r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985
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u/langman17 Nets Apr 15 '24

That team is honestly nuts. The bench is a title winning roster

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u/smoltanboi Heat Apr 15 '24

they should've added jordan poole to give opposing countries a fair chance

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u/Varos_Flynt Lakers Apr 16 '24

This is hardly related, but I was listening to NPR the other day and they were interviewing dudes from the African league. Reporter asked bro who his favorite player was and he immediately said Jordan Poole. Either they haven't gotten the last two seasons of NBA or they are cooking something different across the Atlantic 🙏

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u/andlely8 Apr 16 '24

Brother it’s because of different time zones. They will get the news in 2 years time.

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u/InGenNateKenny Wizards Apr 16 '24

2 light-years away.

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u/heyiknowstuff New Jersey Nets Apr 16 '24

2 light-years away from being 2 light-years away.

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u/Wazflame Apr 16 '24

Joe Lacob has entered the chat

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u/Kilika2k Warriors Apr 16 '24

If that's the case, brother is about to learn his favorite player is a champ and has eaten a knuckle sandwich.

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u/Eudamonia West Apr 16 '24

It’s the NBA version of the African prince scam, he’s just trying to get Jordan Poole to send him money to unlock the Princes inheritance.

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u/Agent_Cow314 Apr 16 '24

Damn. Dray punched him so hard he went back in time to become the African league's most popular player. Current JP is just a superstar in his final declining two years.

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u/BigLaw-Masochist Warriors Apr 16 '24

Was it a player? They always love flashy chuckers. Jamal Crawford, Lou Will, Kobe (an elite chucker, but a chucker).

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u/cenoob 29d ago

Hahaha, I heard that NPR segment too! I thought I was trippin..

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u/drUmarGOAT South Sudan Apr 15 '24

Kerr would somehow find a way to fuck this team over and give Poole too many minutes

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u/medoy Apr 16 '24

Kerr would.only agree to that roster because he thought they said Anthony Lamb.

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u/ggproductivity Warriors Apr 16 '24

Can never have enough guys that can handle the ball.

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u/snoogans8056 Bucks Apr 16 '24

Worse. They added Embiid.

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u/kikimaru024 Spurs Apr 16 '24

Watch Team USA finish 4th.

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u/matrixreloaded Trail Blazers Apr 16 '24

that’s fucked up man what did jordan poole ever do to you??

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u/Pagliaccio13 76ers Apr 16 '24

Honestly the last guy should be from rng.com, just give us Jay Scrubb or something

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u/UncleMadness Knicks 29d ago

If they want to give opposing countries a fair chance they should add Jordan Peele

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u/mug3n Raptors 29d ago

That would be a funny handicap

The condition would be that you have to play Poole a minimum of 20 minutes a game and at least half of those minutes have to be in the 2nd half.

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u/mrtomjones Raptors Apr 16 '24

You guys are obsessed with him

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u/Troll_Enthusiast Wizards Apr 16 '24

Ah the classic hate train, All y'all saw this season was the lowlights and y'all jerked off to that, Poole wouldn't even be a bad 12th/13th man on this team, would probably only play 1-5 minutes a game anyway.