USA Basketball plagued by ‘ego and other BS’ with Olympic questions looming
NY Post
Team USA has some things to sort out before heading to Paris, apparently.
The superstar-laden team heading to the 2024 Summer Olympics is plagued by “ego and other BS” according to The Daily Mail.
“The ego that lies within the team, everyone is out for their own and not for the team as a whole,” a source told the outlet. “That can and will be a disaster if they all don’t change the thought process, they have to play like a team.”
On Monday, the Americans barely squeezed past Australia, 98-92, in a tune-up game, causing many to question if the team can pull together for a fifth straight gold medal.
“They haven’t looked good and have been exposed, and many international teams that have played together longer are more cohesive and have a decent chance of beating the USA team,” the source told the Daily Mail.
By the time the final buzzer sounded, the U.S. had given up a whopping 68 points in the paint along with 18 turnovers.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.