Team USA basketball is as close to a guarantee to getting Olympic gold as you can get, regardless of who is coaching. And even if you hate the coach, you only gotta deal with him for like a month and you get a medal out of the deal. Why would the top stars care about any other tournament if they can just join on when it really matters? This year is just a weird exception for the reasons I listed. That’s why people are shocked that Durant joined on and Booker is still going to.