The 2024 United States Olympic team is the edition of the senior national team made up of NBA players.
It is also the oldest of the 19 teams, with 12 players averaging 30. 5 when the opener starts on Sunday. They played 125 seasons in the NBA (also the most of the NBA’s 19 teams) and 1,160 playoff games, 301 more than any American team.
But while it’s a former team, it still has 8 All-NBA selections from last season, tied for No. 1 since 1996, when all 12 players on the Olympic team were existing All-NBA selections (something that would likely never be implemented). . place back on the Olympic team). influx of foreign stars in the following years).
Here are some numbers you should know about the 12 players on a rich team:
Bam Adebayo, C, Miami Heat
According to Second Spectrum tracking, the Heat’s warring sides have scored just 0. 86 points since Adebayo championed an isolation play over the past three seasons.
This is the second-highest score from 37 players who have defended at least 500 total isolations in the last 3 years.
Devin Booker, G, Phoenix Suns
Booker’s 6. 9 assists per game (compared to 5. 5 in 2022-23) and assist-to-rotation ratio of 2. 65 last season were his career ratings.
He played 8 games with at least 20 problems and 10 assists, more than in the last two seasons combined.
Stephen Curry, G, Golden State Warriors
Last season was the fifth season in which Curry scored at least three hundred three-pointers.
All other players (in the forty-five years of the 3-point line) had two seasons in total of at least three hundred 3.
Anthony Davis, C, Los Angeles Lakers
Davis averaged at least 24 points, 10 rebounds and two blocks (playing at least 50 games) in seven other seasons.
That’s tied with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for second in the 51 seasons in which blocks have been recorded, Shaquille O’Neal (nine).
Kevin Durant, defensive player, Phoenix Suns
Durant is the player who scored at least 400 drive problems, 400 catch and shoot jump problems and 400 pull-up jump problems last season.
Anthony Edwards, G, Minnesota Timberwolves
Edwards has noticed his true shooting percentage (goal efficiency) throughout the season, from 52. 3% as a rookie to 57. 5% last season.
57. 5% are still ranked 14th among players who have averaged at least 25 problems per game.
Joel Embiid, center, Philadelphia 76ers
Embiid has become only the second player in NBA history to play at least 500 minutes total and score more than one point per minute, averaging 37. 2 per 36 minutes last season.
Tyrese Haliburton, G, Indiana Pacers
Haliburton’s assist-to-turnover ratio was 4. 73 last season, the second-highest mark for a player who averaged at least 10 game-consistent assists (88 total) over the 46 seasons he played. The turnovers continued.
Jrue Holiday, G, Boston Celtics
Holiday shot 60. 4% in the season from corner three-pointers.
This is the mark for a player with at least 75 corner 3-point attempts in the 28 seasons for which we have shot location data.
LeBron James, W, Los Angeles Lakers
James was the league’s leading scorer in the fourth quarter last season, averaging 8. 1 points in the final 12 minutes of regulation.
Jayson Tatum, F/L, Boston Celtics
Tatum is one of 3 players (Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic are the others) to average at least 25 points, seven rebounds and 4 assists (in 50 or more games) in the last 4 seasons.
Derrick White, G, Boston Celtics
White was the only player last season to make 55% or more on at least 300 2-point attempts, 38% or more on at least 300-point attempts, and 90% or more on at least 100 free-throw attempts. .
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