Workforce USA males’s basketball is making ready to win its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, and it seemed very able to doing so when it defeated Workforce Canada somewhat simply in its first exhibition recreation.
A number of gamers did nicely for the USA, however Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards led the group in scoring with 13 factors coming off the bench, going 6-for-10 from the sphere within the 86-72 victory in Las Vegas.
He has claimed that he could also be the perfect participant on Workforce USA, however he additionally admitted that he was nervous for his first recreation as a member of the U.S. Olympic group, per Chris Hine.
“I was nervous for real, I ain’t gonna lie,” Edwards stated.
Anthony Edwards: “I was nervous for real, I ain’t gonna lie. I told Bron … I ain’t been nervous in a minute. My first time playing in the Olympics. I definitely was nervous.”
— Chris Hine (@ChristopherHine) July 11, 2024
Edwards is rising as a famous person, and within the 2024 NBA Playoffs additional strengthened the concept that he’s arriving as a future face of the league.
He led the Timberwolves, considerably unexpectedly, to the 2024 Western Convention Finals, eliminating the defending NBA champion Denver Nuggets within the second spherical by utterly dominating the second half of Sport 7 on the street.
The 22-year-old is among the most assured gamers in basketball, and his perception sounds extra matter-of-fact somewhat than conceited or grating.
This previous common season, he averaged 25.9 factors, 5.4 rebounds and 5.1 assists per recreation, and he elevated that manufacturing to 27.6 factors, 7.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per recreation whereas additionally enhancing his capturing effectivity within the playoffs.
Because of standouts similar to Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis, LeBron James and Stephen Curry, Workforce USA boasts a somewhat spectacular roster that’s favored to win the gold medal when it heads to Paris for the 2024 Summer time Olympics.
It’s arguably essentially the most spectacular U.S. roster since at the least the 2008 Redeem Workforce, and fairly probably even the legendary 1992 Dream Workforce.
