{"id":279723,"date":"2021-06-21T05:44:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T02:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kevin-durant-to-commit-to-team-usa-for-tokyo-olympics\/"},"modified":"2021-06-21T05:44:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T02:44:46","slug":"kevin-durant-to-commit-to-team-usa-for-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kevin-durant-to-commit-to-team-usa-for-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kevin Durant to commit to Team USA for Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Kevin Durant to commit to Team USA for Tokyo Olympics<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Kevin Durant may win a title this year after all.<\/p>\n

But an Olympic gold medal, instead of an NBA championship ring.<\/p>\n

The Nets star is expected to commit to Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics this summer, according to The Athletic.<\/a><\/p>\n

The news<\/a> came the morning after Durant poured in 48 points in a losing effort of Game<\/a> 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. He averaged 34.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 4.4 assists in 12 playoff games for the Nets before getting eliminated by Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

Durant could become arguably the most prolific basketball player in Olympic history at these games, which runs July 23 through Aug. 8 in Tokyo. He already has 2012 gold from London and 2016 gold from Rio, and is just 25 points shy of former Knicks star Carmelo Anthony\u2019s all-time Olympic scoring record.<\/p>\n

Though LeBron James has already ruled out competing and Steph Curry is on the fence, Durant\u2019s former Warriors teammate Draymond Green will represent Team USA, along with Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Durant at the 2016 Olympics.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Six other Nets were in the preliminary pool of players for Team USA \u2014 with the team slated to be picked by the end of this month. Spencer Dinwiddie \u2014 who has been in Los Angeles rehabbing from a partially torn ACL suffered on Dec. 27, 2020 \u2014 is expected to play for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

Dinwiddie confirmed plans to decline his $12.3 million player option for next season and become an unrestricted free agent, according to ESPN. The point guard had until Monday to do so.<\/p>\n

The Post had reported that was a likelihood back in March, and Dinwiddie himself had said as much two months later.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m gonna be more than healthy by the time free agency starts, so just from a dollars perspective you kind of have to,\u201d Dinwiddie told Forbes. \u201cTwelve million dollars isn\u2019t market value for a starting point guard. It\u2019s probably about half, $20 million-$25 [million]. So obviously it\u2019s pretty concrete that I\u2019m gonna opt out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Boston\u2019s dysfunction has continued to be Brooklyn\u2019s fortune.<\/p>\n

Blake Griffin assumed the Nets\u2019 role of starting center since signing with the team in March. But it turns out he\u2019d asked a friend on the Celtics\u2019 roster whether he should sign there midseason, and was warned to stay away, according to The Athletic.<\/p>\n

It was Kyrie Irving becoming disenchanted with Boston that allowed the Nets to sign him in free agency. He helped recruit Durant as a package deal, and James Harden forced his way from Houston to Brooklyn to form a Big 3.\n <\/p><\/div>\n