Stephen Curry told LeBron James he'd be the flag-bearer for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Olympics in a special moment recorded by USA Basketball.
Four-time NBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist LeBron James was voted by his fellow Olympians to be the men's flag-bearer for Team USA during the Paris Games' opening ceremony on Friday.is making his fourth Olympic appearance, found the perfect way to inform the Akron, Ohio native of the special honor.
Golden State Warriors star, longtime rival and now-Olympic teammate Stephen Curry nominated James for the honor, then announced to James—and the rest of their teammates—that he had received it. Below you'll find video of the moment from USA Basketball's X, formerly Twitter, account."You got that honor, so you get to wave the flag in Paris, my man," Curry said as the room broke out into applause and James smiled."It's special in the fact that ...
"It's definitely something that my family and my community and my friends, it's something that will live on forever. Super appreciative and super humbled by it." James, third on the U.S. men's national team's all-time scoring list, has won three medals in his Olympics career. He took home a bronze in 2004 at Athens and a pair of gold medals in 2008 at Beijing and 2012 at London. He is the first men's basketball player to carry the flag for Team USA.Tim Capurso is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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