{"id":89863,"date":"2024-08-10T18:45:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=89863"},"modified":"2024-08-10T18:45:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T22:45:13","slug":"paris-olympics-team-usa-lebron-james-named-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/10\/paris-olympics-team-usa-lebron-james-named-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris Olympics: Team USA All-Time Great Named MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Team USA <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/08\/10\/twice-as-nice-as-old-timer-propel-usa-to-5th-straight-gold-star-center-joins-lebron-james-and-luka-doncic-in-olympics-lore\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">captured gold in<\/a> the Paris Olympics, FIBA honored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jamesle01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LeBron James<\/a> as the tournament MVP. The 39-year-old ended the 2024 Summer Olympic Games averaging 14.2 points, 8.5 assists, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u2b50\ufe0f THE MVP OF <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Paris2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Paris2024<\/a> Men&#8217;s <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Basketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Basketball<\/a> \u2b50\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James, United States of America \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83d\udc51 <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7S6UWxvNPq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/7S6UWxvNPq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FIBA (@FIBA) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIBA\/status\/1822391504691675210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He ended Saturday\u2019s contest with 14 points, 10 assists, six rebounds, two steals, and one block in 32 minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LeBron James today:<\/p>\n<p>14 PTS<br \/>\n6 REB<br \/>\n10 AST<br \/>\n6-10 FG<\/p>\n<p>His third Olympic Gold medal. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/055IkOzQLO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/055IkOzQLO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1822381618738102451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Team USA All-Time Great LeBron James Named Olympics MVP<\/h2>\n<p>James\u2019s performance against France was spectacular in and of itself. However, it\u2019s even more amazing when noting that James recorded a triple-double against Serbia in Team USA\u2019s previous game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LeCaptain America today:<\/p>\n<p>16 PTS<br \/>\n12 REB<br \/>\n10 AST<br \/>\n6-9 FG<\/p>\n<p>The first player in Olympic history with multiple triple-doubles. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KGEyhcgrUx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/KGEyhcgrUx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1821649641282142548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His triple-double was just the third in Olympic history before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jokicni01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> followed up with a triple-double of his own to lead Serbia to bronze. Now, he and Jokic share history as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/statmuse\/status\/1822221250640347566\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the first two players<\/a> to notch a triple-double in the same Olympic tournament.<\/p>\n<p>James is the only player in Olympics history with two career triple-doubles in the Games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jokic today:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 19 PTS<br \/>\n\u2014 12 REB<br \/>\n\u2014 11 AST<br \/>\n\u2014 Bronze medal<\/p>\n<p>Leading the Olympics in points, rebounds, assists and steals. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9N3X2jmuTd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9N3X2jmuTd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 StatMuse (@statmuse) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1822223146738409859?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Despite being a three-time Olympic gold medalist, this is the first time that James has been named MVP.<\/p>\n<p>This may be surprising given his stellar performance in the 2012 London Olympics. However, FIBA had suspended the award in 2008, 2012, and 2016. In 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a> was named the Tournament MVP of the Tokyo Olympics, which James didn\u2019t take part in. With everything but a Defensive Player of the Year Award to his name, his status as arguably the greatest player of all-time has been fortified.<\/p>\n<h3>A Familiar Tale<\/h3>\n<p>After putting Team USA on his back in the exhibition games, James got some help as the tournament wore on. In many ways, their play resembled that of the teams that he\u2019s played for in the NBA. With James as their North Star, he\u2019s been tasked with guiding them to a championship for two-plus decades. While his star teammates often came through to deliver, he was the most consistent player on the roster.<\/p>\n<p>On Team USA during the Paris Olympics, and approaching his 22nd NBA season, it was no different.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Team USA captured gold in the Paris Olympics, FIBA honored LeBron James as the tournament MVP. The 39-year-old ended the 2024 Summer Olympic Games averaging 14.2 points, 8.5 assists, 6.8 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game. \u2b50\ufe0f THE MVP OF #Paris2024 Men&#8217;s #Basketball \u2b50\ufe0f LeBron James, United States of America \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 \ud83d\udc51 pic.twitter.com\/7S6UWxvNPq \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":89871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[60,1608,26,62,3],"tags":[38,72,1052,2081],"class_list":["post-89863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-olympics","category-basketball","category-lakers","category-nba","category-news","tag-lebron-james","tag-nikola-jokic","tag-olympics","tag-team-usa"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89863\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}