2024 Olympic knockout preview: Each team's strengths and weaknesses

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PARIS -- This week begins the next phase of what might be the most competitive international basketball tournament ever, with an unprecedented depth of talent reaching the 2024 Paris Olympic quarterfinals.

Start with the fact that there are six NBA Most Valuable Players with a total of 13 trophies -- LeBron James (4), Nikola Jokic (3), Stephen Curry (2), Giannis Antetokounmpo (2), Kevin Durant and Joel Embiid -- in the field and go from there.

Four of the five first-team All-NBA players from last season -- Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Jayson Tatum and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander -- are in the race for gold. And then add seven of the 10 players who made…