From what I've gathered, there are two types of Team USA fans on the board:
A.) suicidal ones ("first round exit, here we come")
B.) blind homers ("I'm not worried about Spain...")
Whatever happened to the moderates, the pete buttigieg's if you will?
Beating the defending FIBA champs on the road, you will note, is not really a birth right for Team USA even if you guys did win 2.5 gold medals in the not so distant past.
A similar principal applies when predicting Cowboy games; I won't take a win in Tampa Bay for granted next year because we had a good run back in the '90's.
Team USA, in 2021, is a very respectable third best in the mighty FIBA rankings...