PHOENIX – If the Phoenix Suns win three more games against the Milwaukee Bucks to win the NBA championship, the young star, Devin Booker, you will not go to Disney World to celebrate. He will fly to the other side of the world to join Team USA and play more basketball at the Tokyo Olympics.
Booker confirmed Wednesday that if the NBA Finals, which Phoenix leads 1-0 after Tuesday’s 118-105 win over the Bucks, are extended to a Game 7 on July 22, he would take the first available flight at the end of the season. series bound for Saitama, Japan, to reach the US team’s first game against France on July 25.
“The next [avión] to leave. I’ll be there, “he said.” I’ll be there. But it’s obviously not my main focus right now. I contacted Coach Pop [Gregg Popovich], I contacted [Jerry] I picked it up recently and then I told them I saw all the guys reported to Las Vegas and any other place I’d rather be is the Finals, but I’d love to be there with the guys and I’ll be there soon. “
USA Basketball met Tuesday at the Mendenhall Center on the UNLV campus to begin its 13-day training camp in preparation for the Olympics, which will include exhibitions against Nigeria, Australia, Argentina and Spain.
Booker, 24, who was a member of the USA Select team that trained with the Olympic team in 2016, explained how much it means to him to be part of the official team this time.
“Very important. My goal in life,” Booker said. “I’ve always said it, I think it’s the most prestigious event basketball can find. So being a part of representing your country, I think it takes it to a completely different stratosphere. I’m just thinking about the guys who have gone before us and They have represented our country and I don’t think there is anything better than winning a gold medal. “