Bradley Beal and Kevin Love have been replaced on the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team roster with the San Antonio Spurs' Keldon Johnson and the Denver Nuggets' JaVale McGee, the Athletic reported on Friday.
Beal had been ruled out after he was placed under coronavirus-related health protocols earlier this week. Love dropped out of the roster on Friday due to a lingering calf injury.
Johnson had been a member of Team USA's "Select Team" and has played extensively during this month's exhibition games. McGee is a three-time NBA champion with the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Lakers.
The team's futures odds have not changed since the replacements were announced. The U.S.' odds to defend their gold medal are still -400 at BetMGM, -550 at DraftKings, -370 at FanDuel and -625 at PointsBet.
Original Post:
With the NBA Finals in full swing, USA basketball was flying under the radar until the team full of NBA stars was upset by Nigeria.
Most people didn't realize how many former or current NBA players Nigeria had on its roster (nine to be exact) and honestly, the same could be said for a number of teams in the Olympic field. With so many of the NBA's best players (and even the average ones) coming from around the world, rosters are significantly more deep than they've ever been.
Below, I've compiled a list of the current and former NBA players on each country's roster along with their odds from PointsBet to win the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
Argentina (+3300)
- Luis Scola (41) – Pallacanestro Varese, Italy (formerly of the Rockets, Suns, Pacers, Raptors, Nets)
- Facundo Campazzo (30) – Denver Nuggets
- Leandro Bolmaro (20) – MinnesotaTimberwolves
- Gabriel Deck (26) – Oklahoma City Thunder
- Luca Vildoza (25) – New YorkKnicks
Australia (+1000)
- Patty Mills (32) – San Antonio Spurs
- Joe Ingles (33) – UtahJazz
- Aron Baynes (34) – Toronto Raptors
- Matthew Dellavedova (30) – Melbourne United, Australia (formerly of the Cleveland Cavaliers)
- Dante Exum (25) – Houston Rockets
- Josh Green (20) – Dallas Mavericks
- Matisse Thybulle (24) – Philadelphia 76ers
Czech Republic (+8000)
- Tomáš Satoranský (29) – Chicago Bulls
- Jan Vesely (31) — Fenerbahce, Turkey (Formerly of the Denver Nuggets)
France (+2000)
- Rudy Gobert (29) – Utah Jazz
- Nicolas Batum (32) – Los Angeles Clippers
- Evan Fournier (28) – Boston Celtics
- Frank Ntilikina (22) – New York Knicks
- Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (26) – Brooklyn Nets
- Vincent Poirier (27) — Philadelphia 76ers
- Guerschon Yabusele (25) — Real Madrid, Spain (Formerly of the Boston Celtics)
Germany (+8000)
Iran (+25000)
Italy (+5000)
- Nicolo Mannion (20) – Golden State Warriors
- Danilo Gallinari (32) – Atlanta Hawks
- Nicolo Melli – Olimpio Milano, Italy (formerly of the Dallas Mavericks)
Japan (+20000)
- Rui Hachimura (23) – Washington Wizards
- Yuta Watanbe (26) – Toronto Raptors
Nigeria (+15000)
- Precious Achiuwa (21) – Miami Heat
- Kezie Okpala (22) – Miami Heat
- Miye Oni (23) – Utah Jazz
- Josh Okogie (22) – Minnesota Timberwolves
- Jordan Nwora (22) – Milwaukee Bucks
- Chimezie Metu (24) – Kings
- Jahlil Okafor (25) – Detroit Pistons
- Nnamdi Vincent (25) – Miami Heat
- Ekpe Udoh (34) — Virtus Bologna, Italy (Formerly of the Utah Jazz)
Slovenia (+2500)
- Luka Doncic (22) – Dallas Mavericks
- Vlatko Cancar (24) – Denver Nuggets
- Zoran Dragic (32) — Baskonia, Spain (Formerly of the Miami Heat)
Spain (+1400)
- Marc Gasol (36) – Los Angeles Lakers
- Willy Hernangomez (27) – New Orleans Pelicans
- Juan Hernangomez (25) — Minnesota Timberwolves
- Ricky Rubio (30) – Minnesota Timberwolves
- Alex Abrines (27) – FC Barcelona, Spain (formerly of the OKC Thunder)
- Rudy Fernandez (36) – Real Madrid, Spain (formerly of the Denver Nuggets and Portland Trail Blazers)
- Pau Gasol (41) – FC Barcelona, Spain (formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers)
- Sergio Rodriguez (35) — Olympia Milano, Italy (formerly of the Philadelphia 76ers)
USA (-1000)
- Bam Adebayo (23) – Miami Heat
- Devin Booker (24) – Phoenix Suns
- Kevin Durant (32) – Brooklyn Nets
- Jerami Grant (27) – Detroit Pistons
- Draymond Green (31) – Golden State Warriors
- Jrue Holiday (31) – Milwaukee Bucks
- Keldon Johnson (21) — San Antonio Spurs
- Zach LaVine (26) – Chicago Bulls
- Damian Lillard (30) – Portland Trailblazers
- JaVale McGee (33) — Denver Nuggets
- Khris Middleton (29) – Milwaukee Bucks
- Jayson Tatum (23) – Boston Celtics
