Can France’s 7ft 4in NBA rookie of the year and the hosts stop the Americans from claiming a fourth straight gold?
, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and the Olympic debutant Stephen Curry would expect to be hot favourites to win a fourth straight gold when the men’s basketball final tips off on the penultimate day of the Games in Bercy.of years past. A cluster of rivals laden with NBA stars including Serbia , Canada , Australia and Germany are each capable of offering stiff resistance to the Americans, especially under Fiba rules.
But make no mistake: the Americans are hotly tipped on merit. The roster has size, scoring, defence and star power to burn. Four of the projected starters – James , Curry , Durant and Embiid – have combined to win eight NBA MVP awards. Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, Devin Booker and Bam Adebayo all return from the gold medal-winning team in Tokyo. Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton have emerged as two of the league’s brightest young stars.
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