We’re here to represent the United States, we’re here to play the games, we’re here to do all of that. “Well, I’m excited about it,” Kerr said the day before the team took the court for the first time. “And yet to our own country, they don’t – it’s like they don’t respect it. Kerr had traded punches with the White House before, but as part of a group in 2015 while considering the traditional champion’s visit. Retired Commissioner David Stern, the driving force in turning the league into an international conglomerate, died on New Year’s Day.

Source: The Guardian June 07, 2021 09:00 UTC