Fredette, Barry, Maddox, Travis make USA Basketball 3x3 Olympic squad

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JIMMER Fredette, Kareem Maddox, Canyon Barry and Dylan Travis piled up enough wins together last year to get USA Basketball qualified in men's 3x3 for the Paris Olympics. They're staying together to chase gold in France.

Former NBA lottery pick Jimmer Fredette, who recently played in the Chinese league, is set to play in the Paris Olympics.

To them, it seemed right: The four players who did the bulk of the work — 3×3 rosters have only four players — should have gotten the opportunity to see what they can do on the sport’s biggest stage. USA Basketball evidently agreed. The foursome announced Tuesday currently hold the world’s No. 2 ranking behind Serbia — which rallied late to beat the Americans in the final at the World Cup.

 

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