Per Basketballnew<\/a>s, LeBron James has made it known to top officials at USA Basketball that he wants to play in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, but the uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 NBA season has made planning next to impossible. \u201cI was told he wants to plan on being able to play, but no one can totally commit under these circumstances,\u201d USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo told BasketballNews.com on Thursday.<\/p>\nNonetheless, Colangelo is doing his best to prepare Team USA for as many possible scenarios as he can envision. \u201cI\u2019ve been on the phone with (NBA deputy commissioner) Mark Tatum about this, and he said all sorts of possibilities are on the table, but things change every day,\u201d Colangelo said. \u201cI wish I could plan. I just can\u2019t. \u201cI was told the NBA season would start in December, and then it was Christmas, and then after Jan. 1, and that keeps pushing the schedule for me. The NBA season typically takes 170 or 171 days to complete, so that creates a conflict on paper,\u201d said Colangelo, adding that a suspension of the NBA season in order to clear time for the Olympics also has been discussed.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the season conflicts with the Olympics, I might have 14 non-playoff teams to choose from, but then other players will become available as the NBA playoffs progress,\u201d Colangelo said. \u201cThe problem is that the ICO has a rule mandating an early submission of a 12-man roster. But with a pandemic, the hope would be that you\u2019ve got to set aside outdated rules. I assume people will be reasonable and come up with some kind of a program that works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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