Team USA has now completed the gauntlet of their exhibition games before the 2024 Paris Olympics. LeBron James has been on an absolute heater during crunch time while Joel Embiid and Stephen Curry have been providing ample support. While this squad has finished with an unblemished five-win record so far, their close calls against Germany and South Sudan have been a point of concern.
Team USA has two big missions entering the Paris Olympics. The first is to prove that the Stars and Stripes are still the king of international basketball despite the game growing rapidly overseas. Another is to be a great farewell tour for guys like Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry who could be donning the nation’s colors for one last time in their professional careers. Both of these are very attainable but their encounter with FIBA World Champions Germany proved that this squad still has so much to polish.
Curry outlined that he has learned the very same aforementioned lesson. The Golden State Warriors guard and Steve Kerr mentee noted that there are a few adjustments that they could make after this 92-88 win over Germany which will strengthen their gold medal march in the Paris Olympics, via the NBA.
“We haven’t played our best offensive game yet.”
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“I have learned that we’re beatable if we don’t execute the details of the plan. What teams do they have to do to beat us which are in the actual possessions, taking care of the ball, fouling too much, and it has nothing to do with our offensive game,” he declared.