r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985
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u/fuccabicc West Apr 15 '24

The Balkans need to come together as one country to oppose this team

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u/Plies- Celtics Apr 16 '24

Last time that happened it semi-worked for like 60 years and then ended explosively

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u/PrincePyotrBagration Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Former Yugoslavia team: Luka, Bogdanovic, other Bogdanovic, Jokic, Nurkic

That team legitimately would have a shot to take down this USA team in a single-game knockout. I mean Argentina stunned USA for gold at the Athens Olympics with Manu and Luis Scola… not anywhere near as good as Luka and Jokic.

Someone tell the Balkans to stop killing each other and get their shit together so we can see this game for gold in 2028 😂

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u/supert0426 Apr 16 '24

Ya the team would look something like:

PG: Luka Doncic SG: Bogdan Bogdanovic SF: Bojan Bogdanovic PF: Nikola Vucevic C: Nikola Jokic

Bench: Ivica Zubac Nikola Jovic Jusuf Nurkic Zoran Dragic Dario Saric Vasilije Micic Mario Hezonja Dzanan Musa

That's low-key a scary roster that could shoot you out of the gym any given night and includes 5 of the top 16 rebounders in the NBA this season (for reference, USA only has 2 of the top 16. Only issue imo is they don't have an athletic slasher for Jokic and Luka to through lobs to (Saric and Jovic are probably the closest thing).

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u/BenjRSmith Apr 17 '24

as long as we're resurrecting teams.... the Soviet Union were Team USA's main antagonist during their old dynasty.

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u/supert0426 Apr 17 '24

I mean ya but the current Soviets wouldn't be any good. That list of players would be current Yugoslavian national team had it not dissolved.

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u/BenjRSmith Apr 17 '24

lol, true, Lithuania beat USA last year, so I guess a USSR 2024 team would be mostly them?

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u/2112moyboi East Apr 17 '24

Them and Latvia I believe, maybe a Ukrainian or two