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Why USA Men’s Basketball Faces Uphill Climb for Olympic Gold

ESPN Daily

ESPN

Sports

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The Tokyo Olympics begin today, and ESPN’s Brian Windhorst is on the ground set to cover Team USA Basketball in its first Olympic matchup this weekend. After surprising exhibition losses and last-minute roster changes due to COVID-19, Windhorst shares how the men’s team will fare in Tokyo. Hear how the game differs on the world stage, which teams pose the biggest threat, and why the era of “Dream Team” dominance may be coming to an end.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Brian, I know you just made it to Tokyo.

0:03.8

So how was the journey, man?

0:05.3

How are you feeling?

0:06.3

Well, I mean, Pablo, I just traveled for 27 hours.

0:12.5

All of the restaurants were closed.

0:15.4

And I haven't figured out Uber Eats yet.

0:18.8

And so, I mean, I knew what this would probably happen.

0:21.5

I brought an emergency giant jar of peanut butter.

0:26.2

Ryan Winhorst covers the NBA for ESPN and hosts the Hoop Collective podcast.

0:31.6

We caught up with them at the end of his long, long journey to cover USA basketball at the Olympics.

0:38.1

So, like, you know, this is the glamour of, you know, my first Olympics.

0:42.3

My dinner, quote unquote, was a granola bar, several spoonfuls of peanut butter, my Jif peanut

0:49.8

butter, and one little Debbie oatmeal cream cake, which I probably haven't had one in 15 years.

0:58.4

But when I was at the store, I thought that was a kind of comfort food I would need when I was

1:01.9

hopeless for food in Tokyo.

1:05.5

Brian, I got to say, like, you're going to discover, I think at some point, the glory of the

1:10.7

Japanese convenience store, which is a magical thing. But I just love... to say, like, you're going to discover, I think, at some point, the glory of the Japanese

1:11.2

convenience store, which is a magical thing. But I just love that if you and I were, like,

1:16.8

going to compete on the amazing race together, like, you would be packing a giant jar of peanut

1:21.4

butter. And that's kind of the centerpiece of your survival package here.

1:28.6

We are allowed to go to a 7-Eleven, which is 24 hours.

1:32.0

I haven't ventured in there yet.

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