Gregg Popovich knows he doesn’t have to spend a whole lot of time teaching the game of basketball to his U.S. Olympic players. That process is officially underway, with the Americans holding their first practice together Tuesday in Las Vegas to prepare for an Olympic Games that begin in less than three weeks. "They’re here to come together, become a team, fall in love as quickly as possible, and want it as badly as foreign teams want it." U.S. forward Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics played his college basketball at Duke, for former Olympic coach Mike Krzyzewski, and now will play for Popovich at the Tokyo Games. Tatum also played for Popovich at the Basketball World Cup in China two years ago and said one aspect of the coach’s personality shocked him.

Source: Fox News July 07, 2021 00:33 UTC