Opening ceremonies for the Toyko Olympics took place this afternoon launching the globe’s biggest sporting event. Every four years the Summer Olympics occur and over the years several OKC Thunder players have been among those who participated and brought home the Gold.
This summer only one current member of the team roster will be involved — Gabriel Deck. The Thunder forward who appeared in 10 games for the club last season will represent his native Argentina.
Five former OKC Thunder players will also be participating. Kevin Durant will lead Team USA and is joined by Jerami Grant. The duo never played together in OKC as Durant left the year Grant joined the Thunder.
The other three former OKC Thunder stars in action are Danilo Gallinari, Alex Abrines, and Timothe Luwawu Kongbo (Cabarrot) playing for Italy, Spain, and France respectively.
Keep track of current and former OKC Thunder stars playing in Toyko Olympics
To help you keep track of Deck and Team USA Intentions are providing the schedule for the qualifying portion of the Men’s basketball tournament in Tokyo.
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Team USA is in Group A and begins their play on Sunday, July 25th facing Team France at 9:00 p.m. EST, however, you can watch the game live (8:00 a.m) via live stream on Peacock. Each team plays the three clubs in their group bracket with the top clubs moving onto the quarter-finals.
Durant will lead his squad in games versus Iran on Wednesday (July 28) at 4:00 p.m (12:40 a.m live stream) and finish the group phase on Saturday (July 31) at 8:00 p.m. against the Czech Republic (8:00 a.m live stream).
The quarter-finals run on August 3rd and fourth, followed by the semi-finals on August 5th and 6th, and the event finishes with the two medal games on August 7th.
OKC Thunder enthusiasts can follow Gabriel Deck’s Olympic journey via the Group C matches. Argentina plays Slovenia on Monday, July 26th at 1:40, Spain on Thursday, July 29th at 9:00 p.m., and Japan on Sunday, August 1 at 1:40 p.m.
Most of the games will be featured on the primary broadcaster which is NBC via tape delay but other stations such as USA, NBCSN, and CNBC will also air events.
The complete schedule offers details for all 12 participating teams.
*All times are listed in Eastern Standard Time