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LeBron James is pictured exiting hip Paris restaurant at three in the morning after chilling with Team USA’s Kevin Durant, Anthony Davis, and Bam Adebayo

Basketball — 07/30/2024

Early Monday morning, LeBron James and several other Team USA basketball stars were photographed leaving an exclusive Paris despite knowing they had an upcoming training session against upstart South Sudan.

Miami Heat star and Team USA center Bam Adebayo is pictured leaving a Parisian restaurant

Seen exiting via a back entrance of Siena, an Italian restaurant close to the Tuileries Garden along the north bank of the Seine, James, Durant, Anthony Davis, and Bam Adebayo Durant left far before James, who was seen leaving around 3 a.m. local time.

All of the enigmatic women were observed leaving the restaurant while umbrellas were employed to cover the famous visitors and any other pals from persistent photographers. The women’s membership in the same group as NBA stars is unknown.Images of Team USA’s Devin Booker, Jayson Tatum, even former San Antonio Spurs star Tony Parker chilling with restauranteur Mehdi Abdelhedi have also surfaced from earlier in the night.

The pictures tracked Team USA’s triumph over Team Serbia earlier on Sunday and over Nikola Jokic.

Los Angeles Lakers center Anthony Davis is pictured after hanging out with Team USA in Paris

Team USA’s forthcoming itinerary added even more mystery to the time of the celebration.

Everyone in the men’s tournament at Pierre Mauroy Stadium got Monday off since all twelve teams had been in action on either Saturday or Sunday.

 

Kevin Durant sports a Boston Bruins hat as he makes his way to the exit at Siena

For some, that offers an opportunity to practice and re-organize. For others, like the United States, who swept past Serbia in its opening under Durant’s amazing comeback from a calf injury, it offers a day to relax, heal, and go be Team USA supporters.

“It’s enormous,” American coach Steve Kerr remarked Monday. Additionally crucial for us is letting our athletes savor the Olympic experience so they may travel to see some of the other sports, spend time with their families. That’s a major component of this. Today is about that; then we will lock back in tomorrow.Teams that go 3-0 in group are definitely in; teams that go 2-1 in group are almost certainly safe barring some wild tiebreaker scenario; teams that go 1-2 in group will need some help but could still move on (two such teams advanced at the Tokyo Games three years ago); teams that go 0-3 in group are headed home early.

Everyone will be watching the U.S.-South Sudan game, particularly following the upstart team from Africa almost overthrowing the Americans in London earlier this month in a 101-100 game few saw coming. The game’s champion will reserve a passage to the quarterfinals.

Though Serbia-Puerto Rico is not an elimination game, the winner will have a far greater chance of going to next week and the loser will be praying a lot.

LeBron James was seen making his way to the exit at around 3am

So far in men’s basketball, South Sudan has made the most of its Olympic debut. On Sunday in its debut game, the African country topped Puerto Rico 90-79.

‘We’re not a mystery anymore,’ South Sudan coach Royal Ivey remarked later.Next Tuesday is a rematch with the United States. The two got together for an exhibition game, and South Sudan almost executed an amazing upset. By virtue of its World Cup performance last year, which ranked as the top African team, South Sudan qualified for the Olympics.

Former NBA player Luol Deng runs the national federation.

Moreover, head coach Royal Ivey assists the Houston Rockets of the NBA, having spent ten years in the league as a player. Before his time with the Knicks and Nets, the native New Yorker began coaching in the NBA developing level in 2014. He started leading the South Sudan team in 2021 after landing the job there.

On the team are a few former NBA players. Wenyen Gabriel temporarily played with James and the Lakers in 2022, while Carlik Jones bounced about with a few clubs including Dallas, Denver and Chicago.

In the one-point exhibition loss to the United States, Jones posted a triple-double.