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USA Basketball on Monday released the jersey numbers for the boys’s squad forward of the 2021 Summer season Olympics:
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Recent personnel, identical expectations.
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Damian Lillard will wear No. 6, as beforehand reported by Casey Holdahl of NBA.com. The six-time All-Famous particular person wears No. 0 for the Portland Path Blazers.
Kevin Durant will don the No. 7 he wears with the Brooklyn Nets, a alternate from the No. 5 he wore right thru the 2016 Summer season Olympics. Durant was the personnel’s leading scorer with a median of 19.4 parts per game right thru its 8-0 flee to the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.
With Durant, Golden Bid Warriors principal particular person Draymond Inexperienced is the handiest other returning player from five years ago and need to peaceable all as soon as more wear his No. 14 jersey for Crew USA.
The American citizens own high expectations as always with a roster featuring elite skills. High scorers Bradley Beal and Jayson Tatum will be disagreement-makers at this stage.
One among the finest query marks will be fatigue after the condensed NBA season, in particular with three of the 12 gamers space to play within the Finals (Devin Booker, Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday). After the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns fight for the title, the gamers need to advance together to compete for one more form of championship.
The U.S. has earned gold medals in each and every of the closing three Olympics.
