Kevin Durant has defined how Staff USA’s star-studded squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics got here collectively.
The ringleader, after all, was LeBron James.
“Final summer time, ‘Bron began texting everyone, giving his enter on who all of us assume needs to be on the workforce, and (asking) if everyone was enjoying,” Durant instructed The Athletic’s Sam Amick. “Once we begin sending these (sorts of) texts out, I form of knew we had been all going to get collectively and that this was a particular time.
“I knew Steph was going to play. He had by no means been on an Olympic workforce earlier than. He had a World Championship however needed the Olympic medal. So it was a no brainer, particularly when these two dedicated, and as soon as the workforce was constructed, I form of knew it was going to be particular.”
Curry additionally had a narrative to inform about how issues got here collectively.
“In ’22, once we had been on our approach again from Boston, I made a joke (with Kerr) about how that is the one factor I hadn’t completed, and just about softly dedicated there,” Curry instructed The Athletic.
“(Then) final September, watching the World Cup and understanding that this was one thing I hadn’t completed. I felt wholesome, and capable of do it, so that will be one thing I’d need to do. Identical factor ‘Ok’ mentioned. The texts began flying.”
The top consequence was spectacular, with the US profitable its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Steph Curry was particularly essential in Staff USA’s success, with 36 factors in opposition to Serbia within the semifinal and 24 factors in opposition to France within the last.
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