Anthony Davis on Team USA: 'You don't come in like we're the "Monstars" and we're just going to crush everybody'
There is also the possibility of something unimaginable to those who follow international basketball closely, the idea that casual fans often take for granted: that this team, with the names and the resumes that rival the Dream Team, finds the extra level or two it needs to blow away the competition. In that scenario, the U.S. men’s team would be remembered forever, even if not quite held in the same reverence as the Dream Team. “We don’t take these things for granted,” Davis said. “You don’t come in like, ‘Oh, we’re the “Monstars” and we’re just going to crush everybody.’ Like, those days are long over.”
Source: New York Times
Source: New York Times
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Anthony Davis on 2020 Olympics: “We don’t take any team for granted. We don’t come in like, ‘Oh, we’re the Monstars. We’re going to crush everybody.’ Those days are long over. We have so much respect for every team we’re going to face, and we’re going to approach it that way.” – 3:15 PM
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