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Team USA is the clear favorite to win men’s basketball gold at the Olympics, but Steve Kerr, the team’s head coach, is trying to prepare his all-star squad for a tough game against Brazil in the quarterfinals. The Americans won their final game of the group stage on Saturday, cruising to a 104-83 victory over […]

The U.S. Olympic basketball team is loaded with star players. That talent was on display Saturday as the U.S. defeated Puerto Rico 104-83, a victory that clinched the top seed in the medal round. The U.S. team is likely to be even stronger when the team faces Brazil Tuesday because guard Jrue Holiday is likely […]

Jayson Tatum has been one of the most talked-about players on the vaunted Team USA men’s basketball roster at the Summer Olympics. However, it has not been for any positive reasons. Instead, Tatum never left the bench during the Americans’ first game vs.  Serbia, a decision by head coach Steve Kerr that has drawn criticism, […]

After thrashing South Sudan 103-86, Steve Kerr and Team USA are on a mission. Kerr and his 2024 Paris Olympics squad aren’t just looking to defeat Puerto Rico during the group format. They’re looking to demolish them, run up the score, and secure the No. 1 during the knockout quarterfinals portion of the tournament. “Yeah, […]

Team USA’s head coach, Steve Kerr, couldn’t care less about the backlash received for benching NBA superstars throughout the team’s first two games at the 2024 Summer Olympics. First, Boston Celtic fans caused an uproar when they didn’t see Jayson Tatum play a second in Team USA’s 110-84 win against Serbia. Then, the Philadelphia 76ers’ […]

It was another great show of dominance for Team USA at the Paris Olympics. The team that nearly beat them in exhibitions, South Sudan, was picked apart in every way possible by Steve Kerr’s schemes. A big part of this win were LeBron James and Bam Adebayo. While these two have consistently been churning out […]

Team USA has now improved to an unblemished two-win record at the Paris Olympics. There were some big adjustments that needed to be made under Steve Kerr’s watch because they did not want to have a repeat of their exhibition battle against South Sudan. However, it came at the expense of Philadelphia 76ers superstar and […]

Team USA basketball’s exhibition matchup with South Sudan proved that the Luol Deng-funded African program is better than most fans realized. On Wednesday, Team USA put the screws to South Sudan thanks in large part to a lineup change that allowed the American squad to keep pace with their faster, younger rivals. Following the game, […]

In Team USA’s 110-84 win over Serbia in the 2024 Paris Olympics, Jayson Tatum was notably absent from the floor. Postgame, head coach Steve Kerr admitted he messed up not playing Tatum. “Jayson will play,” he said, per ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. “I’m not going to answer your next question, which is if he plays, who […]

Popular ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith railed against Steve Kerr’s controversial decision to bench Jayson Tatum during Team USA’s 110-84 victory over Serbia to kick off their 2024 Olympics campaign. Stephen A. did not mince words in his reaction to Tatum’s Olympics DNP, calling his benching disrespectful to one of the players who led the […]

With Kevin Durant coming back from a calf injury, Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum sat out the entire Paris Olympics opener. FIRST Take analyst Kendrick Perkins has blasted Team USA coach Steve Kerr for not playing Tatum in the 110-84 win over Serbia. After Tatum didn’t play a single minute in Team USA’s blowout win […]

Drama has surrounded the Boston Celtics as it pertains to Team USA at the Summer Olympics. Aside from Jaylen Brown being left off the USA Basketball roster in favor of Derrick White, all of the negative attention is now being cast on Jayson Tatum, who did not play in Team USA’s 110-84 victory over Nikola […]

All eyes will be on Jayson Tatum when he and Team USA battle South Sudan in the second game of Olympics group play. After stunningly keeping the Boston Celtics star on the bench for all of Sunday’s blowout win over Serbia, head coach Steve Kerr immediately confirmed that a key change will be made for […]

Less than an hour before the Team USA men’s basketball squad made their Paris Olympics debut, head coach Steve Kerr got some great news from the medical staff… Kevin Durant, the all-time leading scorer in USA Basketball history, was cleared to return to action after a month of working his way back. Durant had been […]

Team USA basketball coach Steve Kerr got honest about not playing Jayson Tatum in the 110-84 win over Serbia on Sunday, saying that he was sticking with the rotations that work but promised that Tatum would make an impact later on in the Olympics. “I went with the combinations that made sense,” Steve Kerr said, […]

The Team USA men’s basketball squad made their Olympics debut on Sunday morning, turning a back-and-forth 1st half with Serbia into a 110-84 blowout by the end of the contest. It was LeBron James and Kevin Durant who led the way for Team USA, scoring 21 and 23 points respectively. But at game’s end, the […]

When the Team USA men’s basketball squad opens up Olympics competition on Sunday morning at Stade Pierre-Mauroy, they’ll be doing so against three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic and the Serbian national team. That makes the following updates on Team USA center Joel Embiid and Anthony Davis, provided by Grant Afseth of Essentially Sports, even more crucial: […]

Team USA head coach Steve Kerr is turning up the intensity as with official play happening in Paris starting in the next few days, he wants the team to play at their very best. Kerr put the Olympics teams through a strenuous film session and the “most aggressive” practice so far according to Brian Windhorst […]

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and head coach Steve Kerr have announced their support for Vice President Kamala Harris. The Golden State duo spoke about Harris’s candidacy during media availability for the 2024 Paris Olympics, signaling that they plan to vote for her in November. Per ESPN and Andscape’s Marc J. Spears, Steve Kerr […]

Team USA coach Steve Kerr confirmed that Kevin Durant will be going to Paris for the Olympic Games and that there is “no thought” about not bringing him, according to Grant Afseth of Sports Illustrated. “There’s no thought of replacing Kevin,” Steve Kerr said, via Afseth. Steve Kerr says there is “no thought” about not […]

Team USA overcame a 16-point deficit to beat South Sudan, the youngest nation playing international basketball, 101-100, to remain unbeaten in exhibition play this summer. While Team USA ultimately got the win behind a LeBron James game-winner, head coach Steve Kerr wasn’t happy with how things went. He pointed the finger at himself, per Joe […]

We’re less than one week out from the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics, and as is so often the case when the Olympic Games are on the horizon, much of the media’s attention has been focused on the USA men’s basketball team. With the exception of a handful of Team USA athletes who […]

Team USA basketball held off a strong first two quarters challenge from Team Serbia in an international exhibition (showcase) match Wednesday before taking control in the third quarter en route to a 105-79 win. Coach Steve Kerr’s American team fended off a challenge from a hungry Serbian team led by reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic […]

Team USA head coach Steve Kerr has a stacked roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics in men’s basketball. The 2024 squad is being coined as the Redeem Team 2.0, as Team USA is out for revenge after not medaling at the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The United States has revamped the basketball roster and assembled […]

Team USA men’s basketball coach Steve Kerr promised he’d tinker with lineups during the exhibition games ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, and he has delivered on that promise. Kerr is making yet another change to the lineup for Wednesday’s game against Nikola Jokic and Serbia in Abu Dhabi, but it doesn’t involve Joel Embiid […]

Head coach Steve Kerr and the Golden State Warriors are currently in the midst of a highly important offseason for the future direction of the franchise, hoping to prove to the doubters (and there are many of them) that their dynastic days are not yet over. Kerr and star point guard Stephen Curry are currently […]

The 2024 Team USA squad is stacked with talent in preparation for the Paris Olympics. Every position contains an All-NBA caliber talent. The frontcourt duo of Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo and Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis are trying to navigate playing smoothly with each other. Moreover, head coach Steve Kerr dropped a five-word […]

Team USA basketball has a wealth of talent at center with Joel Embiid, Anthony Davis, and Bam Adebayo all part of the roster. But after just two exhibition games, some fans are now urging head coach Steve Kerr to consider starting Davis over Embiid in the lineup. Embiid has started in Team USA’s first two […]

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who is also the coach of Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics, recently tried to summarize the emotions of his team after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Kerr called the incident “terrible” and a “demoralizing day for our country.” “This is a time where […]

Whether he’s talking about his eventual claim as the best basketball player alive, or expressing his desires to someday play in the NFL, Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards has never been one to bite his tongue or not speak his mind. Given how sports media has become a 24/7 operation that routinely overanalyzes everything that […]

Kevin Durant and Team USA are in Abu Dhabi to take on Australia this coming Tuesday at 12 p.m. ET. Coach Steve Kerr’s team has made headlines in recent days after its solid performance in an exhibition win over Team Canada in preparation for the Summer Olympics later this month. On Saturday, Durant spoke about […]

Whether or not Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum could score in bunches at the NBA level was never in question. However, when he was forced to become more of a playmaker than a scorer in the 2022 NBA Finals, he came up short. The five-time All-Star learned from those failures and created for others at […]

The Golden State Warriors are in the middle of one of their most pivotal offseasons in years. This offseason feels like a sliding doors moment of sorts, where their decision on whether or not to go all-in and make the most out of the remaining elite seasons of Stephen Curry’s career will affect how their […]

Team USA had their first game together Wednesday night as it was an exhibition game against Team Canada where they won, 86-72. It was far from a perfect performance, but with the immense group of talent assembled for the Paris Olympics, star Anthony Davis has a bold claim about who can truly beat their team. […]

Although it wasn’t the prettiest win, Team USA started out its slate of Olympic exhibition matches with a win over its neighbors to the north. The Americans beat Team Canada 86-72, taking command of the game in the second half. As they continue with their slate of exhibition games before group play begins later this […]

The Golden State Warriors officially dismantled their championship core this offseason with Klay Thompson’s departure to the Dallas Mavericks in free agency to the Dallas Mavericks. It seemed inevitable after the two sides had been unable to reach an agreement on a contract extension during the regular season. But this move might be exactly what […]

Steve Kerr’s first year as the head coach of Team USA did not go according to plan. They finished in fourth during their 2023 FIBA World Cup run in Manila, which, suffice to say, is a huge disappointment, as it’s always gold medal or bust for the most stacked basketball nation in the world. With […]

Team USA has been practicing with incoming college freshmen and other young players in recent days. Normally that would seem like a cakewalk, but to Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Coach Steve Kerr and the rest of Team USA, it’s been seen as an opportunity to keep a watchful eye on Cooper Flagg, the mercurial Duke […]

The United States is slated to face their neighbors in the north in the Olympics on Wednesday, but they’ll be shorthanded. While the majority of Team USA’s roster will play in the exhibition match, head coach Steve Kerr is holding out one key chess piece. Star forward Kevin Durant will be out with a calf […]