The USA Basketball Men’s Team will play Serbia in Group Play on Sunday, while the USA Basketball Women’s Team will play Japan on Monday, marking the formal start of the Paris Olympics.
As fantastic footage of some of the best NBA and WNBA players hanging out before the Olympic Games start to stream, the two teams came together on Friday to begin their journey to Paris. This includes a thank-you note from A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces to Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors for lending her some special Olympic glasses for the big day:
Wilson is widely regarded as the the WNBA’s best player, and one of the greatest in league history. Headlining this USA Women’s Team that projects to dominate in Paris, Wilson is currently averaging 27.2 PPG and 12.0 RPG for the 16-8 Aces. As for Curry, he is still near the very top of the league at age 36, and is also headlining this USA Basketball group alongside LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Both the Men’s and Women’s Team USA rosters are favored to win gold this summer, as USA Basketball was able to receive committments from some of the very best players in the world. There is a lot of international basketball talent, but Team USA is confident they have what it takes to accomplish their ultimate goal.
