Sue Bird and Carmelo Anthony talked about their experiences playing for team USA basketball in a recent episode of Melo’s podcast. Bird claimed that playing for team USA was the most uncomfortable basketball she’s ever played. Do you think the players’ on the men’s team feel the same way?
That’s why I kinda wish they attempted to build the team more from a cohesion perspective. Like, sure - get your top 5-7 guys to be the best guys you can get. But then for the rest - just get elite role players.
Like go get Jarrett Allen, Herb Jones, Draymond maybe? KCP, Aaron Gordon. Plenty of phenomenal guys who don’t need a bunch of touches but do critical things that contribute to winning.
They should’ve got Draymond tbh, he was a part of the previous olympics team, and he has chemistry with KD and Steph