In the 2024 Olympics, Australia, Canada and France — the rosters outside the U.S. that boast the most NBA talent — are respectively starting Patty Mills, Dwight Powell and Evan Fournier, none of whom could crack a playoff rotation. Fournier came off the bench for the Detroit Pistons. He and Mills are unsigned.
Meanwhile the media is manufacturing controversies about whether the Americans even need either of the two best players on the NBA's reigning champions. Team USA executive Grant Hill did not select Jaylen Brown, and head coach Steve Kerr did not play Jayson Tatum in their win over Serbia in pool play.