I can agree on that, Americans have by far the longest bench, and that could really make the difference when for other nations 2nd teams are on the floor, that is opportunity i see for Americans to win this. But we also saw that players like Jokic can play crazy minutes, like he did in last NBA playoffs.
But considering in previous years i would be 100% certain that Americans are getting gold and winning every game with 20-30 pts difference, this time i am not so sure, i think that Serbia is legitimate contender for world title, if they stay healthy and they don't loose anyone else beside Teodosic.
And who knows, maybe even Greece can upset Americans again, none thought that was possible the last time
But considering in previous years i would be 100% certain that Americans are getting gold and winning every game with 20-30 pts difference, this time i am not so sure, i think that Serbia is legitimate contender for world title, if they stay healthy and they don't loose anyone else beside Teodosic.
And who knows, maybe even Greece can upset Americans again, none thought that was possible the last time
As far as I am concerned, I give the United States a 90% probability of winning this edition of the world cup. Apart from them, I would give the maximum chances to Serbia and then Spain. I don't think that Greece will be able to make it to the semi-finals on 13th September. Greece has some star players, but as seen from yesterday's match, as a team Serbia plays better. And I heard that a second Greek player has received injury after Kostas Sloukas. Giannis Athinaiou received a knee injury during yesterday's match, and may miss some of the world cup matches.
Only thing that is good for USA team is that they only can concern for players that dont want to play as for mostly Europe national teams they have problems with injuries.
I agree that Serbia at the moment poses the biggest threat to the us in winning the gold. Though there's still a slim chance that the us will be unseated. Even if the caliber of stars have declined compared to the previous world cups and olympics, the us still have the most talented lineup down to the last man on the bench. And the opposition during the the time when argentina is at it's peak, along with spain and france, isn't the same as today. That's already considering jocic, teodocic, gasol, rubio etc.