The 2024 Paris Olympics featured one of the best teams ever assembled by the United States to capture their 17th gold medal in the competition’s history. In their journey to the gold medal, Serbia and France pushed them to their limits and the mighty Team USA appeared on the brink of elimination at certain moments in the tournament. In the past few years, however, that wasn’t the case.
In the 2012 London Olympics, the Americans won gold by an average victory margin of 32.1 points. However, one team gave them a run for their money in the gold medal game, the Spanish National team.
Former member of that Spanish team, Serge Ibaka, believes that his 2012 side can hold their own against the 2024 United States roster. During Ibaka’s appearance on Thanasis Antetokounmpo’s ‘Thanalysis Show’, he was asked about the Spain roster’s chances against the 2024 USA team, which has been named ‘The Avengers’ by LeBron James. The former NBA star exuded confidence when he said, “ Yes, that team.
.. [can beat Team USA] , you saw the final [of 2012 Olympics]? We were close.
Remember that year, that Olympics in London, they had [Kobe Bryant], they had Russell Westbrook, they had Kevin Durant, [Dwight Howard], all those guys were in their primes.” “The final we played against them it was a close one. It wasn’t easy like you see how they were beating everybody else .
” The 2019 NBA champion wasn’t lying about Spain’s ability to keep up with the dominant Americans. Spain .
