The 2024 Paris Olympics is the second time 3×3 basketball has appeared at an Olympics. Many of the WNBA’s top players have confirmed their participation in the tournament, so what about the NBA stars?
Do NBA players participate in the 3×3 basketball event at the Olympics?
Although the NBA is the most attractive basketball tournament in the world, the vast majority of players here will not participate in the 2024 Olympics in the 3×3 basketball content.
Although there is no rule prohibiting NBA stars from competing in 3×3 basketball, to participate in Paris, athletes must have high enough accumulated points. And athletes only earn this type of points in 3×3 tournaments run by FIBA. Almost all stars in the NBA do not play in FIBA’s 3×3 World Tour tournaments. Therefore, they did not qualify for the Olympics.
The US men’s 3×3 basketball team that will attend the 2024 Paris Olympics includes Jimmer Fredette, Dylan Travis, Kareem Maddox and Canyon Barry, of which Fredette is the only member with experience playing in the NBA. He played 241 games in 6 seasons.
Unlike the NBA, female colleagues in the WNBA still participate in many 3×3 tournaments and are eligible to attend the 2024 Paris Olympics. The WNBA has a schedule that is not as thick as the NBA, so female players have the opportunity to attend tournaments. other. The most prominent star of Olympic 3×3 women’s basketball is Rhyne Howard, a “super rookie” who has been an All-Star for 2 consecutive years after only 2 seasons playing in the WNBA.
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When will the 3×3 basketball event at the Paris 2024 Olympics take place?
3×3 basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympics will start on July 30 and end on August 5. The tournament will take place at La Concorde 1, which is also the area where events such as Skateboarding and BMX Skateboarding will be held.
Which teams qualify for Olympic Basketball 3×3?
The 3×3 basketball content at the 2024 Paris Olympics has two events for men and women. The US, China and host France are the three countries with both men’s and women’s teams qualified to participate.
Women’s Basketball 3×3 (by seed)
- China
- America
- France
- Virtue
- Canada
- Spain
- Azerbaijan
- Australia
Men’s basketball 3×3 (by seed)
- Serbia
- America
- Lithuania
- China
- Netherlands
- France
- Latvia
- Poland
