Following the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, USA Basketball has selected NBA Hall of Famer Grant Hill to take over for Jerry Colangelo as the men’s national team managing director, as Colangelo is retiring, reports the Associated Press. Grant was a part of the gold-winning Olympic team in 1996. Hill reflected on the chance to be a part of Team USA once more.
“It’s just an incredible opportunity, also an incredible challenge,” Hill said Saturday. “I had the good fortune of participating in international play — the Pan American Games, of course the Olympic team — and I have been a fan of Team USA going back to the 1984 Olympic team when I first started to fall in love with basketball.