{"id":78140,"date":"2025-07-20T13:58:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/78140\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T13:58:11","slug":"rick-pitino-fires-stern-warning-to-team-usa-about-greeces-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/78140\/","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\"><strong>Team USA<\/strong> 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 <strong>USA Basketball<\/strong> 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 <strong>Rick Pitino<\/strong> 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. <strong>\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<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.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 <strong>at the latest MVP winners <\/strong>to realize that.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"break-word\">Team USA will continue to <strong>be the team to beat <\/strong>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.europesays.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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