The 2024 Paris Olympics already have events rolling in several sports and men’s basketball gets underway on Saturday. The women’s side begins one day later. All group phase games will be played at Pierre Mauroy Stadium, located in Lille, more than two hours from the capital city. During the knockout rounds, the basketball competition moves to the Bercy Arena in Paris. Team USA is the -400 favorite (risk $400 to win $100) to win gold on the men’s side. Canada is +1000, France and Serbia are +1500 and Germany is +2100 in the latest 2024 Olympics men’s basketball odds.
USA Women are -2400 to win the gold with France (+2200), Australia (+2900), Spain (+3100) and Belgium (+3400) next on the Olympics odds board for women’s basketball. Before locking in any 2024 Summer Olympics basketball futures or predictions, you need to see what SportsLine Olympic insider Mike Tierney has to say.
A national sportswriter whose work appears in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times, Tierney has covered nine Olympic Games in person. At Rio in 2016, Tierney profited big-time. He told readers to bet over on Team USA’s gold medal count (41.5) and over on Team USA’s overall medal count (102.5). The result? 46 golds, 121 medals and…
