Steve SmithSpecial to ESPN.com6 Minute Read
The problem with great expectations is not just meeting them but exceeding them.
With the 2023 FIBA World Cup about to tip-off, there are just two questions almost every Australian basketball fan wants an answer to.
Just how far can this Australian squad go? And how does this team historically stack up against our previous greats?
We’re only two years removed from the “Rose Gold Boomers” of the Tokyo Olympics, a team that finally fulfilled its promise and erased so many years of heartache with a bronze medal win for the ages.
The foundations of that squad will once again be the bedrock of this Boomers team, with the vanguard…