Ex-NBA player Chase Budinger makes Olympics in beach volleyball

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Former college basketball standout and seven-year NBA veteran Chase Budinger will head to Paris next month to compete for the United States' beach volleyball team in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The 6-foot-7 Budinger and partner Miles Evans qualified Wednesday for the U.S. men's team. They are tied for 13th in the most recent world rankings and the No. 2 U.S. team behind Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, ranked No. 5.

Budinger, 36, grew up playing basketball and volleyball, starring in both at La Costa Canyon High School in Encinitas, Calif. A 2006 McDonald's All-American in basketball, he also was named Volleyball Magazine's National High School Player of the Year…