Basketball spinning challenge stymies Curry, Lebron, others on Team USA
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Basketball spinning challenge stymies Curry, Lebron, others on Team USA
Stephen Curry and LeBron James practice at Team USA men’s basketball’s Olympic training camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. Golden State Warriors/X
J.J. Post, ESPN
Jul 8, 2024, 02:43 PM ET
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Practices are underway for Team USA’s men’s basketball squad ahead of the Olympics, with a surprising question dividing camp.
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Can you spin a basketball on your finger?
The query is simple enough. And with Team USA representing one of the most loaded rosters international basketball has ever seen, it stands to reason that the answer would be an easy yes across the board.
That was not the case. Some players, led by Jrue Holiday, Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, spun the ball with no issue. But despite Joel Embiid’s prediction that he’d probably be the only player on the squad unable to achieve the feat, the Philadelphia 76ers center proved far from alone in his struggles.
