The Basketball World Cup doesn’t usually inspire Americans. After winning gold medals in 2010 and 2014, their teams in the last few editions of the event proved that. In the 2019 competition, they were ranked seventh, and in the competition that just ended, they could only settle for fourth..
Neither team is star-studded, almost no All-Star players or members of this season’s NBA All-NBA Five appeared.There are no reputable technicians Gregg Popovich and Steve Kerr They lead their teams not to gold medals but to podiums.
But the Olympics are something else. The five rings are truly eye-catching.since in Barcelona 1992 Professional players are allowed to participate and The only original dream teamthe U.S. team is just 2004 Athens Olympics. For the Olympics, they are expected to once again form a formidable team in an attempt to win another gold medal.
The distance has shortened
They’d better bring their brightest stars. The distance between the NBA and the rest of the world has been shortened. In fact, they are almost insignificant. Some of the best players in the league are foreigners: Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander… “We’re no longer It’s 1992 again,” Steve Kerr recalled. After losing to Canada in the semifinals.
“There’s no mystery anymore about playing against NBA players. The respect is still there, but there’s no longer the fear that there was 27 years ago.” When they face us,” he said Grant Hill, CEO of the National Basketball Associationand team members who won gold medals 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Create a project
The executive assured that many players from the U.S. team that competed in World Cups in Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines will compete in the Paris Olympics. “They’re young, they’re good, and they’re hungry. When LeBron James, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony or Dwyane Wade played in the 2006 World Cup, they were no longer latecomers. We’re building something,” he explained.
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