Dillon Brooks has message for Team USA ahead of Olympics: ‘Canada will be ready to play’
New York TimesLAS VEGAS — Dillon Brooks, never one to shy away from a superstar challenge or a sound bite, has a message for LeBron James, Stephen Curry and the rest of the Americans heading into Wednesday’s Olympics exhibition game between Team USA and Canada. “I take it as another game, but me being who I am, I like to make a statement,” Brooks, the Houston Rockets guard whose Canadian team won the program’s first-ever medal last September against the Americans in the FIBA World Cup, told reporters late Monday night. Team Canada will be ready to play, and we’re gonna go balls to the wall and watch the film after and see if we got better.” As if this budding international rivalry wasn’t interesting enough already, Brooks’ involvement takes it to another level because of his long and sordid history with the two biggest stars on the American squad. And we’re just going to play our game and make adjustments during the game.” While Team USA is certainly the Olympic favorite, the Canadians are hardly lacking for elite talent.
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