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What We Learned from the US Men’s Olympics Basketball Team

The 2024 Olympics Games concluded last Sunday in Paris, France, one day after the US Men’s Basketball team earned their fifth consecutive gold medal in the worldwide tournament. The event was plenty exciting, with the star-studded team coming back from a 17-point deficit to Serbia in their semi-final game before handling everything the host French squad could throw at them in the finals. Controversy abounded throughout as Managing Director Grant Hill fielded questions about not selecting Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown to the team while Head Coach Steve Kerr got skewered for underplaying Brown’s championship teammate, Jayson Tatum.