The elimination in the last Basketball World Cup was a hard blow for American basketball, which has considered these next Olympic Games in Paris as a challenge. The great stars of the NBA, absent from the World Cup event, have committed to being with the team in the Olympic tournament to revalidate their throne in this competition, something that, taking into account the recent words of Kevin Durant, they want to do in the right way. as forceful as possible.
«I want us to make it clear how dominant our country’s players are. I want victories of 40 or 50 points difference,” said the Suns forward.
The United States has won gold in men’s basketball in the last four Olympic Games, to which, as a general rule, it has always brought squads with more stars than to the World Cups. In 2008 and 2012, practically all the big names in the league were present, and although that was not so much the case in later editions, men like Kyrie Irving, Paul George or Jimmy Buttler in 2016 and Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday in 2021 They accompanied KD, who has not missed an appointment.
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However, the tournament has never been a walk in the park for the Americans, who had to suffer in two memorable finals against Spain and who in Tokyo even lost a match at the Olympic Games for the first time since 2004. Although no one doubts their status as favorites and that at the level of talent there is no comparison between them and the rest, recent history tells us that perhaps it is not as simple as Durant would like. And these statements can even turn against you.
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2024-03-01 14:00:00
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