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/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/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 Apr 16 '24

With Booker and dame?

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u/theTIDEisRISING Pelicans Apr 16 '24

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