Basketball Intelligence For 8/4/24

Today's Best NBA Reporting And Analysis

OLYMPICS

Men's basketball quarterfinals set
Jeff Zillgitt, USA Today

World Cup champion Germany unbeaten and rolling into basketball quarterfinals at Paris Olympics
Tim Reynolds, AP

Greece is no ‘Dream Team,’ but Giannis Antetokounmpo leads with pride
Ben Golliver, Washington Post

Giannis Antetokounmpo opens up on Olympic experience: ‘I cannot stop smiling’
Sam Amick, The Athletic

Kerr aiming to keep Team USA players in 'usual roles'
Brian Windhorst, ESPN

How Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lu Dort Are Dominating Olympics
Ryan Stiles, Sports Illustrated

Nembhard makes presence felt as Canada outlasts Spain
Michael Grange, Sportsnet

U.S. men sleepwalk past Puerto Rico, but tough tests await in knockout round
Ben Golliver, Washington Post

U.S. men's basketball earns top seed for Olympics' medal round
Brian Windhorst, ESPN

Germany tops France; Greece alive for Olympic knockout round
ESPN News Services

Canada beats Spain to remain undefeated
Gemma Carstens-Smith, Globe And Mail

Canada Basketball's bet on chemistry set to be tested in Olympic quarterfinals
Myles Dichter, CBC Sports

"Being close makes you want to be selfless for the next person on your side, your teammate, your brother, your comrade. It makes you want to go out for them on every single possession," said Duane Notice, a Canadian Elite Basketball League player who was a training camp alternate and has hit the court during multiple qualifying cycles. "It's kind of hard … to play hard for people that you don't really care about. So just seeing that everybody cares about each other, it obviously translates onto the court."

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