{"id":24061,"date":"2025-07-20T15:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24061\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T15:37:09","slug":"rick-pitino-fires-stern-warning-to-team-usa-about-greeces-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/24061\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Pitino fires stern warning to Team USA about Greece&#8217;s national team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Team USA has been used to dominating the international scene for most of history. However, not so long ago, the rest of the world gave USA Basketball some tough lessons.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">That was the case again in the latest edition of the FIBA World Cup, and while USA Basketball doesn\u2019t seem to take that tournament as seriously as the Olympics, it was still a wake-up call.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">With that in mind, St. John\u2019s coach \u2014 and former Greece and Panathinaikos coach \u2014 Rick Pitino put Americans on notice with his words about the current and future generation of Greek hoopers.<\/p>\n<p>Rick Pitino likes Greece\u2019s chances in Eurobasket<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">\u201cYeah, I think anytime you have those guys \u2014 Giannis, Kostas Antetokounmpo, Kostas Sloukas, Tyler Dorsey, Kostas Papanikolaou \u2014 you\u2019re going to be a threat,\u201d Pitino told Gazzetta. \u201cBut I\u2019m more happy about the young. I was worried about who comes after those guys, and after watching tonight, I think we\u2019re in good hands right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BUS_20250720_BUS_443000_Giannis-Greece-1024x576_7e2a0ba6.webp&#038;width=1024&#038;height=576.webp\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"Giannis Antetokounmpo (GRE) during the Quarter Finals of the 5x5 Basketball events of the Paris Olympic Games, Olympische Spiele, Olympia, OS between Greece and Germany\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Giannis Antetokounmpo during the Quarter Finals of the 5\u00d75 Basketball events of the Paris Olympic Games, between Greece and Germany.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The rest of the world is closing in the gap on the United States at a somewhat alarming rate, and you just have to take a look at the latest MVP winners to realize that.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Team USA will continue to be the team to beat until proven otherwise, but with other countries finding and developing more and more promising stars by the year, that supremacy could be in serious jeopardy. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"leading-none\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/staff\/ecova\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/28922ba4-b8a7-4602-9c17-69523f2714ee.webp.webp\" alt=\"ernesto cova\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rounded-full\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[14px] leading-[20px] min-h-[72px] md:min-h-[52px] mt-[10px] font-authorSignatureDescription hidden md:block\">Ernesto Cova is a bilingual (English-Spanish) sports writer with over eight years of experience covering major leagues such as the NBA, NFL, MLB, College Basketball, and international soccer. He rejoined Bolavip US as a collaborator after initially contributing to the platform since its inception in 2020, where he also served as a sub-editor in 2023. Ernesto specializes in daily sports news, producing 100% original content that includes trade rumors, player and team rankings, and more. Before returning to Bolavip US, he contributed to Fadeaway World and The Cold Wire, with a primary focus on the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Team USA has been used to dominating the international scene for most of history. 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