2023-08-21 09:52:00
Team USA quietly continues its preparation for the World Cup, with a fifth victory in five games last night against Germany, thanks in particular to a very in-form Anthony Edwards. And if the objective is obviously to be world champion in three weeks, we are already thinking of the 2024 Olympic Games on the American side. History of having a head start, history of keeping the pressure on the players, too.
Grant Hill was a rogue on the court, one of the most evolved Basketball IQs, and it looks like he carried that skill to work today at the helm of USA Basketball. General manager of the program and therefore, in other words, one of the bosses of the American selection, Grant Hill threw a small stone in the pond before the match against Germany, a few days before the start of the competition. .
I can say that we are currently in a transition phase in our program, and a lot of these guys (Team USA 2023) will still be there next summer. They’re not prime yet, but they’re hungry and they want to be. And they are good…
Bang. What do we remember from this statement, which would have gone unnoticed if we had talked about any other nation? Already, that this team is a little more than a C or D team as we can read here and there. Jaren Jackson Jr. is the best defender in the League, Paolo Banchero its best rookie, Anthony Edwards, Brandon Ingram and Tyrese Haliburton are All-Stars, Jalen Brunson and Mikal Bridges could be soon.
Why would it be so amazing to see a lot of these guys in Paris? Quite simply because in the American sports and that for ages, the national team is the Games and nothing else. We are obviously exaggerating, Steph Curry, Kevin Durant, Melo and many others have sometimes proved the opposite to us, but the shine of the Olympics is there, especially for 2024 where some superstars – not to say legends – will have the opportunity to close the loop with Team USA. On parle de LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, Kevin Durantthis kind of type eh, and therefore demi-gods who will therefore perhaps have to be put in competition with Bobby Portis or other Walker Kesslers.
Talent and CV is one thing, attachment to a team, to a program, is another. By declaring this Grant Hill is putting pressure on his players for the World Cup which will start on Friday, and he is already laying the first stones of the discussions to come for Paris 2024, where it may not be enough to want to be able…
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