Paris 2024 | LeBron James wants to form a new Olympic dream team with Curry and Durant

With James, Durant, Curry and Tatum, the United States will already have one of the most talented teams in basketball history. However, it doesn’t stop with these big stars. James has also reportedly spoken with Devin Booker, Damian Lillard, Draymond Green, D’Aaron Fox and Kyrie Irving.

According to The Athletic, all these big names are also interested in an Olympic adventure in Paris. James’ attempts to put together a star squad for Paris are said to go back several months and therefore would have nothing to do with last weekend’s FIBA ​​World Cup defeat.

The United States was eliminated by Germany in the semifinals and lost the battle for the bronze medal to Canada. However, the drive to show USA basketball at its best in Paris will be greater than ever after the failed World Cup.

For LeBron James, this will be the fourth time he’s been a part of Team USA at the Olympic Games. The star won the gold medal twice, but his last participation was in 2012 in London. James is now 38, and his teammates Durant and Curry are 34 and 35. The trio would regard the Olympics as the “last dance” for the national basketball team.

This term is of course a reference to the very popular documentary about the Chicago Bulls team that Michael Jordan played in in the 1990s. James himself was also part of the team about which a film was made.

After Team USA became the first American basketball team not to win gold since the participation of NBA players in 2004, there was a so-called “Payback Team” in Beijing in 2008. America retaliated, winning gold at every Games since. now.

The first time basketball was taken seriously at the Olympics was in Barcelona in 1992 when Michael Jordan’s America fielded the first edition of the “Dream Team”. However, with the selection now made, it could be the best team ever assembled.

LeBron James has four NBA titles, was the NBA’s MVP four times, and a few months ago was crowned the league’s all-time leading scorer. Along with Curry and Durant, James also had help from two players who also became multiple champions and MVPs.

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