LeBron James and Steph Curry had by no means performed collectively on Crew USA previous to this summer time, however that drought ended when James gave Curry a name within the fall.
“He was the primary individual I talked to,” Curry mentioned in current days, in keeping with ESPN. “‘Would this be one thing I might need to do?’ And from there it was like, ‘Let’s get it.’”
Curry performed for Crew USA on the FIBA World Cup in 2010 and 2014, however has by no means been to the Olympics.
“I’ve performed with Crew USA earlier than on the world championship stage, however I don’t know what to anticipate on the subject of this problem and this expertise. And so I had the first-practice jitters.
“… Add the surrealness of who’s on this crew and all of the battles that we’ve had over the course of our careers and the truth that we get to place that power collectively as teammates. So I’m having fun with each minute of this.”
Curry added that he had the utmost respect for James regardless of having intense battles with him within the Finals through the years.
“It was like a wholesome resentment of anyone that’s standing in your method,” Curry mentioned of his playoff battles in opposition to James. “However by way of all of it, there’s clearly the utmost respect for who he’s as an individual and participant and like how good he’s and the problem of making an attempt to beat him and making an attempt to unravel that drawback yearly.”
The 2 rivals-turned-teammates didn’t take lengthy to create a memorable second on the court docket when Crew USA performed Canada of their first Olympic warmup sport on Wednesday, with Curry feeding James for an emphatic alley-oop.
Crew USA will return to the court docket once they face Australia in Abu Dhabi on July 15.
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