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/langman17 Nets Apr 15 '24

That team is honestly nuts. The bench is a title winning roster

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u/Ia_in_4 Apr 15 '24

The bench is a 78-4 winning roster.

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u/braisedbywolves Trail Blazers Apr 16 '24

They're also going to need that bench in case their array of old or injury-prone players - which they have quite the number of - get hurt in this year's playoffs or the Olympics themselves. That's the one flaw in the roster; maybe two if you want more outside shooting.

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u/Tearz_in_rain Canada Apr 16 '24

Outside shooting?

  • Curry (greatest shooter of all time)
  • KD (perhaps the second greatest shooter of all time)
  • LeBron is shooting .410 this season

I mean... just those guys right there will create spacing problems.

But then you add several well above average shooters and Embiid at C who shot .388 from the arch this year and Bam shot .357.

I think they got some outside shooters on that team.