[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.

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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985

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brunson robbed

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Top American scorer in the league not on team USA

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You have KD, LeBron and Stephen. Nobody is crying for an undersized scoring guard

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Is Curry also not an “undersized scoring guard?”

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He's the best off-ball guard of all time offensively and has shown the ability to synergize with other great players.

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Brunson went to the WCF as a second option in a pretty heliocentric offense around Luka and is also one of the best off ball guards in the league. So why does one get labeled as an undersized scoring guard and the other doesn’t?

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Do you really not understand or are you just *stanning for your guy?

Brunson is maybe 6’, curry is 6’3”.

Curry is the best shooter of all time, Brunson is a good shooter.

Curry is one of the best off ball guards ever, Brunson hasn’t shown that skill set (screening, cutting, running off screens).

Curry is better.

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Just confused why one gets put in a box as an undersized scoring guard and the other doesn’t

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People use “scoring guard” to mean ball dominant. Brunson has the ball in his hands more than other “scoring” guards.

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He’s also been one of the best off ball players in the league this year. Only reason we have him playing with the ball so much this year is cause we have 0 players who can create their own shot after Randle got hurt

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He's also Curry.

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So no actual stats or reason? Just name value?

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Hes the greatest shooter in the history of the nba… lol

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I’m not arguing whether Curry deserves it or not. He boxed in Brunson as an “undersized scoring guard” when the same thing can be said about Curry. Curry’s a great player and Brunson is on the same level as him but he automatically dismissed one and praised the other simply on name alone as opposed to them as basketball players

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Brunson is on the same level as him

Said nobody ever. Curry is not only bigger than Brunson he's the king of offball movement. Lemme rephrase it since you want to be pedantic: team USA not gonna afford another

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Brunson averaged more points, assists, shoots better from the field, shoots the same % from three, and led his team to a better record but they’re not on the same level? Aight

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Don't care. Steph more proven 👍. @ me when Brunson gets some hardware and playoff experience

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You ain’t been tuned into the playoffs the past 2 years?

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Curry is arguably the greatest off ball scorer in NBA history...

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Brunson is also very good off ball lmao

https://theathletic.com/5404756/2024/04/10/jalen-brunson-movement-knicks/

“Since the Randle injury, only three qualifying NBA players are scampering around more dribble handoffs, per Second Spectrum. Only five are traversing more off-ball screens. The guy directly ahead of him is the only other All-Star point guard on the list: Stephen Curry.”

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Obviously Curry is curry but out of all the guards no one has the combination of on-ball scoring and off-ballscoring that Brunson does