The Portland Trail Blazers figure and his compatriot from Golden State Warrios will make up the national team that will compete in Japan.
USA begins to define the basketball team that will represent the country in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and after that LeBron James got off a few weeks ago, now it transpired that both Damian Lillard and Draymond Green will join Team USA led by Gregg Popovich.
Damian Lillard and Draymond Green to play the Olympics
The Portland Trail Blazers star, who turns 31 on July 15, will play his first Olympics after missing out on Rio 2016, when the United States won its third consecutive gold medal. For its part, Green, 31, was on the 2016 team.
The North American team will begin training in Las Vegas on July 6, although It is expected that by the end of the month the list of summoned will be made official that, as reported The Athletic, would integrate Lillard and the Warriors player. At the Olympic event, basketball will be played between July 25 and August 7.
The numbers of Lillard and Green in the last season of the NBA
Lillard, who was left out in the first round of the Playoffs against the Denver Nuggets, he averaged 28.8 points, 7.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds during the 2020-21 regular season, finishing seventh in MVP voting.
For its part, Green averaged seven points, 8.9 assists and 7.1 rebounds this season, but the Warriors were left out in the Play-In against the Memphis Grizzlies. Despite that, the power forward was a finalist for Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-Defensive first team on Monday.
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