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Aug 2024
1h 6m

Team USA’s Historic Gold Medal + Future ...

ESPN, NBA, Brian Windhorst
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Brian Windhorst is joined by ESPN's Tim Bontemps and Tim MacMahon to talk the impact of Team USA’s dramatic gold medal victory including Steph Curry’s heroics, Embiid’s significance to the team, LeBron’s astonishing production, the rationale behind Tatum’s limited minutes and more. Plus, the crew questions if LeBron & AD’s production calls into question the Lakers’ recent inability to build around them, Victor Wembanyama’s brilliance & incredibly bright future right away and look ahead to LA 2028 and beyond.

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