Meanwhile, strangely in an atypical season, the NBA It is in full swing of the playoffs, in instances of conference finals, the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are approaching and the United States National Team, led by Gregg Popovich, plans to present a team full of stars, a new Dream Team.
The best basketball league in the world It has players to pull up, but that prominent figures of the last decade have confirmed their presence in the Olympics makes a super team begin to form. Some have already had the opportunity to participate in this competition, but there are stars of the NBA, like Damian Lillard, who will make their debut in the most prestigious competition of basketball teams.
At first, Popovich had provided a list of 57 names, including, for example, LeBron James, Stephen Curry or Kyrie Irving, for example, and they were among the first to unsubscribe. But in recent days, in addition to Lillard, other glittering names have confirmed their presence in Tokyo.
After the elimination of the Nets in the semifinals of the Eastern Conference of the NBA, against Bucks, the two stars of the New York team, James Harden and Kevin Durant, gave the “ok” and will be with the American team. KD was in the last two Olympic Games, in London 2012 and Rio 2016, obtaining the gold medal in both cases. Likewise, La Barba was at the Games on the British island, but did not participate in Brazil.
The list of those who confirmed their presence, at the moment, is eight players, although the presence of Devin Booker will depend on whether the Suns reach the finals of the season. NBA. If the Arizona team lose to the Clippers in the conference final, the shooting guard will join the team.
There are also Jayson Tatum, who already played the last World Cup in China 2019, Draymond Green (another of those who was in Rio 2016), Ban Adebayo and Bradley Beal, who are the ones who complete, for now, the United States list for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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