LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Steph Curry… Within minutes, three NBA legends announced their willingness to play in the NBA. Paris 2024 Olympic Games With ‘Team USA’. The announcement came from the media a day before the start of the world’s best basketball league: a new ‘Dream Team’ is taking shape.
After the last two sporting failures in the World Cups, the USA aims to become the dominant country in world basketball and for LeBron, Durant and Curry, Paris 2024 is an unrivaled platform for this.
The first person to make his attendance in Paris official was Kevin Durant at the Suns’ media day press conference. “I’ll be at the Games next year,” he said.
‘Team USA’ got the nod from a player who already has three Olympic golds: London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
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LeBron James was less outspoken but just as encouraging to the American people. At the Lakers’ press conference in Los Angeles, ‘King James’ confirmed his desire to be in Paris. “I’m interested, we’ll see what happens. On a physical level, I’ll see at the end of the season. But I don’t think there will be too much wear and tear. We’ll see what happens.” ” said LeBron, the gold medalist at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics.
And a few minutes later the announcement came Steph Curry From San Francisco. The three-point shooting phenom confirmed his goal of making ‘Team USA’ at the Games, where he has never competed before. “I’ve talked about the opportunity, and if everything goes well, I want to play. It’s something I haven’t done before, and I see the opportunity to be dominant again,” Curry said at the Warriors’ media day. “I want to be there, I want to be on the team. I hope something happens,” he added.
In the coming weeks, announcements of champions such as Jayson Tatum, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard or Anthony Davis may be added to the announcements of these three legends.
De’Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings, Kyrie Irving, LeBron’s teammate on the Cleveland Cavaliers, or Draymond Green of the Warriors also appear to be possible members of the North American team.
Dissatisfaction with the World Cup
In the USA, there was motivation for revenge after two disappointments in the last two World Cups, where the team went with a squad without its main star.
The young group that coach Steve Kerr assembled was not up to par, and in the last World Cup, the United States lost in the semifinals against eventual champions Germany.
The United States finished fourth after losing the third-place discord against Canada.
The Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 26 to August 11, and the United States will defend its crown after winning gold in the last four events and seven of the last eight.