Draymond Green to the rescue.
The Warriors’ high energy dynamo is well aware that the U.S. men’s basketball team is currently going down for the count at the FIBA World Cup. Coming off back-to-back losses to France and Serbia, the U.S. team is down to its last game — Saturday against Poland in the seventh place tilt.
Thursday, during an appearance on CNBC’s “Power Money,” Green threw his basketball bona fides into the ring, announcing his candidacy for the USA men’s team that will compete in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
“I do hope to play,” Green said, “and I think a lot of the guys will want to play.