Of the medal contenders in males’s 5×5 basketball on the 2024 Paris Olympics, Australia doesn’t get the identical consideration as Canada, France, Germany or Serbia.
Nevertheless, Australia, which received bronze on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has a number of NBA gamers, together with Joe Ingles, Josh Giddey, Dante Exum, Jock Landale, Dyson Daniels and Josh Inexperienced, and several other different gamers with NBA expertise, together with Patty Mills, who completed final season with the Miami Warmth.
The United States performs Australia in an exhibition sport Monday – one other good take a look at for each groups forward of the Olympics.
A medal is a chance for Australia in Paris, but it surely performs within the troublesome Group A with Greece, Canada and Spain.
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For Team USA, Kevin Durant (sore calf) is anticipated to play in some unspecified time in the future earlier than the Olympics, and Derrick White joined the crew after changing Kawhi Leonard.
Right here’s every part it’s good to know concerning the USA-Australia exhibition sport:
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