The following details describe the groups that were drawn for the 2024 Summer Olympics’ basketball competition on Tuesday in Switzerland. -Men’s Group A: Canada, Australia, Winners of the Spain Qualification (Angola, Bahamas, Finland, Lebanon, Poland, Spain) and the Greece Qualification (Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece, New Zealand, Slovenia) -Men’s Group B: Brazil, Cameroon, Georgia, Latvia, Montenegro, Philippines, France, Germany, and Japan; winner of the Latvia qualifier.
The winners of the Puerto Rico qualifying round were the United States, Serbia, South Sudan, and Bahrain, Italy, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. -Group A for women: Spain, Serbia, China, and Puerto Rico -Group B for women: Nigeria, Australia, Canada, and France -Group C for women: Japan, Belgium, Germany, and the United States.
When it comes to basketball, New York should be well-represented in the Olympics, particularly on the American side. Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart will play in group play against their colleague Nyara Sabally and her sister Satou from Germany, while Jalen Brunson may play against Bojan Bogdanovic if he is invited back to the men’s team. BRUNSON WINNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK ON MARCH 18 After a successful three games, Jalen Brunson, the point guard for the New York Knicks, has been recognized with an award as the Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Having won three of them this season while playing with the Knicks, this is Brunson’s fourth weekly honor overall.
Over the last three games, all Knicks triumphs, Brunson has averaged 35.7 points on over 54 percent shooting, earning him this most recent award. Brunson made franchise history at the beginning of a four-game Western Conference road trip. He became just the fourth Knick to score at least 40 points in a game consecutively, joining an elite group that also includes Carmelo Anthony, Patrick Ewing, and Bernard King.
