Both the men’s and women’s U.S. basketball team came home from Paris with the ultimate hardware: Olympic gold medals. For the men, Paris marked a fourth consecutive Olympic gold, while for the women, the win streak extended to 8 straight gold medals. Both teams were unsurprisingly dominant throughout the Olympics, going 6-0 en route to gold — with the men winning by an average of 22 points, and the women by 15.7 points.
Still, the U.S. Olympic runs were dominated by discourse surrounding roster spots and playing time. On the men’s side, the exclusion of Celtics Finals MVP Jaylen Brown from the Olympic roster — and the decision
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