WITHOUT EQUIPMENT | The stars of Team USA will once again steal the spotlight at the Olympics

The basketball team of USA already has the list of 12 players who will seek the gold medal in the Olympic Games from Tokyo. All stars who will surely steal the spotlight from the hundreds of media that will cover the great event in world sport.

Before describing the impact of having Team USA in the Olympic event, it is important to mention the members of this version of “Dream team”.

The US set will be made up of: Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, Bradley Beal, Jayson Tatum, Devin Booker, Zach LaVine, Kevin Love, Draymond Green, Bam Adebayo, Jrue Holiday, Khris Middleton, and Jerami Grant.

Despite the absences of Lebron James and Stephen Curry, the North American team is armored in all positions with players who currently have a great presence in the best league in the world, the NBA.

Beyond the sports impact that having NBA athletes in the basketball tournament means, for the Olympic committee it is great news that Team USA brings great stars, since that automatically increases the interest of fans, media and above all of sponsors, in an appointment that was postponed a year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

One point to keep in mind is that the disappointing performance of the United States in the 2019 World Cup played in favor of the Olympic Games, since Team USA feels “obliged” to wash its face in Japanese lands.

No basketball team will be able to achieve the media impact of the Barcelona 92 ​​Dream Team, but there is no doubt that seeing Kevin Durant in the United States uniform in the inaugural parade is something that excites organizers, athletes, journalists, and in general to everyone.

International basketball has raised the bar in recent years, and one example of this is what Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic achieved in the recent NBA campaign. But the US team is still one and two notches above any team in the world.

Recall that the United States won the gold medal in men’s basketball at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, with figures such as Kyrie Irving, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green. In the final they beat the always difficult Serbia.

There are just a few weeks before the start of the Olympic Games party, an event that will feature more than 11,000 athletes from around the world, although once again the NBA of Team USA will be the great “Rock stars” of the Olympic pavilion.