Tall order stopping American dream team 

In Serbia's Nikola Jokic and France's 7 ft 4 star Victor Wembanyama, there are NBA standouts aplenty on basketball's Olympic roster - though none to match Team USA itself.

FRANCE'S FRANCHISE: Victor Wembanyama is hogging a lot of headlines - and billboards - i n Paris as the Fench look forwar to hunting down Team USA in the Olympic Games. Pic: Kirill Kudryavtsev, Getty Images

IT’S 20 years since Team USA failed to win Olympic gold in men’s basketball, their only loss since introducing professional players in 1992.

LeBron James is somehow a holdover from that 2004 team and this year’s edition of Team USA will once again be heavily favoured to win gold. Here’s a quick look at the players and storylines to watch out for in Paris.