PHOENIX – Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker won’t be done with basketball after the NBA Finals, with plans to join the US Olympic team after the championship showdown against Milwaukee.
The 24-year-old guard, a two-time NBA All-Star, will be joined by Bucks’ rivals Jrue Holiday and Khris Middleton on the 12-man US roster that is set to play its first game in Tokyo on July 25.
If the NBA Finals reach the maximum seven games, they would finish on July 22, barely time to celebrate, catch a plane and reach Japan to meet coch Gregg Popovich and his American teammates before the opening Olympic tip off.
“I’ll be there,” Booker said. “But obviously not my main focus right no…
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