all the screens to free up his teammates, i think that part of his game is just as important as his scoring
I mean, he's the main reason why off-ball movement became so much more important in the NBA in the previous years.
Lol imagine what teams gonna do when kd comes back.
Yes. Team World. Luka, Shai, Giannis, Jokic, and Wemby.
thats a game we all wanna see fr
Ha, ha. They should organise something like that! Maybe instead of All Star Game which is becoming increasingly annoying. Nevertheless, that team won't be allowed in Paris 😞
or Team Usa vs Team Nba
Also... Team South Sudan... bunch of nobodies!
Never gonna happen.If it does outside olympic they not gonna take it seriously
I know Lebron and Steph are marketable, but it should be AD with the thanos gauntlet. He's been the best player consistently so far.
Nah
Nah
no
no
Lol wtf are u smoking?
South Sudan almost answered your question yesterday 😅😂😂
A lot of people have noticed Embiid's poor performance / speed. USA is still testing lineups right now. When it really matter, i think they will prob give some of Embiid minutes to Bam or AD because they are better / quicker / more flexible than Embiid.
But they lack size which Will be used a lot in the olympics just like the world cup. That was the reason why the US brought Embiid on to fix that problem
@@isaksidenius7059AD is much stronger than Jaren Jackson. Bam is a smaller big but is extremely tough and hardworking. Jaren Jackson was embarrassing in the World Cup, didn’t fight for any rebounds.
Also the wings are much bigger now and can also help woth rebounding. Tatum, Lebron and KD are way bigger than the wings used in the World Cup
@@Changa924 so far offensive rebounds are still an issue and you know the euro teams smell blood because the US players are not used to post up plays
Embid is not a defensive player his game revolves on iso offense.So now people care about defence when the cracks are showing?
in a different timeline, South Sudan won against the US
Well United States is like EU for example so if you combine France Germany Italy Spain Greece and a few other then i guess they will struggle a bit more.. 😊
Europe has 2 times the population of the US, you guys have a huge inferiority complex
I don't think anyone could really beat them. They have two different teams and the chances of both teams banned off the same night. It's crazy! One team has Steph and LeBron the other team has Bam, Ant and davis. Two of the best teams ever on the same team
that aged really bad just after 1 day lmao
South Sudan came 1 open 10 footer away from beating them. They are over-rated as f*ck!
@@Funcrusher84 Was about to say the same thing...
@@Funcrusher84 Did it though?
@@saadsylas9824 right now germany leads by 3 points in the beginning of the 4th quarter :)
I wanna SEE Team USA Vs Luka Doncic (PG), SGA (SG), Giannis (SF), Wemby (PF) and Jokic (Center)
i like it
@@chrispee5786 Yeah Bro 👊
So you want to see Team USA vs a mix of NBA-trained best players from multiple different countries? So like the EU vs USA?
@@daShadoSage Yeah man that’s what i want but SGA from Canada is not EU so it’s basically USA Vs World type shit
1:46 great look lmao, I would leave Joel Embid open all game at 3-point line if that is most of their possessions.
Joel is decent on offense but doesn’t give a lot of defensive or rebounding effort and honestly we don’t need a big that can score we have so many scoring options in the guard and forward position that there is no reason to utilize the center on offense and I feel like Anthony Davis has exemplified his defense and rebounding while passively scoring through second chance opportunities that’s the ideal big man
If we get Spanoulis to play we will beat them
and then you wake up
Lmfao wake up man
@@vincenttm880 remember 2006?
@skeletor5708 , That's a funny joke dude 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@bobbiroberts3240 well we'll see who the joker is here after a few days 😉
South Sudan
Yes serbia ,france, Germany,greece ,canada , Australia, spain
Germany?
@@Delilah-zd3em we got a strong team
@@jonasbartz208 How has your team improved since the WC? Teams like the US doesn’t care about the WC and instead chooses to put in effort for the more important tournament that is the Olympics…
This can be seen in the drastic difference in quality between the US’ WC and Olympics team - how has Germany improved?
@@jonasbartz208 you barely beat the USA B team and Latvia. This US team will beat you by 20+
Ty for including Spain but nah hahaha
Canada and Greece maybe... but still. This USA Team is stacked.
Canada and Greece in the same group with Australia. Watch the Olympic and you will see. Greece won't even make out of the group stage. They are in the tough group with Canada , Australia and Spain.
@@moonmc1047 I think it's Spain who will be out.
canada on paper is the only team that has a chance against a team usa actually trying and not testing lineups- no one else is even close if they have one star like serbia its gonna be a blowout everytime
@@moonmc1047 thats what they said last time bro now cry with your team out of olimpics this will age like MILK
@@uchihazion2754 I don't get your comment. Australia won bronze last Olympics. Greece and Canada won nothing.
Almost lost to South Sudan
These players are so good that when someone (Joel) isn't playing up to speed with everyone else it's really noticeable
South Sudan can
These are exhibition matches. Teams are trying new things out and fine-tuning squads. We won’t know what teams really bring to the table until the games actually start. As of no USA is the team to beat.
Yikes bad timing on this SOUTH SUDAN #1
Bro they almost lost to SOUTH SUDAN. World Champions of WHAT?
Well they are the only team to go undefeated so far so...
World Cahmpions of...the World? Weird question
South Sudan obviously
i don´t the us game will translate to fiba rules, they are caught in it, mean nba style, like flooping lebron and as you said embid
That EUPHORIA Beat in the background 🔥🔥🔥
South Sudan be like😶🌫️
I think Canada, has the best chance of beating them. Based on the talent of the players, team Canda has the closest shot at beating them.
Greece under Spanoulis plays a great defence and offensively it's pretty solid too. It'd be interesting for the USA centers having to guard Papagiannis shooting for 3. Of course Greece has to qualify from the group of death but I think if there's a USA-Greece, it will be tough for USA. Generally speaking USA wins but it could have lost some games even (especially!) against South Sudan of all teams.
You'd be a better coach than Steve Kerr tbh
Ant off ball defense and Embiid are gonna kill me in the olympics
It's not that simple. I'm sure they've addressed those problems on film sessions multiple times, but their opponents aren't robot.
A coach that won 4 chips is worse than a youtuber?Lmfao
@@saadsylas9824 a baby could win 4 chips with that roster
I was thinking France could give them a good game but they started a huge lineup with Gobert, Yabusele, and wemby against Canada and Canada still came out on top. France have lost 3 friendlies in a row. Also lost to Serbia which America also beat so it doesn't look like anyone so far will give a great test. Olympics will pose a bigger sense of urgency tho. Hopefully we will have some closer games
No. Because countries with basketball talent (Serbia, France, Greece, Canada, Lithuania..) don't have 335 milion people while countries with more than 335 milion (China, India...) don't have basketball talent at all. USA has both. Population and talent.
It has to do with popularity. It is not popular in China and india
@@firststep.boomswish But it is popular in my country (Serbia). Doesn't matter because it is popular in US as well. And 335 milion are better than 7. Indiana national team vs Serbia is a different thing but 50 states against 1... As the same goes for USA vs Greece, France, Canada...
@@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hg I never said serbia
Basketball is very popular in China
@@NikolaIvanovic-pu7hg But the rosters are mainly set. The main theme of the video is not focusing on what country has the better population-talent ratio. Did you watch the video??
Greek team looks decent I think. Or I’m just a Milwaukee fan
They still remember spanoulis,diamantidis,papaloukas,big sofo and the others.....
Yes, Greece
I think today's game against South Sudan answers your question. Yes, they are 100% beatable. USA is no longer fear and they could loose any night. I hope they bring their A+ effort on opening day against Serbia.
South Sudan for Gold!
South Sudan.
Australia, South Sudan, Serbia even Canada are literally the only teams in 2024 that can beat them
Who's here after south sudan nearly beat them?😅
Nice breadown again Augustus. Maybe you need to do an update on how South Sudan almost did it today
Who is here after the South Sudan game😭
Embid would fit better in France. They need his scoring more. A line up with Embid, Victor e Gobert would be dominating.
It would have been funnier if the infinity gems had the actual starting team😂
South Sudan nearly beat them, so to answer you, yeah anyone can beat the USA
There are at least 4 if not 6 teams that can possibly win team USA on a given day and chances are that it will have to play at least against 3 of them and more likely 4. A whereabouts 7.5 point spread i.e. is around 25% loss chance, that taken into account only 3 times there's an almost 60% chance that team USA is at least going to lose one of those games not counting the rest. It is of course possible that USA will not lose to anyone, but I wouldn't exactly call it the most likely scenario and certainly not what smart money says.
Team USA is just .... not as good as the Dream team of 92. Its not even close. For them to lose last year event and had to place in their 'stars' who ALMOST lost to South Sudan... that tells me that the NBA's talent is in a free fall. Dream Team is the ONLY legend, not this 'team' '24... its not even close.
Nah 92 teams faced bums now teams are more smarter coz of how popular basketball has become around the world
This did not age well
North Sudan, maybe?
They were almost beaten by south sudan 😂
this is not a team, but a group of great individual players. They mostly play isolation and that does not look like baskteball to me. Germany is still the best team in the world!
They just lost?
If there was a united european team, I think they are very beatable. But Europe is always split up into smaller countries.
Europe is a continent, USA is a country. Why should multiple countries merge just to beat one country? For that matter South and North America should merge to beat let's say Spain in soccer. That doesnt make sense
@@josh35292 Ngl you made a good point here
Serbia with their other 2 best players could beat USA but they are not available
The answer is YES but... if they play 100% they will win it, on the other hand if they think that they can sleep through the tournament, if they lack defensive intensity, if they think they don't have to sweat to win it, they will lose.
talking about bad days, germany had a bad day against them, the only reason they lost was the 36% FGs
South Sudan gave them a scare. Any horse can be rode any man can get thrown.
I would include their non-existent transition defense as another weakness. No one of them tries to stop the ball in transition actions
The world has accepted their loss although its just july😂
Germany can win Australia almost put an upset
After what happened to World Cup? For decades now they don't prioritize the World Cup or formerly know as World Championships coz they are clearly not sending their best team in the World Cup.
They did for the 2014 World Cup. Where every game the US played was a blowout win.
That tournament made the US very confident they could win the tournament with their B team.
@@Jose.AFT.Saddul the thing is they didn't for 2014. If you look as the roster of course you would say they did but it was 10 years ago. Those players were young and not the superstars that they are today.
@@Jose.AFT.SaddulWe sent our young players for that world cup as well. It’s just that that generation of players was incredible, far better than the young US players right now.
@@Jose.AFT.Saddul at that time none of those guys were top 10 players in the league man
The euphoria sample in the background is so dope
Unfortunately I doubt there will be any serious competition for the USA for at least 80-200 years from now. There just isn’t the depth or quality of talent from every opponent the USA faces. Sadly the USA could field 50 different teams, and all of them could win the gold medal at the Olympics. The gap between the USA and every other country is that wide. We would all like to see close matches, but other countries just don’t have great players in any number and almost zero depth of talent. Sadly that’s the truth.
Apparently South Sudan can
They cant. That was the closest theyll ever be to beating the US
i want to hear what u have to say after team USA strugled to pick win from south sudan
This gonna be so intresting !!!!
south sudan can
send embid & lebron to the bench. AD & antman should start.
yea austrila definitely got good game scheme
It's an unstoppable team!
Still, those who say "team world", get over yourselves!
It takes about just 10 out of 44 European countries to compete against team USA, far from the whole world.
Serbia: Jokic, Bogdanovic, Jovic, Micic
Slovenia: Doncic, Dragic
Croatia: Zubac, Bogdanovic
Greece: Antentokoumpo
Latvia: Porzingis
Lithuania: Sabonis, Valanciunas
Finland: Markannen
France: Wemby, Gobert
Germany: Wagner, Hartenstein, Shroeder
UK: Anunoby
Individually, USA players are the best in the world, most athletic, best shooters, best ball handlers indeed. All 12 of them...
There is a problem though; they are used to playing ~100 games, at a predictable pace, with predictable minutes, predictable schedules timeouts and friendly coaches.. When they lose a game they go with "it is just one game, good game of our opponents, we will be better next time"...
Intl competiton is bit different: coaching in every posession, unpredictable lineups, changes of defences, less possessions, and playong every game as game 7 of NBA Finals.
Will USA players have that in mind and play each posession as if it was their final or will they just go woth the flow, look for alley hoops, behind the back np look passing, or they will bite and foght for each ball.
They went easy on South Sudan and let those guys have their night, winning luckily..
@vladimirmilosevic4237 I agree with your points and very good insight. I believe they will adapt when it's not the showcase games.
My comment though was directed to those who want to portray the US players as if they are somekind of Hollywood superheroes that ONLY if the best pleyers of the rest of the world (7,5 billion people) teamed up, they would have a chance of beating them. That's megalomania at it's finest.
yes. im american and i dont think they will win gold.
Always the same weaknesses every fiba wc/olympics.
But everybody keeps coming close so why not
We all know it guys , Usa players are not perform well under pressure ! If you mess up their psychology , by instinct they start playing to their personal strengths like one on one etc . They drop the team play and that will be their demise . specially against season teams .
2012 was better...
If Joel embiid is a “problem” USA is going undefeated. He’s an elite player in a funk. I guarantee he’ll dominate when the real tournament starts. As someone who watches every single Sixers game, embiid always plays into shape and looks sluggish in the beginning. When he gets going it’s lights out.
you forget they play with fiba rules, this is his first time playing fiba ball
@@miskodj17 Embiid puts ball in hoop and protects the rim. He can do that in any league on the planet.
I keep telling people that
@@Golgo1412 embiid just averaged 33 and 10 in the playoffs. I’m here to talk hoops not 5th grade recess drama.
@@ricanLegend2003 Did it result in winning though?
no
Without Jrue, AD and Bam maybe, but really no
They can guard other teams better than other teams can guard them
5.South Sudan
Lol greece is going to walk over them. The US bearly beat SUDAN 😂😂😂😂
South Sudan almost did.
I have news for you.
No.
Team USA is overrated bruh...quit hyping them noobs up almost got spanked to Sudan
South Sudan almost handed their asses to them
Sorry world but no way possible
Yes they can
they look very beatable
Lmao
@@freezybreezy1001 you shouldnt laugh, they could have easily lost to sudan., they got lucky at the end
euphoria on background
Them super powers get neutralized…
The answer was HELL NO
What about Greece
Almost in South Sudan Carry of James
Germany,N,Sudan......😅😅
If they lose one game they should be ashamed . 🖤👽
Uh, short answer is yes. Obviously
South Sudan almost did 101-100