International basketball is typically a sport that the USA national team is expected to dominate with little to no challenge. That isn’t the case with this year’s FIBA world cup, though. Team USA has seen nearly all the star power that defines American hoops opt to not participate in the tournament and instead prepare for the upcoming NBA season.
Due to the less than star-studded assortment of talent representing team USA, the door is open for other teams to unseat the United States and bring the gold medal back to their country.
Team USA head coach Gregg Popovich is well aware of this possibility and has his eye on one team in particular as a major threat not to be taken lightly, Australia.