A closer look at the Olympics, Team USA, and the Celtics with Noa Dalzell

With the 2024 NBA draft and Las Vegas Summer League firmly behind us, fans of the Boston Celtics and the sport of basketball more generally have been laser-focused on the 2024 Paris Olympics and Boston's players on Team USA. And with that focus has come some concerning narratives, some of which have substance to them -- and others less so.

To get into the teeth of the narratives about Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday, and Derrick White on Team USA (and how some of those narratives point to deeper, long-term concerns about the future of the US National Team), how much it matters, and what could be different, the hosts of the CLNS Media "Celtics Lab" podcast linked up with SB Nation's Noa Dalzell.

We touch on all things Olympics from 3 x 3 basketball, the impact of the WNBA's popularity on women's coverage, and Steve Kerr's coaching to weird Celtics narratives, and get caught up on the news to boot.

Tune in to scratch your summer doldrums Celtics itch, and stay for the details on Noa's new pod on the CLNS Media network, "You Got Boston."

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If you enjoy this pod, check out the "How Bout Them Celtics," "First to the Floor," "Celtics Lab," and the many other New England sports podcasts available on the CLNS Media network.

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