Let's talk a little hot today — straight to the point: the 2024 Olympics U.S. men's basketball team.
What's new about mentioning the U.S. men's basketball team? How many people still have that star-studded dream team in their minds, when the opponent heard that they were going to play the U.S. team, they would lose sleep sooner or later, right? But what I'm going to say today is not exactly that tune.
As the saying goes, there is a sky outside the sky, and there are people outside the world, and the level of international teams has risen in a straight line in recent years, which makes the dream team of the United States team also have to tense their nerves!
Don't rush to look down, let me set the stage for a moment: Paris, 2024, a place where the eyes of the world converge. It's not for tourism, it's for the Olympic gold medal!
That gold medal is more important than anything else to basketball fanatics. This time, the U.S. team embarked on the journey with the determination to win, and with global expectations. Don't look at the list of people as soon as it is announced, it looks like gold leaf: Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant... Well, a household name. Tsk, if you want to talk about combinations, this is simply not too luxurious, and the game must be a game of abuse.
However, the big guy belongs to the big guy, you know what is on the field, five people play ball, not by fighting alone. World basketball is no longer what it was in 2008, when Kobe Bryant's "Redemption Team" was able to sweep the court on its own.
Now, brothers, don't say they didn't tell you, Serbia, France, Canada and Germany, these teams are not vegetarians, they are determined to win the American team.
You may wonder, what do Coach Kerr and his All-Star team think about this? Of course, they are full of confidence, after all, who is behind the MVP, but they also know that the current opponent is not as easy to deal with as it was in previous years.
Speaking of which, we have to talk about what this Olympics means for the U.S. team. First of all, this may be the last chance for the 36-year-old Curry and the 39-year-old James, and the gold medal is like a long-awaited dream for him. At the same time, it is also a great opportunity for the U.S. team to prove that they are still the dominant players in basketball.
From the Dream Team in 1992 to the present, the U.S. men's basketball team has always been the one who has been in the spotlight, but this time, they need to appear with more unity and wisdom to prove that they are not just the famous "Dream Team", but the champion who can truly unite in the face of difficulties and defeat strong opponents.
So far, having said all that, I will briefly summarize at the end. Winning the gold medal and proving yourself is easier said than done. This is not only a test for Coach Kerr and his team, but also a big test for American basketball, and the entire basketball world.
Whether the U.S. team can win the Olympic gold medal again is not just what fans want to see, the whole world is waiting for this answer. So, let's wait and see. Time will tell us this summer!