After The NBA’s Crammed-In Season, How Will Olympic Basketball Work Out?

Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - MAY 04: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans shoots over Draymond Green #23 of the Golden State Warriors during the third quarter of an NBA game at Smoothie King Center on May 04, 2021 in New Orleans, Louisiana.The pandemic and the NBA’s improvised schedule might make life more difficult for Gregg Popovich than it has to be as the US Olympic basketball coach.

Although the pandemic is easing up in the US, it’s not everywhere and Japan is still being quite cautious with a certain amount of resistance for the games.

And as this article in the Houston paper points out, it’s not the usual good time in a major foreign city for…