Man just had a great olympics, solid stats and solid defense. He also didn’t have a single turnover this game with great efficiency
I’ve been giving Booker props all Olympics. Only blame he deserves is being a reason Tatum got glued to the bench for 3 guard lineups!
Something I thought spoke volumes … about 3-4 minutes left in the gold medal game, a pick and roll attempt between Steph and LeBron fucked up, and during a time out, the two were talking with Booker about when to cut, to give them another option. Booker was paying attention and ready to execute if the play happened again. Seriously, the guy was willing to do role stuff and executed really well all Olympics. It was what the team needed and he stepped up big time.
As a Book hater, facts he was super dependable
imo he played an olympic-kobe-like role this whole olympics run. As in he’s known as a scorer, but on a team with the best talent in the world, is capable of switching to a defense-first minded player, but still capable of creating his own looks/knocking down open looks.