2024 Paris Olympics men's basketball power rankings: Team USA on top, but the competition is fierce

The United States looked wobbly in their exhibition games, so can they remain a dominant force at the Olympics?

The Olympic-qualifying tournaments are over, the exhibition games are in the books, and now the games start to count. The Olympic men's basketball tournament at the 2024 Paris Games is set to begin, and it could be the toughest field of competitors we've ever seen at this stage. The 12 teams will spend the next two weeks fighting for a gold medal, with everyone trying to dethrone the United States, who have won the competition four consecutive times.

Team USA is obviously in a class of their own and will be heavily favored to walk away with a fifth straight gold medal. But if we learned anything from the exhibition games leading up to the Paris Games, it's that the rest of the world is starting to catch up. There are several legitimate contenders who can match up well with the United States, from the host team in France with Victor Wembanyama and Rudy Gobert to Nikola Jokic and Serbia, as well as the Canadians who boast the second most NBA players on their roster led by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Then there's Australia's roster, which is also littered with NBA guys, and of course, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Greece, who you can never truly count out. 

As the Paris Olympics open, here's how the 12 teams competing in the men's basketball tournament rank.