PARIS 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS

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Incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg headlines USA Select team​

A year from now, incoming Duke freshman Cooper Flagg could be the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft, and he's already adding to his résumé. USA Basketball has invited the 17-year-old to practice against Team USA ahead of the Paris Olympics. Flagg was one of 15 players named to the USA Select Team on Friday, a group that will help the national team prepare at a training camp next week in Las Vegas. There's a long history of players from the Select Team eventually joining the national team down the line, including current players Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton, who served in the role in 2021 before the Tokyo Olympics. Flagg, a 6-foot-9 forward from Newport, Maine, is the first collegian to play for the Select Team since 2013, when then-college stars Doug McDermott of Creighton and Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State were on the squad. The team will be coached by Magic coach Jamahl Mosley.

 

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Kristaps Porzingis schedule for surgery, to miss Olympics​

Porzingis suffered a torn retinaculum and dislocated posterior tibialis tendon in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on June 9. He missed Games 3 and 4, but he returned in Game 5 as the Celtics beat the Dallas Mavericks to win the title. A timeline for Porzingis' return has yet to be determined, but he said earlier this month that the recovery process could take a "few months." Porzingis, who was acquired by Boston after the Celtics lost in the 2023 Eastern Conference finals to the Miami Heat, averaged 20.1 points and 7.2 rebounds for the Celtics during the regular season.