LeBron James and Steph Curry had by no means performed collectively on Workforce USA previous to this summer time, however that drought ended when James gave Curry a name within the fall.
“He was the primary particular person I talked to,” Curry mentioned in latest days, in accordance with ESPN. “‘Would this be one thing I might wish to do?’ And from there it was like, ‘Let’s get it.’”
Curry performed for Workforce USA on the FIBA World Cup in 2010 and 2014, however has by no means been to the Olympics.
“I’ve performed with Workforce USA earlier than on the world championship stage, however I don’t know what to anticipate in the case of this problem and this expertise. And so I had the first-practice jitters.
“… Add the surrealness of who’s on this workforce and all of the battles that we’ve had over the course of our careers and the truth that we get to place that vitality collectively as teammates. So I’m having fun with each minute of this.”
Curry added that he had the utmost respect for James regardless of having intense battles with him within the Finals through the years.
“It was like a wholesome resentment of anyone that’s standing in your means,” Curry mentioned of his playoff battles towards James. “However via all of it, there’s clearly the utmost respect for who he’s as an individual and participant and like how good he’s and the problem of attempting to beat him and attempting to resolve that drawback yearly.”
The 2 rivals-turned-teammates didn’t take lengthy to create a memorable second on the court docket when Workforce USA performed Canada of their first Olympic warmup sport on Wednesday, with Curry feeding James for an emphatic alley-oop.
Workforce USA will return to the court docket once they face Australia in Abu Dhabi on July 15.
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