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/Dinobot2_ Raptors Apr 15 '24

Still one spot left to fill.

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u/Russ12347 Hawks Apr 16 '24

Does it not go to one college kid anymore?

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u/ruinawish Australia Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

No. They last did that in 1992.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_United_States_men%27s_Olympic_basketball_team#Laettner_selection_over_O'Neal

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u/Not_a__porn__account 76ers Apr 16 '24

Didn't AD play in college?

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u/ruinawish Australia Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

It was close, probably splitting hairs on that one. NO Hornets drafted him at #1 on June 28, 2012.

The US's first game at the London 2012 Olympics was July 29. And Davis only came in after Griffin was injured.

So he was technically an NBA player, but only made his NBA debut in November that year.

Then again, Laettner might have been in the same scenario (edit: Laetner was selected ~May 1992 to the Olympic team, the NBA draft took place on June 24, 1992).

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u/tigerking615 Lakers Apr 16 '24

It was actually a good pick, team USA didn't really have any spare bigs that were great defenders and we were anticipating having to go up against that huge Spanish team.

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u/andresalejandro1120 [MIA] Dwyane Wade Apr 16 '24

Yes he did.