After the World Cup disappointment, LeBron James has expressed interest in appearing with the US team at the 2024 Olympics. Alongside other superstars like Stephen Curry.
Stephen A. Smith, one of the loudest rioters on US sports channels, also spoke out after the US basketball players were eliminated. The US team was demonstrated by the rest of the world, said Smith after the semi-final defeat against the German team, which was not thought possible at home.
The other nations have once again shown that they are ahead of the US selection in terms of “team strength and cohesion,” said Smith: “We have to ask ourselves why we are not sending our best players to the World Cup.”
The seriously disappointing fourth place for the top favorite, who remained without a medal for the second time at a World Cup, now apparently has consequences: LeBron James, who was last with the US team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has confirmed his interest to return to the 2024 Games as the leader of a new “Dream Team.”
As the well-informed portal The Athletic reported, the most successful shooter in NBA history has already made appropriate plans. He is said to have already contacted the two other NBA top stars Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant for a joint “last dance” at the Olympics.
Durant and James in London in 2012
James played together in London in 2012 with Kevin Durant, who won gold with the USA at the last three Olympic appearances. For Warriors leader Stephen Curry, who will be 36 years old next summer, it would be the Olympic debut in Paris.
Role model Dream Team 1992
Since 1992, professional players from the NBA have also been allowed to take part in the Olympic Games. The so-called “Dream Team” with Michael Jordan, Larry Bird and Earvin “Magic” Johnson won gold with unrivaled ease in Barcelona 31 years ago. All subsequent US teams also completed the mission – with the exception of the 2004 delegation in Athens, when the USA led by James, Tim Duncan and Allen Iverson only brought home bronze.