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• Jrue Holiday To Be On Team USA's Roster For 2024 OlympicsJrue Holiday is expected to be on Team USA's 12-man roster for the 2024 Olympics, sources tell Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic. USA Basketball has been pursuing Holiday for much of the NBA season and it is believed he recently gave his commitment. Holiday was considered the second-most critical player on the 2021 team that won gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Holiday would join several s...2024Read about Shams Charania -
• Baynes to hold workout a year after spine injuryAron Baynes, who suffered a spinal cord injury while playing for the Australian national team in the Tokyo Olympics last summer, will work out for NBA teams on Friday in Las Vegas....2022 -
• The mysterious fall and harrowing story of an NBA centerIn his first public comments since the Tokyo Olympics, NBA center Aron Baynes details the freak injury that left him unable to walk and alone inside a Japanese hospital....2022 -
• Warriors star Stephen Curry will get another shot at Olympic glory
Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has a very accomplished basketball résumé, but one thing he doesn’t have is an Olympic gold medal. Curry opted against participating in the Tokyo Olympics, where Team USA just won gold, and he wasn’t selected in 2012 and didn’t play in 2016 because of injuries. Curry will be 36 years […] The post Warriors star Stephen Curry will get ...2021Read about Stephen Curry
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• Mavs star Luka Doncic’s status after suffering upper-body injury in Olympics semifinals loss to France
Dallas Mavericks fans, just stay calm. Mavs do-it-all guard Luka Doncic seems to be fine after all, following Slovenia’s 90-89 loss to France in the semifinals of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball tournament Thursday morning. Doncic apparently hurt his wrist after colliding with a plexiglass barrier, according to Ben Golliver of The Washington Post […] The post Mavs star Luka Doncic&#...2021Read about Luka Doncic
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• Ex-Celtic Aron Baynes Out Of Olympics Due To Freak Bathroom InjuryThe freakiest of injuries has ended Aron Baynes’ hopes of leading Australia to Olympic gold on the court. The Toronto Raptors and Australia center will miss the rest of the Tokyo Olympics due to a neck injury he suffered Wednesday. Baynes initially hurt himself during the first half of the Australia-Italy game, but his ailment […] The post Ex-Celtic Aron Baynes Out Of Olympics Due To F...2021Read about Toronto Raptors -
• Tokyo Olympics: Team USA director Jerry Colangelo addresses decision to pick Kevin Love, pass on Trae Young
Love withdrew prior to the Olympics due to injury...2021Read about Jerry Colangelo
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• Pau Gasol: Kobe Bryant inspired me to play for Spain in Tokyo OlympicsPau Gasol, derailed by a foot injury, hasn't played in the NBA in more than two years....2021Read about Kobe Bryant -
• Timberwolves Withdraw Juancho Hernangomez From Olympics
After being originally cleared to participate in the Tokyo Olympics, the Minnesota Timberwolves have reportedly “blocked” Juancho Hernangomez to withdraw due to a shoulder injury suffered while “in exhibition play” according to The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski, 📹 Horas de trabajo. Esfuerzo. Compromiso con #LaFamilia. JUANCHO IS BACK.@juanchiviris41 🔥#SomosEquipo pic....2021Read about Minnesota Timberwolves
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• T’Wolves’ Juan Hernangomez Cleared to Play for Spain in Tokyo Olympics
Minnesota Timberwolves power forward Juancho Hernangomez will play for Spain’s men’s national basketball team in the Tokyo Olympics after a left shoulder injury kept him from playing multiple exhibition matchups. Expectations must be tempered for his play however, as Hernangomez will need significant recovery time for the injury, which he sustained on July 8 while […] The post T’Wolves...2021Read about Minnesota Timberwolves
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Tokyo Olympics injury and suspension
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• Cavaliers' Love withdrawing from Tokyo OlympicsCavaliers forward Kevin Love, who is still returning to full form from a right calf injury that kept him out of a significant part of the NBA season, will not join Team USA in Tokyo for the Olympics, according to his agent....2021Read about Kevin Love -
• Nets star Kevin Durant’s real reason for joining Team USA in Tokyo Olympics
Kevin Durant’s decision to join Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics shocked a lot of people, especially since he was just a year off from his Achilles injury and only recently finished his first season with the Brooklyn Nets. When you consider that he also played in just 35 games during the 2020-21 campaign due […] The post Nets star Kevin Durant’s real reason for joining Team USA i...2021Read about Kevin Durant
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• Luka Doncic’s hilarious reaction to foul-baiting question during FIBA qualifying tournament
Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic had a hilarious reaction when asked whether he gets “star” calls from referees in FIBA qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics. Doncic is playing for the Slovenian national team in the FIBA qualifying tournament for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. However, the Mavs star joked he isn’t getting any special treatment because […] The post Luka Doncic’...2021Read about Luka Doncic
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• Team USA stint of Nets stars Kevin Durant, James Harden given crucial update
While most NBA players would choose to recuperate after an injury-riddled campaign, Kevin Durant and James Harden did the exact opposite. Just days after a painful exit in the NBA Playoffs, the two Brooklyn Nets stars committed to playing for Team USA in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Obviously, this would mean they’ll have a shorter […] The post Team USA stint of Nets stars Kevin Durant...2021Read about Kevin Durant
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• Team USA roster set; Harden pulls out with injuryUSA Basketball finalized its star-laden roster for the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, while Nets guard James Harden had to withdraw due to a hamstring injury, USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo told ESPN....2021Read about James Harden -
• Nets star James Harden makes Team USA decision after dealing with hamstring injury
After playing through a Grade 2 hamstring strain in the conference semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden has committed to play for Team USA in this summer’s Tokyo Olympics, per Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium: Nets star James Harden has committed to play for Team USA in the Tokyo […] The post Nets star James Harden makes Team USA decision af...2021Read about James Harden
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• LeBron James, Anthony Davis reveal plans for upcoming Tokyo Olympics
After a long 2020-2021 NBA season, it seems like LeBron James and Anthony Davis have finally made a decision on whether or not they’ll be spearheading Team USA for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The Los Angeles Lakers superstar duo had to deal with respective injuries during the course of their championship defense this past season. […] The post LeBron James, Anthony Davis reveal plans f...2021Read about LeBron James
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• REPORT: Adam Silver claims NBA ‘unlikely’ to suspend play for Tokyo Olympics
The start of the 2020-21 NBA season is still up in the air. However, it’s possible that the late start would result to the season coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics, which is scheduled to take place in July 2021. Despite that possibility though, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t see the league suspending play to make […] The post REPORT: Adam Silver claims NBA ‘unlikely&...2020Read about Adam Silver
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• Warriors associate HC Mike Brown finds silver lining in Olympics postponement
New Nigerian national basketball team head coach Mike Brown, currently an associate head coach for the Warriors, notes that there is a silver lining to the coronavirus pandemic delaying the Tokyo Olympics for a year, according to The Undefeated’s Marc J. Spears: more time to develop the talent on his club. “To have another year to grasp, not only the talent level of the team, but the direction the...2020Read about Mike Brown
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• Stephen Curry still plans to compete in Olympics despite hand injury
Stephen Curry has been cleared to return from his hand injury for Thursday night’s game against the Toronto Raptors. The two-time MVP won’t get many chances to play with just 20 games remaining in the regular season, but he still has the Olympics to look forward to. There had been some speculation that Curry would skip the Tokyo Olympics after he suffered the injury back in October, but he told re...2020Read about Stephen Curry
Tokyo Olympics injury and suspension
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• Los Angeles Lakers Have Nowhere to Go but Up in Western Conference
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• DeMarcus Cousins says as of right now he wants to play in 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Four years in the NBA is a couple of lifetimes away. GMs get paid to try and plan that far out, but the constantly shifting sands of the NBA — injuries, player improvement, new talents coming into the league, players changing teams, not to mention front office/ownership changes — make that a nearly impossible task. […]...2016Read about DeMarcus Cousins
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• Way too early look: Who could make up USA’s 2020 Tokyo Olympic basketball team?
Let’s start with the obvious: This is an exercise in futility. There is no way to predict accurately what the 2020 USA men’s basketball team headed to the Tokyo Olympics will look like. There will be injuries that sideline guys. There will be contract situations where key guys decide it’s in their best interest to […]...2016Read about Tokyo Olympic