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Team USA basketball: Paris Olympics will be a first for LeBron, Curry and Durant

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The first partnership between LeBron James and Stephen Curry in international play began with a phone call in the fall.

That's when, as Curry recalled, the two longtime NBA rivals spoke about the possibility of teaming up at the 2024 Paris Olympics and joining forces on arguably the greatest collection of talent in basketball history.

"He was the first person I talked to," Curry said Sunday afternoon of his conversation with James. "'Would this be something I would want to do?' And from there it was like, 'Let's get it.