Training camp for the guys this weekend in Las Vegas,
the Team USA Olympic Mens basketball roster,
and boy, it looks good.
LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid,
everybody walking through the halls in Las Vegas to get
reacquainted and get ready for Paris in the Olympics starting
in just a few weeks.
JY, let's look at the odds.
And it should be no surprise with the roster of
the names that I just listed and it continues to
go from there.
Steph Curry, Anthony Edwards, Kawhi Leonard,
the list goes on. And on that,
the Americans are nearly a -,
400 a $4.00 odds on favorite at -390 Is the
price fair should Team USA run away to an Olympic
gold medal?
Ben yes, they should. But here's the caveat that people
need to understand more than anything.
Once you get to the middle round,
all it takes is 48 or 40 bad minutes of
basketball and you go home as well.
They are overwhelming favorite and I got to be honest
with you.
I still have two concerns with this team.
3 Concerns. 1, they're a little bit older.
If a team wants to get up and down with
them,
let's say Canada, can they keep pace with a team
that could be younger and more athletic?
Two, rebounding, we're going to talk about eventually if they
play France.
I mean, I watch over the weekend.
What Wendy's doing is like,
it's extremely scary to watch as an American because he
could carry this into the gold medal,
but you're going 7471 high,
low. Like, how do you defend that?
It's not even possible. So there's that and then there's
perimeter shooting.
You've lined up, yes, we have one of the greatest
shooters of all time and Steph Curry.
Where are the other guys that are marksmen?
Not down 3 point shooters.
Devin Booker, pull up at you know,
pull up guy. Duran pull up guy and pull up
guy,
right? LeBron, not really quiet pull up guy.
They could shoot it, but that's not what they're known
for.
If they struggle from three and a team gets hot
then.
They can't get picked up.
Should they win it? Yes.
Should they be the favorite?
Yes. Can they get picked off still?
Absolutely.