Team USA Struggles: Fluke Or Real? (Video)

The Americans -- fresh off their Dream Team declaration -- face Australia in the knockout round Wednesday, but fiercer opponents await. What will happen next?
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US guard Kobe Bryant is pictured during his team's London 2012 Olympic Games men's preliminary round group A basketball match against Lithuania in London on August 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages)
US guard Kobe Bryant is pictured during his team's London 2012 Olympic Games men's preliminary round group A basketball match against Lithuania in London on August 4, 2012. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages)

In a new segment with Noah Coslov on CineSport, I break down why Team USA basketball appears vulnerable and, if its struggles will last moving forward.

The Americans -- fresh off their now infamous Dream Team declaration -- face Australia in the knockout round Wednesday, but fiercer opponents await. What will happen next?

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