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Agence France-Presse

NBA superstars LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among several top players interested in competing for the United States at next year’s Paris Olympics, according to multiple reports on Monday.
Two-time Olympic champion and four-time NBA champion James has been recruiting fellow NBA stars for a US squad that seeks a fifth gold medal in a row next year in France.
Curry, a guard with the Golden State Warriors, has expressed a desire to play on the Olympic squad guided by Warriors coach Steve Kerr.
The news comes a day after a US team of 20-something NBA stars left the Fiba Basketball World Cup empty-handed following losses to Canada in the bronze-medal game and to eventual champion Germany in a semi-final.
James, 38, led the USA to Olympic gold in 2008 at Beijing and 2012 at London but has not played since.

He knows the sting of defeat on the global stage, however, having been a reserve on the 2004 US squad that settled for bronze at the Athens Olympics and a 2006 team that took bronze at the Basketball World Cup.
James is not only interested in playing for Paris Olympic gold but has called fellow former NBA Most Valuable Players Curry and Kevin Durant hoping to entice them to play in 2024.
Two-time NBA champion Durant, a Phoenix Suns forward who turns 35 later this month, helped US Olympic gold-medal efforts in London as well as 2016 in Rio and in 2021 at Tokyo.
Curry has never played for the US Olympic squad but helped American clubs win the 2010 and 2014 World Cup crowns – their only such titles since 1994.
Others James has recruited for the 2024 US Olympic team include his Los Angeles Lakers teammate Anthony Davis, Golden State’s Draymond Green and Boston’s Jayson Tatum.
Phoenix’s Devin Booker, a three-time NBA All-Star, and 38-year-old Chris Paul of Golden State, a 2008 and 2012 gold medalist, are also among those ESPN said are interested in the Paris Olympics.


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LeBron James, hungry for another gold medal win, plans to play for US in Paris Olympics. Photo: TNS

Stephen Curry is another player expressing interest in playing at the Olympics. Photo: P

Fiba Basketball World Cup: US sent home empty-handed, as Canada end 87-year wait for medal

Canada medal for the first time with a third-place finish at the Fiba Basketball World Cup. Photo: AP

Canada’s last podium-finish was in 1936, where the team lost an Olympic gold-medal match to the US. Photo: AP

FIBA Basketball World Cup: United States crash out to Germany as Steve Kerr laments slow start

Team USA leave the court after losing to Germany in the FIBA Basketball World Cup semifinals at Mall of Asia Arena. Photo: TNS

Head coach Steve Kerr of the United States reacts during the semi-final against Germany, Photo: Xinhua

Jalen Brunson of the United States competes for a rebound against Andreas Obst of Germany. Photo: AFP

Germany’s Andreas Obst goes for a lay-up against USA’s Jaren Jackson. Photo: AFP

Asian Games: Fiba approved cancellation of basketball qualifying games, months before Hong Kong told they were excluded

Hong Kong Basketball Association were left in the dark about exclusion from the Hangzhou Asian Games. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong men’s team had submitted their nomination form on April 12, only to be excluded months later. Photo: Fiba

The team attended the flag presentation ceremony in July, still unaware they could not play in the Games. Photo: Fiba

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The 38-year-old helped the US win gold at both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics but sat out of Rio and Tokyo
NBA’s Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Draymond Green and Jayson Tatum also express interest in playing in Paris.


NBA’s Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, Draymond Green and Jayson Tatum also express interest in playing in Paris.


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