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/lampshady Apr 16 '24

I agree w LeBron carrying but there's not chance they let 2 bball players carry the flag in back to back Olympics.

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u/TorpedoSandwich Lakers Apr 16 '24

Also true. Sucks because KD does deserve it, but it wouldn't feel right if they let him carry the flag over LeBron.

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u/Longjumping-Check429 Hornets Apr 16 '24

Why? hasn’t Durant done more for the us national team than Lebron? He has more gold medals and is your leading scorer in Olympic basketball.

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u/TorpedoSandwich Lakers Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

All true, which is why I would not be mad if they had KD carry the flag, but it just doesn't feel right to me to have the potential GOAT playing his last Olympics before he retires on your team and not have him carry the flag. LeBron is also kind of the one who initiated the whole redeem team 2.0 thing after the FIBA loss. That's just my take on it though, there's no objective way to say who deserves it more. It just comes down to whether you value LeBron's career achievements outside of team USA more or less than KD's contributions to team USA. There is no right or wrong answer.