With an Olympic basketball team stuffed with superstars, a few of them are going to be the odd males out – for Group USA, these have been Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton.
Tatum’s lack of taking part in time was moderately stunning, contemplating he’s lower than two months faraway from successful the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics and signing the richest contract in NBA historical past.
Haliburton – not a lot. On a workforce with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, when rotations turned restricted late, Haliburton merely had no place on the ground.
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Tyrese Haliburton of the USA warms up in the course of the quarterfinal sport between the USA and Brazil on day 11 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Enviornment on Aug. 6, 2024 in Paris. (Marvin Ibo Guengoer – GES Sportfoto/Getty Pictures)
Nevertheless, his resume nonetheless reads “Olympic gold medalist,” regardless of simply 8.8 minutes per sport in his three contests performed.
Haliburton was the butt of some taking part in time jokes all through the Olympics, and he didn’t draw back from ripping himself over the weekend.
After receiving his gold medal, Haliburton took a selfie with it and took to X to provide his followers some laughs.
“While you ain’t do nun on the group challenge and nonetheless get an A,” he wrote with a gold medal emoji.
Tyrese Haliburton of the USA Males’s Nationwide Group poses for portraits with the Gold Medal on the lodge on Aug. 10, 2024 in Paris. (Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE by way of Getty Pictures)
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The U.S. barely held on within the semifinals in opposition to Nikola Jokić and Serbia, and though issues acquired shut within the gold medal sport in opposition to host nation France, Stephen Curry did Stephen Curry issues to clinch the fourth-straight gold medal for the USA.
Haliburton now turns his focus to his Indiana Pacers, who have been defeated within the Japanese Convention Finals by the Celtics.
Anthony Edwards, #5, Jrue Vacation, #12, Tyrese Haliburton, #9, and Anthony Davis, #14 of Group United States, have a good time from the bench throughout a Males’s basketball semifinals match between Group United States and Group Serbia on day 13 of the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 at Bercy Enviornment on Aug. 8, 2024 in Paris. (Sarah Stier/Getty Pictures)
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He averaged 20.1 factors and a career-best and NBA-leading 10.9 assists per sport final season.
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