On Saturday morning, we saw the beginning of Olympic action in basketball, starting with Australia taking down the usual powerhouse Spain. Even though there isn’t a current Knick in the Olympics or a player with well-known connections to the Knicks in that game, there are familiar faces around the tournament in Paris.
A few weeks ago, there was a 24-team tournament for the last four spots in the Olympics. That tournament featured a handful of former Knicks, including Lebanon’s Omari Spellman, Croatia’s Mario Hezonja, the D.R’s Jean Montero, Italy’s Danilo Gallinari, and Lithuania’s Mindaguas Kuzminskas.