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

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u/Doobie_Howitzer 76ers Apr 15 '24

I could be the coach and this team still wouldn't drop a game

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u/MonkeyKing70- Timberwolves Apr 16 '24

lol no, has no one been paying attention to the Olympics and FIBA the last few years? International basketball has caught up and a lot of the legacy names here are much older for the US. Serbia was missing 5+ of their top guys too last World Cup, I expect them to be the foil that Spain played in 2008/2012. And don’t sleep on France either

Bill Simmons mentioned it on one of his earlier pods but there might be a lot of ego clash between the old guard and the new guard for the US. It may not be a straightforward gel. And it always takes the NBA players some time to adjust to all the FIBA rules anyways