Followers of Canada’s nationwide males’s crew will get to benefit from the motion and drama of the 2024 Olympic basketball match another time in an upcoming Netflix documentary.
From the manufacturing crew behind The Final Dance, the untitled documentary will reportedly go behind the scenes on the trail to the Olympic podium and spotlight among the prime basketball nations and gamers from all over the world.
Among the many groups included within the documentary are the three medalling international locations USA, France and Serbia, along with 2023 FIBA World Cup winners Germany and Canada.
Staff USA took gold over host France on the Olympics with a blinding showcase by its trio of NBA icons LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry, who completed with eight made threes, 4 of which got here within the ultimate three minutes, together with a game-sealing triple that’s been appropriately dubbed “the golden dagger.”
On their run to gold at Paris, the Individuals additionally pulled off a miraculous comeback of their semifinal matchup in opposition to Serbia after trailing by as many as 17 factors and getting into the fourth quarter down by 13.
Canada’s time on the Olympics was lower shorter than most anticipated after a quarterfinal loss to eventual silver medallist France. It introduced an abrupt finish to the Canadian males’s marketing campaign after a powerful 3-0 report via the group stage.
Not precisely the follow-up efficiency that was anticipated after Canada completed third on the World Cup final yr.
The Netflix sequence will present unique behind-the-scenes entry of the boys’s match in Paris, together with a deal with exploring the worldwide increase of basketball via the years.
In 2023, the NBA boasted a report 125 worldwide gamers with no less than one on every crew. The documentary will look via the completely different generations of nationwide packages and the impression every has had on the rise of worldwide basketball competitors.
The sequence is predicted to premiere in early 2025.
