2024 Olympic basketball: Crew USA’s high lineup, France’s strugglesEmployees, ESPN
Nikola Jokic dominates Puerto Rico in Serbia’s rompKyle Hightower, AP
2024 Olympic basketball: Takeaways from Crew USA’s win over South SudanBrian Windhorst, ESPN
Crew USA Has Loads of Flaws, however Probably None That MatterSeerat Sohi, The Ringer
5 takeaways: Bam Adebayo unleashed in Crew USA’s victory over South SudanShaun Powell, NBA.com
NBA stars Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid get uncommon ‘humbling’ expertise on Crew USAJoe Vardon, The Athletic
Kerr mentioned the gamers aren’t bothered by the skin drama, however it’s clear they discover. As an example, Bam Adebayo, who had an exquisite recreation towards South Sudan with 18 factors and 7 rebounds, opened his information convention by admonishing a reporter for the mere suggestion that Adebayo would possibly sit so Tatum might get an opportunity.
“Why did you decide my title?” Adebayo mentioned. “My accolades don’t get up?”
Overlook who isn’t taking part in or beginning for Crew USA, its finest lineup has been discoveredSam Amick, The Athletic
Why is Crew USA so dangerous at 3×3 basketball? How 2024 Olympics rosters had been constructed after women and men wrestleIsabel Gonzalez, CBS Sports activities
As well as, there are stipulations as to who can play for every 3×3 roster. Gamers accrue factors by taking part in in additional sanctioned 3×3 occasions over the course of the yr, and those that haven’t participated usually are not allowed to be positioned on the workforce, not like with 5×5 rosters, the place first-timers are eligible for any competitors. These pointers actually led to harder conditions for USA Basketball in constructing these rosters, however longer-range planning and higher promoting the 3×3 recreation to high stars might have remedied them. As a substitute, we’re left with the perfect basketball nation on this planet, dropping in each males’s and girls’s 3×3 video games on the identical Olympics day.
For a second day, U.S. 3×3 basketball groups come up brief within the Paris warmthDavid Aldridge, The AThletic
South Sudan is on the rise on the Olympics, simply as Luol Deng envisioned itMarcus Thompson II, The Athletic
Nets’ Jordi Fernandez getting rave evaluations with Canada on brink of Olympic knockout sphericalBrian Lewis, New York Put up
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