As I said on social media, Team USA Basketball just doesn’t look happy to be in Toyko and there are several reasons for that.
The NBA season ended later so they didn’t have much off time before getting prepared for the Olympics.
Because of COVID-19 they can’t socialize the way they normally would in Vegas and Toyko. It is almost like they have bubble PTSD. Some of their players just came off a very emotional NBA Finals and likely have very energy left.
Also, the other countries LOVE beating the USA, so they are getting their A Game.
According to The Athletic, they are also upset with Pop.
The players are frustrated, too, grumbling on their way back to the locker room about “running the San Antonio offense” when apparently they feel like there are better ideas. Pop has said, because of the truncated nature of Team USA’s training camp, the offense would be based on “concepts” instead of set plays.
Do you think they can still win gold?
Flip the page for the highlights of their loss to France.