The Boston Celtics reportedly can have at the very least two gamers signify Crew USA on the 2024 Summer time Olympics.
It is not a shock that Celtics star Jayson Tatum will swimsuit up for the crimson, white and blue. But it surely is not his operating mate and fellow NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown becoming a member of him in Paris.
As a substitute, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Wednesday that USA Basketball has chosen Jrue Vacation to be part of the illustrious and unique group. Charnia famous that Vacation and Tatum are anticipated to assist make up the group’s core alongside Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid. Charania added that Crew USA’s roster is not set but and so they have a goal date of completion for someday within the spring.
Vacation, who’s averaging 13 factors, 5.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per sport in his first season with the Celtics, is not in the identical class as these NBA mega stars, however the 33-year-old was nonetheless a sought-after candidate.
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“Crew USA has been pursuing Vacation for a lot of the NBA season, and Vacation has delivered his dedication to USAB officers in current weeks, sources stated,” Charania wrote. “Crew officers have valued Vacation’s two-way means, point-of-attack protection and dynamic playmaking. Vacation was thought-about Crew USA’s second-most necessary participant behind Durant on the Tokyo Video games in 2021.”
Brown and Derrick White had been named part of the participant pool final month to play for Crew USA, but it surely’s extremely unlikely that both of them make the 12-man roster.
Tatum and Vacation have already got performed collectively within the Olympics earlier than, serving to lead Crew USA to the gold medal three years in the past in Tokyo.
It is shaping as much as be a large summer time for each Tatum and Vacation as they cannot solely seize a second gold medal, but in addition have the prospect to carry the Celtics to an NBA title a month previous to the Video games starting.
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