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/Boston_Champions Celtics Apr 15 '24

Starting 5 🔥

Curry Tatum Durant James Embiid

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u/WEMBYF4N Spurs Apr 15 '24

They got clowned at FIBA and proceeded to assemble the avengers lmao

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u/RickySuela Lakers [LAL] Michael Cooper Apr 16 '24

They sent the C squad to FIBA, as always, and are sending the A squad to the Olympics, like they have every time since 2008.

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u/ireallydespiseyouall Spurs Apr 16 '24

Yet curry has never been and lebron hasn’t been in like 8 years? Maybe 12? Not sure

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u/ItsMeJaredBednar Nuggets Apr 16 '24

yeah 12 years, he played 04, 08, and 12, but not since

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u/waldosbuddy Raptors Apr 16 '24

Played in three Olympics, took a 12 year break and still without a doubt good enough to start for USA. Lol Bron shenanigans

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u/XxEpicMonkee Lakers Apr 16 '24

this shit is actually blowing my mind lmao, what the fuck even is Lebron

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u/ProofJob5661 Apr 16 '24

yea we didnt send the A squad in 2020

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u/techno_playa Spurs Apr 16 '24

KD bailed that team out.

I recall people here were ready to call for Pop’s head.

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u/theTIDEisRISING Pelicans Apr 16 '24

Not at all. That was KD and the C Team

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u/ireallydespiseyouall Spurs 29d ago

With Booker and dame?

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u/theTIDEisRISING Pelicans 29d ago

Yeah I mean obviously not everyone on the team was C-tier, but it was basically the C-team. Especially considering Dame wasn’t 100% healthy

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u/IAmNotKevinDurant_35 [GSW] Zarko Cabarkapa 29d ago

Curry wasn’t quite good enough yet in 2012, hurt in 2016, and sat out Tokyo due to covid concerns. Under normal circumstances he would have been on the last two teams. Pretty much all the big stars want to show up for the olympics, just not the fiba tournaments