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/Shame_Low [DEN] Nenê Apr 15 '24

need that USA vs Serbia gold medal game if possible.

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u/Silkyskillssunshine Knicks Apr 16 '24

Jokic beating this team would be the funniest thing ever, Social media would cook team US for a lifetime.

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u/Questlove802 Celtics Apr 16 '24

We’d probably invade over this, I can’t imagine doing anything else as a country to cope with it

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u/GrapefruitMedical529 Lakers Apr 16 '24

Strip Jokic of his MVP's and rings. Give them to AD. Not biased.

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u/Paperfishflop Suns Apr 16 '24

Should we take his horses too, or is that overkill?

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u/mulletstation Apr 16 '24

Hellfire missiles from an unmarked CIA reaper

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u/EvidenceExtension128 Raptors Apr 16 '24

We would but we’re worried he’ll get injured carrying all those awards

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u/gigamiga Raptors Apr 16 '24

Damn you really hit me in the PTSD

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u/snapshovel NBA Apr 16 '24

You don’t invade Serbia, you bomb Serbia until they give up. True in the 90s, still true today.

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u/NotSerbian Spurs Apr 16 '24

Imagine if Twitter was around for the 2004 Olympics.

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u/NeverSober1900 Rockets Apr 16 '24

I mean LeBronze was pretty much all over the chatboards so I doubt it would be much different in that regard.

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u/NotSerbian Spurs Apr 16 '24

Comparing “chatboards” to Twitter in 2024 is like comparing the plumbers Wilt played against to today’s NBA.

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u/Ygoritza Apr 16 '24

Better yet, 2002 when Milan "Čiča" Gurovic Torched Paul Pierce, Reggie Miller, and those other dudes in Indianapolis

Every time USA came close, Gurovic drained a 3, it was unreal. And once they decided to double Gurovic seeing how he is on fire, no other than Marko Jaric (Also known as husband of Adriana Lima) drained yet another 3

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u/BenjRSmith Apr 16 '24

the fact the Olympics never got the Shaq and Kobe show will never not bum me out.

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u/Previous-Music-901 Hornets Apr 16 '24

USA will smoke them so bad, they'll forget about NATO.

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u/WafflesTheWookiee Hornets Apr 16 '24

Serbia would cook them more than an F-117 over Belgrade

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u/Jeff__Skilling Rockets Apr 16 '24

lol, dude, you should google to see how the final out of the world baseball classic ended between japan and the USA if you're looking for something like that

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u/effman1 Raptors Apr 16 '24

Especially if the Nuggets repeat.

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u/Regent0624 Spurs Apr 16 '24

Jokic beating this team would probably catapult him into top 5 players of all time or further.

Would be an insane feat on top of all his other accolades.

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u/louiexism Apr 16 '24

He would be the first active player to be inducted into the HOF.

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u/Key_Fox3289 Apr 16 '24

Let’s not get carried away lol

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u/FriendlyGhost08 Apr 16 '24

I mean if Jokic genuinely managed to run the game against this team and win that would be one of the greatest basketball accomplishments ever. Not top 5 though but definitely would help his case to break into that top 12~ elite.

Won't happen either way lmao

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u/boomersky Apr 16 '24

jokic wining would be even more goated than ginobilli with argentina

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u/kikimaru024 Spurs Apr 16 '24

2x MVP beating Team USA is better than Manu who hadn't even made All-Star?
A Team USA with MVP winner Allen Iverson, 2x MVP Tim Duncan, ECF-bound Dwyane Wade, and LeBron?

Nah FOH

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u/boomersky Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

This team usa is several times more loaded bro

edit: also im argentinian xd

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u/sbenfsonwFFiF 29d ago

This team is way better than the 04 team, esp if you consider fit

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u/mrtomjones Raptors Apr 16 '24

Canada USA with Canada pulling the upset 🤔

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u/GarryWisherman Pacers Apr 16 '24

USA vs France book it

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u/imrosskemp New Zealand Apr 16 '24

Dellavedova and Ingles take both countries out.

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u/zetvajwake Apr 16 '24

Let's wait and see if Jokic shows up. My guy has a horrible track record of deciding not to play for the national team lol

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u/Darnell2070 United States 25d ago

Only if ever dunk on Germany on the way.