After last year's World Cup loss, the United States men's basketball team sent the "Avengers" led by Janduku to successfully defend the title in the Olympic Games with an undefeated attitude of winning all six games. James was crowned MVP of the tournament, Curry threw 17 three-pointers in the semifinals and finals and scored 60 points, leaving his own strong mark in the long history of the Olympics.
Not only are the older generations leaving, but the coaching staff of the Dream Team is also likely to change. According to a report from Bryan Wendelhorst of The Athletic, team general manager Grant Hill is expected to stay, but manager Steve Kerr is likely to choose to step down. Regardless of the fact that Cole took over the coaching whip of the United States team from his mentor Popovich, he has already experienced the defeat of Manila and won back glory in Paris, such ups and downs and pressures are very acceptable. That's why Kerr half-jokingly said in an interview that he was resigning as national team coach - after all, how much truth is told in a joking tone.
Compared with Cole's germination, what is more of a headache for the United States team is that the star side will face the dilemma of having no successor. After all, even if Cole leaves office, there are still big names like Spostela and Tyronn Lue in the teaching assistant group who can do "plug and play", but after Janduku, who can carry the banner? Is Edwards considered a favourite? I'm sorry, Huazi has made it clear that the Olympics are okay, but the World Cup is definitely not good.
After winning the gold medal in the Paris Olympics, Edwards was interviewed by reporters, and when asked if he was willing to play in the Los Angeles Olympics in 4 years, Edwards gave a positive answer, saying that he would definitely play; When asked if he would like to play in the World Cup again, Edwards also answered in the affirmative – but in the open-hand. After all, compared to the Olympics, the championship of the men's basketball World Cup is obviously inferior, and a future superstar like Edwards has played once and has experience, there is no need to force it, and the only experience this time is not good: the United States team ended up only fourth, and the semifinals against the Germany men's basketball team can be described as "success and defeat", if it were not for his stepping up, the United States team would not have survived the decisive round, but his mistake in the last 1 minute buried the possibility of winning.
Taking 10,000 steps back, the results of the Men's Basketball World Cup are not the final exam, so the biggest test is the Los Angeles Olympics in four years. Previously, whenever the World Cup results were not satisfactory, the United States men's basketball team always responded and formed a dream team led by stars to find a place at the Olympics. But with Janduku gone, who can the United States team rely on in 4 years? At that time, how high can Edwards go? And what kind of helpers will he have around him? At least in this Olympic journey, we can't find an answer, and the problem of the United States team's talent gap and lack of talent has become more and more prominent. I'm afraid this is why Cole wants to retreat bravely and let the horse go to Nanshan, as the head coach, how can he not understand the problem?