USA Basketball is aggressively pursuing Boston Celtics All-Star guard Jrue Holiday to return to Team USA for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, sources told ESPN.
Holiday, 33, has yet to decide, but USA officials — with managing director Grant Hill leading the way — are hopeful Holiday will commit to being one of the 12 members on next year's Team USA Olympic team, sources said.
USA Basketball officials use the word «beloved» to describe how strongly they feel about Holiday, whom they considered the second-most-impactful player, after Kevin Durant, on the 2021 gold-medal-winning team.
Team USA struggled defensively in the FIBA world championships this summer in the Philippines and Holiday's on-ball defense, playmaking and leadership are among the factors fueling USA Basketball's recruitment.