July 14, 2021
While Team USA won their latest pre-exhibition game against Argentina, Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard admitted they are far from reaching their best condition and playing at their full potential.
To recall, Team USA lost their first two practice games against Nigeria and Australia, raising concerns if they can win gold in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Dame acknowledged they are not yet ready as a team, citing their lack of playing time together and the fact they still have to learn to play the international game–which has some key differences to the NBA.
“I think it’s been a process for all of us. None of us have ever really played together other than KD and Draymond. International game is so much different. Like, we trying to figure out how to play that game. And also how to be a team and not just a bunch of talented individuals,” the Team USA guard said, per Casey Holdahl of Blazers.com. “These other teams, they’ve been in camp longer than we
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