With the Los Angles Clippers and Miami Heat losing Wednesday, there are now only five players on Team USA’s Olympic roster still playing in the NBA’s post-season: Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday of the Boston Celtics, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers who could exit the playoffs Thursday night if the Knicks win in Philly. And that’s with the first round still incomplete!
The playoffs have not been king to the NBA’s old guard, most of which are now comfortably sipping mai-tai’s on the beaches of Cancun or Cabo.