Of the medal contenders in males’s 5×5 basketball on the 2024 Paris Olympics, Australia doesn’t get the identical consideration as Canada, France, Germany or Serbia.
Nevertheless, Australia, which received bronze on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has a number of NBA gamers, together with Joe Ingles, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum, Jock Landale, Dyson Daniels and Josh Inexperienced, and several other different gamers with NBA expertise, together with Patty Mills, who completed final season with the Miami Warmth.
The United States performs Australia in an exhibition recreation Monday – one other good check for each groups forward of the Olympics.
A medal is a risk for Australia in Paris, nevertheless it performs within the troublesome Group A with Greece, Canada and Spain.
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Right here’s every little thing it is advisable to know in regards to the USA-Australia exhibition recreation:
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