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The Olympic MVP has only been awarded three times. In addition to James, there are these two great players. Who performed better?

2024-08-16

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As expected, the US men's basketball team won the Olympic championship again. The three veterans, James, Curry and Durant, are still the mainstay and have repeatedly saved the team from danger. Among them, the best performance was the oldest player, James. At the age of 39, he played a very versatile performance.

In this Olympics, James averaged 14.2 points, 6.8 rebounds, 8.5 assists, and 1.3 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 66%, and was named the MVP of the Games. Although the Olympics have a history of more than 100 years, the award is voted on by FIBA ​​officials, coaches, and possible media representatives, and is only given out in certain years. So far, it has only been given out three times. In addition to James, who else won the award, and what kind of performance did they play?

Manu Ginobili

The Argentine men's basketball team with Ginobili has defeated the US men's basketball team twice. The first time was in the 2002 Men's Basketball World Cup. Ginobili scored 15 points efficiently and led the Argentine men's basketball team to beat the US men's basketball team 87-80, ending the US Dream Team's 58-game winning streak in international competitions since the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

The second time was the 2004 Athens Olympics, where Ginobili became a legend. He scored a game-high 29 points in the semifinals, leading the Argentine men's basketball team to an 89-81 victory over the U.S. men's basketball team, and then easily defeated the Italian men's basketball team in the final to win the championship.