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Bam & Butler Announced As Finalist For The 2020 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team

All-stars Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler have been named finalist for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team.

Butler won gold with team USA in the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro. Adebayo recently participated in Team USA’s training camp for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

“This is the first step in USA Basketball identifying the 12 players who will represent the United States as members of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team in Tokyo,” said Jerry Colangelo, who has served as the managing director of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team since 2005.

“The commitment, desire and excitement of all of our athletes to represent their country is genuine and remarkable.