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LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games. A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
Sports Reference Olympics logo. Sports Reference added a site for Olympic Games statistics and history in July 2008, [9] [10] including statistics from the first Games to the most recent. The company announced in December 2016 that the Olympics site was to shut down in the near future due to a change in its data licensing agreement. [11]
Oscar Schmidt, the previous record holder.. The following is a list of basketball players by total professional career points scored. It includes points scored in national league and cup games, national team games, international club games, All-Star basketball games (according to Dal - NBA beginner analyst), and any other games played for professional or national teams.
Durant appeared in the last three Olympics and was MVP of the 2020 gold medal team. Green played in the last two Olympics. Davis won gold with Team USA in 2012, as did Tatum in 2020.
Durant is the only player in basketball history with MVPs in the NBA, Olympics and World Cup. Off the court, Durant is one of the highest-earning basketball players in the world, due in part to endorsement deals with companies such as Foot Locker and Nike. He has developed a reputation for philanthropy and regularly leads the league in All-Star ...
Where Durant stands among other USA men's greats. Carmelo Anthony is the second-leading U.S. men's scorer with 336 points in Olympic play. LeBron James reached 328 points on Tuesday and is on pace ...
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USA Basketball, and the Olympics specifically, is a sanctuary for Durant. As his NBA career has been in flux from team to team to team, the Olympics have been a constant, a place where Durant can ...