For a while now, Team USA Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski has been cautioning people from the guys in his huddles to anyone holding a microphone at practices and press conferences that other countries with “years of polished teamwork and established continuity” could hang with his current collection of thrown together NBA All-Stars.
“We don’t give enough credit to the talent level on the other team,” said Coach K. “Australia is talented. Serbia is talented. They are one of the top teams in the world, but they’ve played together for a long time. We played them two years ago and had a great game and everything went well for us.