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FIBA: Has the rest of the world caught up to Team USA?

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By ALAN WALLS Welcome to The International Basketball Opinion, the world’s only blog specifically dedicated to international basketball news, business and current events. After back-to-back exhibition game loses to Nigeria and Australia, respectively, and losing four of their last five games dating back to the 2019 FIBA World Cup - where the US finished an embarrassing 7 th place - many in the international basketball community began to question again:   “Has the rest of the world caught up to the US in basketball?”   Sports talking heads Dan Patrick and Michael Wilbon certainly think so.   Heck, even the late great Kobe Bryant said so back in 2019. And they are not the only ones with this opinion around the world. Slow your roll… Let’s not forget, the US has won Gold in the last three Olympic Games. I know they fell flat on their faces at the 2019 World Cup, but the US players put much more importance on the OG than the WC and the US WC teams are a level...