The United States does not want to save anything for Tokyo. He wants his Dream Team and is becoming more and more recognizable. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were the first to comment on the Olympic event, anticipating its absence; but since then the list of players who have given the yes has only grown. The latest, James Harden and Bam Adebayo. According to Shams Charania (.) And Adrian Wojnarowski (ESPN), the two stars will be part of the national team in search of the 16th United States gold medal. Another bang on the table. The one that is given with, again, the echo of the previous one. Just yesterday, Kevin Durant, Harden’s teammate in the Brooklyn Nets’ Big Three, also entered for the tournament. In his case, aim for his third gold medal, after those obtained in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, and with Carmelo Anthony in the spotlight: I could overtake him in terms of first positions and in terms of score, because he is only 25 points.
In the case of La Barba, he returns to the national team after five years of absence. In Adebayo, it will be his first presence. They join Bradley Beal, Jayson Tatum, Damian Lillard, Devin Booker, Draymond Green and Durant himself. All will be, yes or yes, in a final roster of 12 players which will be known in full at the end of the month. The rest will come from a preliminary list of 56 in which Paul George, Chris Paul or Kawhi Leonard, among many others, have yet to be pronounced. Kyrie Irving and Donovan Mitchell, meanwhile, have previously denied their participation. Together, the United States will begin training on July 6 in Las Vegas. Twenty days before the start of the competition, which will host its group stage from June 25 to August 1 and the knockout stage from 3 to 7 of this month. Prior to that, the cast of Gregg Popovich will meet the Spanish national team on July 18 in a warm-up match.
Curry’s doubt is lifted
Another name that had come onto the scene in recent days was that of Stephen Curry. The point guard, third in the vote for this year’s MVP, He was undecided about this: “I am literally 50-50. I probably need the next two weeks to decide, ”he told the San Francisco Chronicle. Apparently, in the end, he would have chosen not to go, says journalist Tim Reynolds (The Associated Press). In his particular record, Curry has two World Cup gold medals, but he has yet to reach glory in a few Games. With all the confirmations, and despite this possible loss, of great importance, the United States makes it clear that they want revenge for their last performance, at the 2019 World Cup, with gold for the Spanish national team.
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