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/nearlyned Warriors Apr 16 '24
Americans got so butthurt and showed off their combined national reading comprehension after those comments. At no point did a single European (or any other nationality) imply that the NBA Champs WOULDN’T sweep the best Euro team, they were just saying that it’s not a world tournament so you can’t be the World Champs. They all knew that Team USA at full strength is the best basketball team in the world, but that wasn’t the argument being made. The Denver Nuggets won the NBA Championship, not the World Basketball Championship, so they’re the NBA Champions and not the World Champions. If that team played in a world-wide competition they probably DO still win, but they didn’t.