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These Team USA basketball players at the Rio Olympics like each other

USA TODAY Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO – As Olympic Games storylines go, this isn’t the kind of thing normally worth a headline.

The breaking news here, in essence, is that Team USA men’s basketball players really like each other.

Zzzzzzzz…..

But after seeing this lovefest up close during their Las Vegas training camp, then seeing it again when they ran over China in a July 24 exhibition game at Oracle Arena and yet again in the early days here, it’s worth discussing for two reasons.