Jrue Vacation has had a whirlwind offseason. The brand new Celtics level guard now has one thing else to ponder — a spot on Crew USA’s roster for the Olympics.
USA Basketball is aggressively pursuing Vacation to return to Crew USA and play in Paris, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski studies.
Vacation, 33, continues to be mulling whether or not to take the supply. There are 12 coveted spots on Crew USA’s Olympic staff.
USA Basketball is attempting to bounce again from this summer time’s disappointing exhibiting within the FIBA World Cup, through which it didn’t win a medal. Lots of the nation’s star gamers skipped the World Cup.
USA Basketball officers thought of Vacation the second-most-impactful participant, after Kevin Durant, on the 2021 gold medal staff. Vacation’s on-ball protection, playmaking and management are among the many elements behind USA Basketball’s recruitment, Wojnarowski provides.
The Olympic staff is predicted to incorporate LeBron James, Durant, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum in the event that they settle for invites. Another star gamers who publicly volunteered not too long ago received’t be prolonged invites, based on Wojnarowski. There’s no timetable for a Vacation resolution.
Vacation, in fact, has different issues on his thoughts as he tries to adapt to a different Japanese Convention contender. He was traded twice in latest weeks, first to Portland from Milwaukee within the Damian Lillard blockbuster after which to the Celtics.
