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USA Basketball Odds: Team USA Men’s Basketball Odds For 2024 Paris Olympics
The U.S. men’s basketball team may be the epitome of the age-old saying that perfect isn’t enough, as the squad led by Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has gone 5-0 in the runup to the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Despite the squad’s wins over Canada, Australia, Serbia, South Sudan and Germany by combined scores of 482-431, many are airing their disappointment in the States about the way that LeBron James and company have played together in the runup to the squad’s Olympic debut on Sunday against Serbia in Lille, France.
Still, Kerr’s bunch are heavy favorites to capture their bracket in the Summer Games, with the team at bet365 Arizona listing Team USA as a -500 favorite to win gold again in 2024.
Throw in the fact that LeBron and company are 14.5-point favorites against Serbia on Sunday, and you have a pretty good idea of how oddsmakers see the team rebounding from here when the Games commence this weekend.
With that in mind, BetArizona.com broke down what awaits the U.S. men’s national basketball team in France over the next few weeks, breaking it all down ahead of their debut on Sunday against Nikola Jokic and company.
This will help you as you peruse Arizona betting apps in the leadup to the Games.
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USA Basketball Odds: Olympic Basketball Champion Odds
Team | Odds |
USA | -500 |
Canada | +1100 |
France | +1200 |
Serbia | +1600 |
Greece | +2000 |
Germany | +3000 |
Australia | +4000 |
Spain | +5000 |
Brazil | +10000 |
Puerto Rico | +30000 |
South Sudan | +40000 |
Japan | +50000 |
*Odds provided by DraftKings Arizona (July 23rd)
Regardless of how much handwringing there’s been on TV, it looks like oddsmakers are still riding high on Team USA’s chances on the men’s basketball side of things this summer, with -500 odds on LeBron and his teammates in Paris.
Overall, America’s basketball team ranks well ahead of the next closest team, which is the country’s northerly neighbor at +1100, while the hosts from France are third on DraftKings Sportsbook’s Olympics odds board at +1200.
Longshots include Jokic and the Serbians at +1600, while Greece (+2000), Germany (+3000), Australia (+4000), Spain (+5000), Brazil (+10000), Puerto Rico (+30000), South Sudan (+40000) and Japan (+50000) round out the list in this year’s games.
USA Basketball Odds: Group C Winner Odds
Team | Odds |
USA | -1800 |
Serbia | +900 |
Puerto Rico | +3000 |
South Sudan | +5500 |
As far as the four-team Group C is concerned, the Americans are even bigger favorites to win the pod than they are the overall tournament, with DraftKings Sportsbook listing them at -1800.
America beat out Serbia (+900), Puerto Rico (+3000) and South Sudan (+5500) on the Boston-based sports betting goliath’s Group C odds board, illustrating how much potential the 12-man roster has in the weeks ahead.
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USA vs Serbia Basketball Odds: 2024 Paris Olympics Group Odds
Spread | USA -16 (-112) | Serbia +16 (-108) |
Total | O 180.5 (-110) | U 180.5 (-110) |
Moneyline | USA -1650 | Serbia +950 |
As for America’s Olympic debut against Serbia on Sunday in Lille, it looks like oddsmakers are expecting big things from a superstar-laden roster that includes All-Stars like Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Devin Booker, Anthony Davis, Joel Embiid and Anthony Edwards (amongst others).
That’s because DraftKings Sportsbook currently has Team USA as a 16-point favorite against Serbia in the game that tips off at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday, with a moneyline of -1650 for America, versus +950 for the underdogs from Serbia.
Team USA hasn’t played the Serbians since the 2016 Olympics in Brazil, with that year’s team holding on to pull off a 94-91 victory in Rio de Janeiro, with the two sides not meeting at all during the 2020 Games in Tokyo.
Team USA Basketball Roster 2024
Bam Adebayo - Center for Miami Heat |
Devin Booker – Guard for Phoenix Suns |
Stephen Curry – Guard for Golden State Warriors |
Anthony Davis – Forward for Los Angeles Lakers |
Kevin Durant – Forward for Phoenix Suns |
Anthony Edwards – Guard for Minnesota Timberwolves |
Joel Embiid – Center for Philadelphia 76ers |
Tyrese Haliburton – Guard for Indiana Pacers |
Jrue Holiday – Guard for Boston Celtics |
LeBron James – Forward for Los Angeles Lakers |
Jayson Tatum – Forward for Boston Celtics |
Derrick White – Guard for Boston Celtics |
The 12-man American roster is headlined by future Hall of Famers like LeBron, Curry and Durant, though it’s never a good idea to overlook NBA stars like Embiid, Booker, Bam Adebayo, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton.
In the team’s last Olympic tune-up against Germany, Embiid had a team-high eight rebounds while James was his typical productive self with a team-high 20 points on 8-of-11 shooting with six rebounds in 18 minutes of action.
Other Americans that finished that game in double figures included Embiid (15 points), Curry (13 points), Edwards (11 points), Davis and Jrue Holiday (10 points each), illustrating how much depth this year’s team has from top to bottom.
Now, it’s a matter of putting that depth to good use, beginning with Sunday’s matinee against Jokic and the Serbians in the far north fringes of France, as Kerr looks to guide the country to its fifth straight gold medal in France this summer.
USA Basketball FAQ
The official 12-man roster for the 2024 Team USA Basketball team has been announced and it includes the following players: Lakers’ LeBron James, Warriors’ Stephen Curry, Celtics’ Jayson Tatum, 76ers’ Joel Embiid and more.
The next game for Team USA Basketball will be their group play matchup against Serbia on Sunday, July 28th for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. They will be a heavy favorite in their group matchups as they are (-1800) to win Group C.
The USA Men’s National Basketball team has now won the last 4 Gold medals in the Olympic Games with the last coming in the 2020 Olympics in Japan. Over their 20 appearances, the USA Men’s Basketball team has won 16 Gold medals.
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