United States
The U.S. men's basketball team is no longer the era when you could win the championship casually, the last two World Cups, one seventh, one fourth, the head coaches are Popovich and Kerr, both of whom are top basketball coaches. If the current U.S. team wants to win the championship, it must come up with all the strongest players, and the lineup must be reasonably matched, and the head coach has proper tactics, and it is almost impossible to hold the handle. In fact, if you look at the NBA, you will know that Jokic, Doncic, Brother Alphabet, Towns and other top stars are not Americans, James, Curry, Durant are old, and they rely on Edwards, Tatum and others, and there is really no advantage in playing European teams.
Argentina
Argentina was the hegemon of world basketball 20 years ago, and the American Dream Team couldn't find the north, and the Ginobili International Arena was a god-like existence, leading the Argentine men's basketball team to repeatedly create myths and shock the world. But after the end of the golden generation, they also went into decline, and they were bullied in the Americas, and they couldn't even enter the World Cup, and Ginobili happened to be the image ambassador of last year's World Cup, which was more or less embarrassing. Nowadays, the Argentine men's basketball team does not have a particularly outstanding star, it is not possible to rely on one Campazzo, he is only excellent in organization, not good at attacking, not good at defense, and others are even more mediocre, in fact, their decline is not smaller than ours.
Brazil
Brazil is not only football has fallen off the altar, even basketball is not as good as before, the former Brazilian men's basketball team is also an absolute powerhouse, perennial into the world's top eight, and the top super teams have the strength to compete, but also produced several well-known NBA stars. But now Brazil has gradually degenerated into mediocrity, and Argentina has become a difficult brother, thinking that these two countries were the strongest teams in the Americas except for the United States, and now they are trampled under the feet of Canada, Bahamas, these teams, and sure enough, feng shui is in turn. In fact, the decline of sports in many countries in South America is related to their economy, and if the economy regresses, they will not pay attention to or have no energy to invest in sports, which are all in the same vein and closely related.
Australia
The Australian men's basketball team has reached its peak in the last decade, reaching the semi-finals in the Olympics and the World Cup, and even losing against the United States. In the past two years, as Mills has grown older, other main players have slowly retired, and the strength of the Australian team has also declined significantly, and last year's World Cup did not even reach the quarterfinals, and next year's Olympics will not be competitive. Australian players are extremely physically competitive, all of them are like big white bears, but their style of play is similar to that of the United States, which is different from the system of European basketball, and they can be regarded as a school of their own.
Spain
Spain, a former world champion, overthrew the United States at the World Cup, and in 2008 and 2012, they cornered the United States in two consecutive Olympic Games, losing until the last minute. In those years, the lineup of the American team was simply sky-high, and it was an all-star of all-stars, definitely not losing to Dream One, and only Spain could create a threat to them. The Gasol brothers, Fernandez, Rubio, Calderón, plus the naturalized Ibaka, the lineup can be described as star-studded, even every role player is strong, representing the highest level of European basketball. However, with the retirement of the golden generation, Spain now has no particularly top-notch stars, although there are a few NBA players, but they are all small fish and shrimp, and they are no longer a top team in Europe, and they are not competitive on the world stage.
Angola
Angola used to be the absolute hegemon of Africa for a long time, and the Chinese men's basketball team during the Yao Ming period won and lost each other. South Sudan and Nigeria in Africa have several NBA players, as long as the lineup is complete, it is difficult for other teams to play, and as well as Seneca, Tunisia, Egypt and other countries, Angola has been left behind. In fact, their situation is similar to ours, the trajectory of regression is the same, last year's World Cup, the only game won by the Chinese men's basketball team was Angola, this African brother is really too face-giving, otherwise we would be the penultimate first.
Iran
The Iranian men's basketball team suffered a lot after Yao Ming's injury and retirement, and the 2009 Asian Championships and the 2013 Asian Championships won us by almost 20 points, and they were beaten without fighting back, that is, Deng Huade led the team without losing in Asia. But their golden generation Khatib, Bahrami and Haddadi have retired, facing a situation of lack of success, and their strength is also declining off a cliff, worse than us, and it will be difficult to even reach the Asian quarterfinals in the future. To be honest, the current Japan and the Philippines are relying on naturalization, which is not real strength, and the Iranian team in those years is really relying on itself, and the strength is really strong, although I don't like them, but I admire them.
China
The Chinese men's basketball team used to be barely regarded as the world's second-rate back-end team, although the World Cup results are not very good, but the Olympics can still score in the top eight, playing Asian teams is the same as playing, and now it has directly become the eighth in Asia, and it continues to decline. Over the years, Iran, South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, and Lebanon have lost all over again, and even the second team of other people can't win, adding to the blockage of the people of the motherland at their doorstep. There are no outstanding players like Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian, and Wang Zhizhi, it is normal for strength to decline, we can understand it, but everything has to have a bottom line, you can't lose any team, 59 points and 9 points are failing, but that is completely different. Yao Ming has been in power for seven years, the Chinese men's basketball team has been poor like this, he has to take some responsibility, seek his own politics in his position, don't always find excuses to shirk, if it doesn't work, he should change people.