He averaged 25.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game in the regular season. With Booker pacing Phoenix in scoring, he led the Suns to a 51-21 record in the regular season and the second seed in the difficult Western Conference. the Los Angeles Clippers, the Suns are one win away from securing their first NBA Finals berth since 1993. PDT).Įleven Wildcats have won Olympic gold medals, but two UK players have not won gold on the same Olympic team since the Fabulous Five of Cliff Barker, Ralph Beard, Alex Groza, Wallace Jones and Kenny Rollins in 1948.Īdebayo and Booker accepted invites after becoming two of the brightest young superstars in the NBA.īooker, currently leading the Phoenix Suns in their first NBA Western Conference finals since 2010, is a two-time NBA All-Star and one of the game's best scorers since debuting in the 2015-16 season. PDT), Australia for a second time on July 16 (3 p.m. PDT), followed by Australia on July 12 (5 p.m.
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National Team will tip off a five-game exhibition series against Nigeria on July 10 (5 p.m. The Americans are currently on a 25-game Olympic winning streak.Īfter opening training camp on July 6, the U.S. in 1992, Team USA is 53-3 in seven Olympics with six gold medals. Since NBA players began representing the U.S. Team USA owns a 138-5 overall win-loss record. Olympic men's basketball teams have medaled in each of the 18 Olympics they have participated in, winning 15 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals. To be crowned Olympic champion, a team has to play six games – three in the group phase and three in the final phase (quarterfinals, semifinals, gold medal game) instead of eight as in past Olympics. This stage of the competition is played in a knockout format and the draw will produce an Olympic bracket for the road to the gold medal. Teams from the same group in the Group Phase cannot be drawn against each other in the quarterfinals. The winners of the groups and the second-place team with the best result from the group phase are placed in one pot (D), while the two remaining second-place teams and two best third-place teams in another pot (E). The teams placed first and second in each group and the two best third-place teams in the group phase qualify for the final phase.Ī draw will take place following the conclusion of the group phase to determine the pairings of the quarterfinals.
The group stage of the competition is played in a round-robin format, with each team playing all other teams in its group (a total of three games for each team). The 12 teams will be divided into three groups (A, B and C) of four teams each. Twelve teams will compete for the gold in Japan, of which seven nations have already clinched a spot for (U.S., Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Nigeria and Spain). Team USA will be led by head coach Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs) with assistant coaches Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors), Lloyd Pierce and Jay Wright (Villanova). The champion of the six-team tournament will earn a spot in this year's Olympics. In addition to Adebayo and Booker suiting up for Team USA, former Kentucky players Trey Lyles and Mychal Mulder made Canada's Senior National Team that will compete in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament starting Tuesday. Only one other college – UCLA with three – has more than one representative on the 2020 U.S. gold medals with Tayshaun Prince in 2008, Anthony Davis in 2012 and DeMarcus Cousins in 2016. A Wildcat has been a part of the previous three U.S. National Team, which is seeking its fourth straight gold medal at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad. The former UK stars will make their debut for the 15-time Olympic gold medalist U.S. 8 at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. – Former Kentucky men's basketball players Bam Adebayo and Devin Booker will represent the United States at the 2020 Olympics in Japan this summer.Īdebayo and Booker have accepted invites to be a part of the 12-member national team roster that will compete July 25-Aug.
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