{"id":82261,"date":"2025-11-19T12:03:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lebron-and-curry-out-of-the-2028-olympics-the-end-of-an-era\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:03:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:03:58","slug":"lebron-and-curry-out-of-the-2028-olympics-the-end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nba\/lebron-and-curry-out-of-the-2028-olympics-the-end-of-an-era\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron and Curry Out of the 2028 Olympics: The End of an Era?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>LeBron James and Stephen Curry rule out participation in the 2028 Olympics<\/h2>\n\nIn a recent podcast conversation, NBA stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry made it clear that they do not plan to compete for the men&#8217;s national team in the 2028 Olympic Games, which will be held in Los Angeles.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;You already know my answer,&#8221; said James.<\/p><cite>LeBron James<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJames, who will be 43 years old during the 2028 Olympic Games, anticipates that he will be enjoying the event as a spectator. Curry, who will turn 40 at that time, also suggested that his participation is unlikely, although he did not completely rule out the possibility.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cGod willing, I will still have the option and the physical ability to impact the team,\u201d Curry said. \u201cNever say never, but I highly doubt it. I highly doubt it.\u201d<\/p><cite>Stephen Curry<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJames has competed in four Olympic Games, winning a bronze medal in 2004 and gold medals in 2008, 2012, and 2024. Curry made his Olympic debut at the 2024 games, delivering a memorable performance in the gold medal match.\n\nBoth players seem to be focused on other priorities, after having achieved great successes in their Olympic careers. The decision of both players marks a milestone in American basketball.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe can&#8217;t top what we just did,\u201d James said. \u201cHow are we going to top those last two games?\u201d<\/p><cite>LeBron James<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James and Stephen Curry rule out participation in the 2028 Olympics In a recent podcast conversation, NBA stars LeBron James and Stephen Curry made it clear that they do not plan to compete for the men&#8217;s national team in the 2028 Olympic Games, which will be held in Los Angeles. &#8220;You already know my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[1295,121,631,116],"class_list":{"0":"post-82261","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-1295","9":"tag-lebron-james","10":"tag-olympics","11":"tag-stephen-curry"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}