DeAndre Jordan and Team USA Dominate For Gold
- Updated: August 21, 2016
It’s back-to-back-to-back-to-back Gold for Team USA Men’s Basketball! DeAndre Jordan is also leaving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with his first gold medal!
The men’s basketball team were perfect on paper, despite all of the hate the 2016 team faced this year. This year’s team didn’t have the usual names of LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Chris Paul, and Dwyane Wade. Stephen Curry, and Blake Griffin didn’t make the trip.
Instead USA relied on players like Jimmy Butler, Harrison Barnes, Kevin Durant, and Klay Thompson to bring him the gold for their country. For Jordan it capped off what has been a great run of awards the big man has picked up in the last few months.
Even though the Clippers post season run ended earlier than everyone expected Jordan was named to the All-NBA First Team. The bigman can now add a gold medal to his trophy case. Jordan’s best game of the tournament came in the semi-finals against Pau Gasol and Spain where he tied and USA Basketball Olympic record with 16 rebounds.
I think this was a great experience for Jordan as he got to be around some of the best players in the world for the last two weeks. We’re looking forward to DeAndre Jordan having another big year in Los Angeles!
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