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Anthony Davis has not performed worldwide basketball because the 2014 FIBA World Cup, however that would change in 2024.
Davis mentioned he plans to play within the 2024 Summer time Olympics if requested by Crew USA administration.
“Bron requested me final 12 months and I informed him, ‘In the event that they ask me, I am in.’ So, I am simply ready on that ask,” Davis mentioned on Spectrum SportsNet (9:40 mark).
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“I am grateful and thanks to the Lakers group for committing to me like that and having sufficient religion and belief in me. I owe them to exit each evening and put my physique on the road for this group, and that is what I plan on doing.” – @AntDavis23 pic.twitter.com/qZtbWpvYK8
The Paris Video games may wind up being a once-in-a-generation sendoff to among the recreation’s finest gamers. Kevin Durant publicly dedicated to enjoying for Crew USA, whereas LeBron James and Stephen Curry every expressed curiosity throughout media day.
“We’ll see what occurs. So far as bodily toll, I will see how I really feel on the finish of this season,” James said. “From the gamers that we have now that may fill that roster up, I do not assume it would be an excessive amount of of a bodily toll. I would not must do a lot. Rebound a bit bit, move a bit bit, block some photographs.”
James has not competed internationally because the 2012 Summer time Olympics, whereas Curry has by no means been an Olympian. The Golden State Warriors star has twice received World Cups however was left off the 2012 roster and declined to take part in both the 2016 or 2020 Summer time Video games.
With James, Curry and Durant all of their mid-to-late 30s, subsequent summer time can be their final probability to make a splash on the worldwide scene. It may function one thing akin to the Final Dance for a technology of basketball.
Davis is considerably youthful than the aforementioned trio at age 30, however the odds of him nonetheless being keen and in a position to play Olympic basketball in 2028 are slim. Assuming he is wholesome, this can be his final probability and he’d be attending to make it occur with what seems to be one of the crucial star-studded groups in historical past.
