PHOENIX - Should the Sons win three more games against the Milwaukee Bucks to win the NBA championship, Phoenix youth star Devin Booker will not be at Disney World to celebrate. He would fly halfway around the world to join Team USA to play more basketball at the Tokyo Olympics.
Booker confirmed Wednesday that if the NBA Finals, which leads the Phoenix 1-0 after Tuesday's 118-105 win over the Bucks, will extend to Game 7 on July 22, it will be the first available flight upon completion of the series. will reach. In Saitama, Japan for the US team's first match against France on July 25.
"Next [plane] smoking. I'll be there," he said. "I'll be there. But that's obviously not my main focus right now. I've reached out to Coach Pop [Greg Popovich], I recently reached out to [Jerry] Colangelo and then I told him I've reported to all the guys. Kia to Vegas, and any other place I'd love to be a finalist at, but I'd love to be there with people and I'll be there soon."
USA Basketball called on Tuesday to begin its 13-day training camp in preparation for the Olympics at the Mendenhall Center on UNLV's campus, which will include exhibitions against Nigeria, Australia, Argentina and Spain.
The 24-year-old Booker, who was a member of the USA Select Team that trained with the Olympic team in 2016, elaborated on how much it meant to him to be part of the official team this time around.
"Very important. My life goal," Booker said. "I've always said, I think it's the most prestigious event that basketball can get. So to be a part of representing your country makes me feel like you get into another stratospheric. Just those guys. Thinking about those who have come before us and represent our country, and I don't think there is anything better than winning a gold medal."