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Just a week ago, Giannis had the honor of carrying Greece's flag during the opening ceremony, a remarkable journey considering he was stateless and faced numerous challenges in obtaining Greek citizenship until he was 19. He even changed his last name from Adetokunbo to Antetokounmpo to navigate bureaucratic hurdles.

"The day they told me and asked me if I'd be willing to represent the country and be the flag barrier, my first response was, 'I want my captain, Kostas Papanikolaou, to do it.' He had more national team appearances than me. But it was like, 'No, we want you to do it because you represent everything that sports represents: the way you carry yourself on the court and off the court; we love you to do it.'

"And, I said, great. It'd be an honor for me to do it. And when I did it, as I said, the biggest honor that I've ever done in my life," Giannis stressed.

"And I know that my father is watching from heaven, and he's dancing about this. It's something that might not happen again. I might win another [NBA] championship, I might win another MVP: who knows? But I might never carry the flag.

"So I tried those 45 minutes to soak it in as much as I could. Going through the Eiffel Tower, and it was raining. It made it even more dramatic. Seeing my mom from all of the family... It was a great experience, and I will never forget it in my life."

linking the author's twitter, i think the website the article is on gets caught by Auto Mod

Even more impressive considering the difficulty on most his attempts being ISO step-back threes rather than catch and shoot. An all-time underrated shooter.

Another fun fact is Lebron James is only 150 away from passing Reggie Miller. Even with Lebron's longevity, it speaks volumes on how much the game has changed when a "non shooter" can surpass someone who was once considered one of the best shooters of all time.

If Canada is gonna have any chance they need Jamal Murray to visualize Deangelo Russell and Austin Reaves guarding him and to visualize Khem Birch to somehow look like Jokic in the pick and roll.

What are your thoughts on how Jamal Murray has looked these Olympics? Is he still hurt or is it something different?

Devin Booker seems to have adapted to his role seamlessly, and is in line to possibly start for the rest of the Olympics

Brazil's Bruno Caboclo completely took over the game to fight for a chance to advance his country to the next stage. He was dominate with his scoring and his ability to secure second chance points for his team.

33 PTS

17 REBS (9 OREBS!!)

1 AST

1 BLK

13/19 FG

4/4 3PT

3/4 FT

30 MINS

The Lakers have unveiled a statue outside Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles, depicting the late Kobe Bryant with his daughter, Gianna Bryant.

The statue, the second in Bryant's likeness outside the House That Kobe Built, will be unveiled in a private tented ceremony. The statue will be available for public viewing this weekend.

It seems hard for me to believe WBD thinks they are going to prevail in a court case…

That means they must think they are going to get something else, and the only thing I can think of is they think they’re going to create enough consternation that they’re going to put lawyers in rooms and they [The NBA] will ask “what would you settle for,” and my guess is what they would settle for is money.

At one point, it occurred to me that they [WBD] might like to be relieved of their obligation to pay their $1.2-1.3B in the upcoming season and let Amazon or NBC start early and that way Mr. Zaslav could say to his board, “Not only did I not overpay for 11 years of the NBA, I’m gonna save us $1B to $1.5B.”

"The Bryant family. Forever a beacon of love, strength and hope 💜"

Vanessa Bryant and her 3 daughters, Bianka, Natalia, and Capri, take a family picture with the newly unveiled statue of Kobe and Gigi. Onions coming out again man...