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URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius have released their Paris 2024 Olympics power rankings, highlighting the top teams that could beat Team USA and explaining why it is set to be the best Olympic basketball tournament ever.
Topics:
Is it going to be the best Olympic basketball tournament ever? (0:00);
Why Team USA is not unbeatable (8:11);
The top team to beat Team USA (18:58);
Why Serbia with Jokic is better than in 2022 (27:30);
Greece has IT to prove people wrong (42:35);
Why we don’t believe in Wembanyama’s France? (59:05);
Why you should support these bottom-ranked teams (1:11:37).

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas and Gytis Blazevicius drafts Fantasy squads for the Paris Olympics 2024. Check out fantasy.basketnews.com to play with your friends or players world wide & win great prizes in return! 

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas, Augustas Suliauskas, and Gytis Blazevicius respond to BN+ members’ and podcast fans’ questions, addressing the early Olympics favorites, first impressions of the Serbia and France game, the EuroLeague signing of the summer, early Final Four teams, and other transfer rumors.
BN+ Topics:
Is Nikola Jovic playing in the Olympics or not?;
Is Filip Petrusev going to join Crvena Zvezda?;
Early Olympics favorites;
Where is Rytis & is he coming to OAKA?;
What do we think about Bronny James and his debut?;
Our Olympics starting five;
Olympics players to surprise and disappoint;
New Olympics format idea;
NBA names for the EuroLeague;
Early EuroLeague Final Four predictions;
EuroLeague signing of the year;
Did Hapoel Tel Aviv build a better roster than Maccabi?;
What do we feel about Chima Moneke staying in Baskonia;
How do we feel about Zeljko’s rebuild in Belgrade;
Why Tuomas Iisalo chose the NBA over the EuroLeague;
Talented roster or a big-time coach?;
What should Europe do with the top prospects leaving for the NCAA?;
Should EuroLeague teams use more domestic players?;
The best PG fit for Maccabi;
What Zalgiris are thinking by bringing Jokubaitis & Brazdeikis;
Why Augustas is not convinced by Milan’s roster.

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas discuss the winners of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, highlighting the greatness of Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Greece national team, as well as the biggest upset of the qualifiers.
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Topics:
Why Greece was the best Olympic Qualifying Tournament team (0:00);
How Spain stopped promising Bahamas with NBA players (23:31);
How Brazil crushed Latvia’s Olympic hopes (35:18);
The biggest upset of the Olympic Qualifiers (43:30);
An early look at the insane Olympic basketball tournament (57:12).

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas share their insights on the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, offer OQT semifinal predictions, and discuss Sasha Vezenkov’s return to Olympiacos.
Topics:
Why Giannis has an edge over Luka (0:00);
Partizan fans’ pain watching Caboclo & sensational Philippines (18:40);
Who is this guy from the Bahamas who outshined three NBA players? (29:20)
Is it time for Lithuania to press a panic button? (37:04);
All-OQT Team (46:20);
Vezenkov’s return to Olympiacos reactions (50:27);
Olympic Qualifiers semifinal predictions (1:03:19).

URBONUS’ Donatas Urbonas and Augustas Suliauskas share their predictions for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament and discuss the signings by Olympiacos, Fenerbahce, and Zalgiris, along with other EuroLeague transfer rumors.
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Topics:
What to do with these rumors in Europe? (0:00);
Slovenia over Greece? (6:43);
Puerto Rico to surprise Lithuania & Italy? (26:11);
Open race for the Olympics in Latvia (33:30);
Did the Bahamas get overhyped? (40:22);
Evans, Fournier, Vezenkov & Dorsey in Olympiacos (47:06);
Baldwin, Colson, and Melli make Fener title contenders? (56:00);
Do Zalgiris signings make them the Top 8 team? (1:05:30);
(Not so) shocking Pablo Laso move? (1:15:15).