NBA Star Chris Paul Declines Invite By Team USA For Tokyo Olympics

NBA Star Chris Paul Declines Invite By Team USA For Tokyo Olympics

Star American basketball player Chris Paul is not going to participate in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics 2021

This 36-year-old ace basketball player has played in both previous seasons of the Summer Olympic Games.

Chris Paul Refuses To Join Team USA For Tokyo Olympics 2021

Chris Paul has performed exceptionally well in both 2008 as well as 2012 seasons of the games as he became a recipient of a gold medal. in both these respective years. Unfortunately this year his fans won’t be able to see him ruling the basketball court.

Chris Paul Phoenix Suns 

Chris Paul is the star performer of Phoenix Sun’s. Since the 2010 season of the games, the Suns managed to reach the playoffs for the first time. During the western conference finals, the suns were leading the Los Angeles Clippers with a lead of 1-0.

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Chris Paul COVID

Assumptions are there that Chris Paul is out this time because of the safety and health protocols issued by the games. He missed the Game 1 win because of the COVID 19 protocols. This was not at all expected to impact his gameplay for the States.

Chris Paul Statistics

In this season of NBA, Chris Paul was titled as the NBA All-Star for the 11th time in a row. Paul averaged 8.9 assists, 16.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 1.5 three-pointers, and 1.4 steals in about 70 games. With the mesmerizing display of the game by Paul, this time the Suns finished as the second-best team in the entire history of the National Basketball Association.

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This time the United States basketball team is all set to mark their fourth consecutive victory by winning gold. If the United States manages to win this medal then they will make the second-longest gold streak in basketball history.

Phoenix Suns NBA Western Conference Finals

Phoenix is ready to rule this season with talented young basketball players. Their squad includes players such as Deandre Ayton, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges. However, still Phoenix is going to miss Paul as he has been the best point guard ever for them.

Definitely unavailability of Paul has blown away the roaster but still many talented players are there on the roaster to rock this season. American Olympic team will be the center of attraction this time as they have a number of star players.

Also Read: Top Athletes From The Contingent Who Can Win A Gold Medal For India In The Tokyo Olympics 2021

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