USA themselves probably

USA has quite a crazy team if this year draft class pop. Aj/peterson/boozer/wilson and last year cooper Flagg. Those are all elite talents. Then you add Harper and castle as well.

France and Canada for sure.

Both have very flawed teams, but both have a guy that will be the best player on the floor against USA. Serbia and Slovenia will also have the best player on the floor against USA but the rest of their team isn’t up to par unfortunately.

Also, Murray and Wiggins aren’t committed to the program.

Who is USA’s center? Bam is too small for Wemby, Embid seems like he’s done, and I don’t have faith in Chet at the 5.

It took an all time Curry performance to take it for the USA last time, but Wemby has improved sense then. Not saying France is the favorite, but its going to be closer.

Germany: They are individually not as talented as other teams but together they are probably the team with the best chemistry and cohesion.

Plus the Nembhard bros for Canada

Damn, Spain really fell so far. Growing up Spain has always been #2 in the Gasol brothers, Calderon, Rubio, Ibaka, Fernandez, Navarro era.

I think Canada and France are the biggest threats. Canada has elite guard play and plenty of NBA level depth, while France keeps adding young talent around Wemby. Serbia is always dangerous too if Jokic is playing, you can never count them out in a single elimination tournament.

I’m suppose to think these teams have a chance against the US and I’m seeing names like Risacher, Dort and Topic who are gonna have to guard a guy whose all nba level while an all star is coming off the bench

Slovenia - Jaxon hayes is always a trip to see.

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For the sake of entertainment, let the yugoslavians team up.

Lithuania might finally be great again.

Jakučionis/Jokubaitis/Buzelis/Tubelis/Krivas is a really good starting 5.

We’ll see how this new generation of stars fare in the olympics without LeBron, Curry, and KD.

Murray and Wiggins aren’t playing for Canada for the upcoming 28 olympics

Jamaica if they get their way. Thompson twins, Brunson, Powell, Vassell

If USA basketball as an organization starts taking it half as seriously as the other top teams they shouldn’t have a problem.

But if they continue to just build an all-star team and start practice 2 weeks before like normal then they’ll be in trouble this year.

France is going to be tough, maybe Canada as well. Also, Kyshawn George has been playing for Canada for international competitions over the past couple of years, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see him on the Olympic roster.

Hartenstein will play for Germany too and this year‘s rookies Anderson and Steinbach could be a part of the team too

Either way the gold medal is going to Red, White and Blue. At least there’s that.

France with more experience Wemby and Canada with more mature SGA will.

Wemby has no chance against a Brunson-led U.S. team.

Germany got Hannes and Anderson coming up

I’d say Canada is probably the biggest threat after France

A core of SGA, Murray, Dort, Barrett and Edey is loaded with NBA talent, and if they have good chemistry they’ll be dangerous

Serbia is always a threat too as long as Jokic is playing. You never want to face the best player in the world in a single-elimination game

It’s Canada and France.

Canada is the only team besides the U.S. that has NBA players who can’t make their roster.

France has Wemby and a loaded front court with a solid core of NBA quality players.

The rest struggle with the talent disparity still.

France, Canada, Germany, maybe Turkey? They did pretty well in EuroBasket 25.

Would be great to win the World Cup next year leading up to the olympics

Canada has NAW too, who is a perfect fit next to SGA, Brooks and Edey. They’ll be the toughest team once they realize Jamal Murray should come off the bench.

Think we’ll start to see that as the talent gap closes, the benefits of these other national teams growing up together and playing more consistently together pay off

All of them certainly could

France

They were 2nd last time, for Men AND Women

Go go frenchies 🇨🇵🇨🇵

Serbia played team USA pretty closely in the gold medal game in 2024 until USA pulled away down the stretch. I think we’re getting to the point where teams like France or Canada are close enough talent wise where anything can happen in a single elimination format.

Patty Thrills and JIngles are gonna lead the Boomers to gold. Straya!!

Ahem… yeah, France is the obvious answer, but plenty of other nations will run it close.

All of the above

Are people forgetting world champions Germany

If Chet is on team USA, silver medal secured lol

So America’s team is Booker, Ant, Paolo/Cooper, Tatum, Bam, Hali/Brunson, Mitchell/Harper/Kon, Brown/Miller/AJ, Mobley/Chet, Jackson/Kessler/Duren

Nobody cause are shooting

Canada was a center away from being a real issue the last Olympics, really need edey to be the one we are missing.

USA gonna lose to prime wemby in the first intergalactic Olympics

just curious, how is Jaxon Hayes on Slovenia?

Same as always. France, Serbia, maybe maybe Germany or Spain if they shoot lights out from beyond the arc.

France is definitely the biggest threat. Hell they might even be the favorite.

France will win gold at some point in the next three cycles.

Canada has some talent and they’ll be good games, but I think USA’s depth will beat those teams out.

Well as long as Brunson is running point, Wemby and his French assailants will have no shot.

France is the favorite so probably them, I would say maybe Spain too.

Wemby is going to get hurt, and have a reputation for being injury-prone (on top of being a bitch) by then. He will never be reliable for France. He’s going to be remembered as more of a Yao Ming type. We have likely seen his almost peak already.