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Team USA basketball is currently less than two months away from reconvening ahead of the upcoming 2024 Olympics, which are set to get underway in Paris, France later this summer. Of course, many of the participants in the Team USA festivities either just finished competing or are still competing in the ongoing NBA playoffs, including Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum and Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards, both of whom won't have much time off before the Olympics get underway relatively soon.
In any case, one of the biggest stories every Olympics revolves around who will be in the broadcast booth calling the games for each respective event, and recently, basketball fans got a treat in that regard when it was announced that an NBA legend will be calling some of the games from Paris.
“The secret is out, finally: NBC confirms that Dwyane Wade will work alongside Noah Eagle as the analyst on men's basketball broadcasts from the Paris Olympics. LaChina Robinson will be the analyst for USA women's games from France,” reported Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press on his account on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter.
Dwyane Wade himself of course reached Olympics glory during his own basketball career, breaking through and winning a gold medal as part of the 2008 “Redeem Team.” What they were redeeming was the embarrassing bronze medal showing of the previous Olympic's 2004 team, of which Wade was also a part.
Meanwhile, Noah Eagle is the son of Brooklyn Nets and TNT NBA broadcaster Ian Eagle, who called this year's Final Four from Phoenix. Needless to say, there will be a good amount of pedigree in the booth for the basketball portion of the Olympics this summer.
Can Team USA bounce back?
The last time we saw any iteration of a Team USA basketball squad was at the FIBA Games this past summer, where the team surprised some by finishing fourth, behind Germany, Serbia, and Canada. Of course, that team looks nothing like the squad that will take the floor in Paris this summer.
Several notable NBA stars have already given their commitment to take part in the Olympics this year, including Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, Phoenix Suns future Hall of Famer Kevin Durant, as well as Edwards, Tatum, and a host of other emerging superstars like Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers.
The Olympics this year still figure to be a test for Team USA, as in many respects, the “rest of the world” has largely caught up to America in terms of its basketball prowess. In fact, the consensus best three players in the world right now (Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, Luka Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks, and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks) all hail from outside the United States.
In any case, the Team USA participants now will have just a few weeks left of rest before they reconvene for practice in preparation for the Olympics. The Olympic games themselves are slated to begin in August.
