Team USA’s men’s and women’s basketball stars will be living a life of luxury during this month’s 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Advertisement
Andrew Bogut, an Australian basketball player who also plays in the NBA, complained on Twitter this week about his room in the Olympic Village. While it’s true that some former Olympic mainstays have retired, and others have declined to participate, Team USA is still the best team in the field, and that should reflect once they hit the floor in Rio. “What an honor it is, it’s been in a small way for all of us in the local community to touch the Olympic movement”, said Janis Schmees Burke of the Harris County-Houston Sports Authority.
“That’s what everybody’s goal in mind is, to never accept defeat, to win gold and that’s what everybody is about right now”.
“Our guys, even though we’ve only been together for a short time, we’ve bonded well”, Krzyzewski said.
China: Again, China is aware that it would need more than a ideal game to beat the Americans. It’s just like we would be staying in a hotel. The Olympic village has always been something that we, as players, look forward to going to. He says the ship was retained by food distribution giant Cisco, which sponsors both USA Basketball and the International Olympic Committee.
But Gong said that these warmup matches taught the team a good lesson in terms of what they lack against these strong opponents. Here are 17 fun facts, by-the-numbers, one to commemorate each day of competition.
They gathered on July 23 and coach Geno Auriemma said Tuesday was the first real practice they’ve had.
Almost 50 National Basketball Association (NBA) athletes are participating in Rio, of which only 12 play for the US. “If we can do it against each other, we can do it against anyone else in the world”.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich will replace “Coach K” in the role after Rio and players want Krzyzewski to go out on top.
Spain sure hopes this is the year it can break through, after pushing the US deep into the final minutes of the last two gold-medal games. Did you know that the ladies too, have a gold medal to pick up? “I get to show off my legs”, he said.
Carmelo Anthony, in a United States men’s record fourth Olympics, could become the first man from any country to win 3 Olympic hoops gold medals. “We’re doing well. Everybody is on board and locked in”. But no matter what adjustments they would make, team United States of America will sooner or later figure it out how to score in bunches.
“What’s really the final step in the chapter of this is coming home with that gold”, George said. “They decided not to play. We have a duty to the U.S.”.
Making the Olympic team for the third time is gold medalist Justin Gatlin.
Advertisement
The Olympic basketball tournament runs almost the entire length of the Games, making the first round of the NBA playoffs seem speedy. “It has nothing to do with anything in your control”. But NBA teams get six full, along with one 20-second timeout per half.
