As we mentioned the other day, the compressed NBA schedule, due to Covid, means that the Olympic basketball prep schedule is also compressed. Some of the pieces are falling into place though as several players have now committed to Tokyo.
For Duke fans, the big news is Jayson Tatum is definitely in. So is Draymond Green and Damian Lillard and as of Friday, Bradley Beal is in and now it looks like Devin Booker is as well.
So at least Team USA won't have to worry about scoring. They’ll get plenty of that.
Jerry Colangelo and Mike Krzyzewski had several brilliant innovations when they took over the US program, among them having a pool of potential team members who were used to working together and also recognizing the importance of role players.