2024 Olympic Team USA Roster Changes

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Link above not working. This one has the story above + the trimmed down roster of 41 candidates.


https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/t...ill-uncertain/

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USA Basketball Team With 8 Former NBA Players Lost To Cuba For The First Time In 53 Years (msn.com)

n a stunning upset, Team USA basketball, despite boasting nine players with NBA experience, suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Cuba, marking the first time in 53 years that Cuba had triumphed over the United States on the basketball court. The final score of 81-67 left spectators in disbelief as Cuba outplayed the USA throughout the game.

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On his podcast, Beverley proposed that he be placed on the squad that would practice against the Olympic-bound Team USA squad. “Man, I know Team USA is about to be crazy this summer. Just let me be on the team they practice against ’cause I’mma have that practice turned the f**k up. I’m picking moth****** up 94 feet, I’m talking sh**, I’m getting a bucket on you, ‘oh he’s a bum, you shouldn’t be on the fu**** USA team,'” Beverley shared.
– via Sports Illustrated

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Celtics star guard Jrue Holiday is expected to be among the 12 members of Team USA’s roster for the 2024 Olympics, barring unforeseen circumstances, sources with knowledge of the situation tell me and Joe Vardon. USA Basketball has been pursuing Holiday for much of the NBA season, and it’s believed Holiday has delivered his commitment to USAB officials in recent weeks, sources said. Team officials have valued Holiday’s two-way ability, point-of-attack defense and dynamic playmaking.

– via The Athletic





Holiday would join several superstar players who are considered locks for the Paris Games, barring injury, including Durant, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum.
– via The Athletic

barring injury the key words with this group

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USA Basketball Team With 8 Former NBA Players Lost To Cuba For The First Time In 53 Years (msn.com)

n a stunning upset, Team USA basketball, despite boasting nine players with NBA experience, suffered a stunning defeat at the hands of Cuba, marking the first time in 53 years that Cuba had triumphed over the United States on the basketball court. The final score of 81-67 left spectators in disbelief as Cuba outplayed the USA throughout the game.

This Team USA is like F Team if you considers the team in FIBA America as C Team. Haven't heard Elfrid Payton's name in quite a long time. It also has two Raptors legends in Stanley Johnson and Dowtin LOL!

I guess they will qualify to the formerly known as FIBA Americas next year anyway. I hope Bahamas qualifies though since I want to see Ayton, Hield and Eric Gordon in bigger international matches.

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"I'm told Kyrie Irving has a deep desire to represent his country, represent the USA in the Paris Olympics this summer, he wants to be part of this team."@ShamsCharania on Kyrie Irving and Team USA.

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— Run It Back (@RunItBackFDTV) March 15, 2024

– via Twitter

let's hope they can come up with better representatives of the USA than this clown

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let's hope they can come up with better representatives of the USA than this clown

Dude is desperate to leave legacy, one that isn't overshadowed by Lebron, in his basketball career.

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Dude is desperate to leave legacy, one that isn't overshadowed by Lebron, in his basketball career.

Paris might be a great place to attend a birthday party

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Run It Back: “[Kyrie Irving] was the 2014 World Cup MVP, he was on the 2016 Olympic team that won gold medal. I think that he’s going to be a name to continue to monitor for Team USA.” @ShamsCharania on Kyrie Irving.

– via Twitter

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Assuming he doesn't do some goof shit like trying to get the team to boycott the Olympics in protest Irving is a good player to have. His defense is fine when he decides to play defense and no one can argue that his skills aren't elite.

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Assuming he doesn't do some goof shit like trying to get the team to boycott the Olympics in protest Irving is a good player to have. His defense is fine when he decides to play defense and no one can argue that his skills aren't elite.

He's a clown. If they need him to represent them they might as well give up

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Jalen Brunson is “high on the list” of potential players to represent the United States at the Olympics, according to U.S. coach Steve Kerr. “There’s a reason he’s on our list. Because he’s a great, great player and high character, a leader,” Kerr said. “He’s everything you want as a player. He’s high on our list and he’s definitely somebody we’re considering.”

– via New York Post

high character instead of a clown

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Run It Back: “[Anthony Edwards] is someone that’s been described to me as a guy that will be on the 2024 USA Basketball Olympic team in Paris…I’m told Anthony Edwards fully wants to go and compete to start on this team.” @ShamsCharania on Anthony Edwards.
– via Twitter

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The United States men’s basketball team will open the Paris Olympics against Serbia, and likely NBA superstar Nikola Jokić, while the U.S. women start the Games against the team they beat three summers ago for the gold.

– via The Athletic





The other potential opponents for the U.S. men in the first round are Italy, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, Mexico or Puerto Rico, who are competing against each other in one of four Olympic qualifying tournaments held around the world from July 2-7.
– via The Athletic






In Group A are Canada, third-place winner at the World Cup with a roster stocked with NBA talent, including MVP hopeful Shai Gilgeous Alexander; Australia, another country with an array of NBA players and then potentially Spain and either Greece or Slovenia. All three countries must win qualifying tournaments to reach the Olympics, and Greece (with Giannis Antetokounmpo) and Slovenia (with Luka Dončić) are in the same qualifier. Sheesh.
– via The Athletic

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Siutat and Diaw are adamant that Embiid told them on multiple occasions during the 2021-22 NBA season that he wanted to play for France. “Joel came to us and said that he wanted to play international basketball, he said he wanted to win, and he said he wanted to play for France and he wanted to win with France,” Diaw told The Athletic. “So we listened to him.”
– via The Athletic




“We learned about it the same day,” Siutat said. “It’s not so easy to get the passport. We do this because he asked us, and we were very happy to welcome him. At the end of the story, he decided to go to the U.S. team. “It’s done for me, but you know, you don’t have to ask for the passport.” Embiid, who is still recovering from surgery to repair a meniscus tear in February, was not made available to The Athletic by his personal spokesman. That spokesman said: “We understand they (the French) are disappointed. Joel was clear that he would make a decision when he was ready, and they chose to secure his citizenship in anticipation. Joel loves all three of the countries he calls home and will continue to find ways to support all of them.”
– via The Athletic