TORONTO — In another Olympic sport, the U.S. might be dreaming of a gold-silver-bronze medals sweep.
But in basketball, countries only get one.
“We could send over three teams, I think we’d be successful,” Golden State’s Klay Thompson said.
The Americans are so loaded with talent that their biggest challenge this summer might not be the games themselves, but rather determining which 12 players get seats on the plane to Rio de Janeiro.
“I’m sure it’s hard, but it’s a good problem to have,” Clippers star and two-time gold medalist Chris Paul said. “Other countries aren’t that fortunate to have a pool of this many great players to choose.