Olympics

The end of Gregg Popovich’s illustrious tenure with the San Antonio Spurs may soon be coming to an end. Relax, he’s returning to the sidelines next year. Probably the year after that, too. But beyond the 2019-20? Not so much. According to ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojnarowski, those close to Pop do not believe he’ll still be [...]

All basketball fans are aware that the 2004 Summer Olympic Games are the black mark on an otherwise perfect resume for Team USA Basketball since professional athletes were allowed to play in the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. The 2004 team was a train wreck from the beginning, a classic Greek tragedy if you [...]

When broached about the subject on Saturday, LeBron James said his decision on whether he will return to the U.S. Men’s Olympic Basketball Team at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will largely depend on whether Spurs Head Coach and coaching legend Gregg Popovich takes over as head coach. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/823176524547375109] LeBron has won two gold [...]

Certain players needed to play for Team USA in Rio in order to remember what winning feels like. Carmelo Anthony said as much, and the same can be said for DeMarcus Cousins. Boogie has been mired on a bad team in Sacramento since he entered the league, and probably feels that he’s too talented to [...]

Kevin Durant needed Team USA. He needed the time in Rio, at the Olympics, away from the NBA offseason chaos he left behind. He needed to get away from his decision to join the Golden State Warriors, the one he still stands by and is excited about but can’t quite escape. He needed that gold [...]

LeBron James is not yet ready to take permanent leave from Team USA basketball. Shame on you for thinking he was. Just kidding. It makes sense that you would feel that way. LeBron is 31 and turned down an opportunity to play for Team USA this summer in Rio. He will be halfway toward his [...]

DeAndre Jordan shared a pretty interesting opinion while being interviewed by the media in Rio on Wednesday. He said that in his view, winning a an Olympic gold medal is a bigger accomplishment than winning an NBA championship ring. [tweet https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA/status/765924634701271040] When you take a step back and analyze the statement at a base level [...]

Carmelo Anthony had a very impressive and somewhat historically relevant performance in Team USA’s 98-88 victory over Australia on Wednesday. Scoring 31 points and hitting nine three-pointers he is on route to becoming the leader scorer in U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball history. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/763500327374983168] This is Melo’s fourth Olympic games and he has a good [...]

Carmelo Anthony has been as synonymous with Team USA and the Olympics as any other NBA player over the past decade plus. Whenever the Olympics roll around, you can be ‘Melo will be interested. He was a part of the 2004 bronze team following his rookie season (along with Wade and LeBron), and hasn’t missed [...]

Coming into the Rio Olympics, the only team that was viewed as having any real shot to put a scare into the U.S. Men’s Olympic team was the Spanish National Team. Boasting an abundance of NBA talent and high level European experience and having lost to the Americans in the gold medal game in 2008 [...]