What Is an NBA Superstar’s Olympic Responsibility?

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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This week, Seerat is joined by The Athletic’s Jovan Buha to discuss his feature on reigning MVP Nikola Jokic’s reception in his home country of Serbia after choosing not to play in the Olympics. Seerat and Jovan discuss NBA players’ evolving commitments to their home countries, the differences in expectations for international players vs. United States-born players, and the increased demands of the NBA schedule. Hosts: Seerat Sohi Producer: Bobby Wagner Production Assistant: Isaiah Blakely Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.9	Subsubsub, welcome to the answers here.
0:25.2	So he here, no Chris Ryan this week,
0:27.4	but we have with us a very exciting guest.
0:31.0	My friend and former Clipper Blog colleague,
0:34.8	a partial Clipper Blog reunion happening over here,
0:37.8	on current NBA writer for the Athletic,
0:41.4	Yo-Ban Buha, how are you?
0:43.6	I'm doing well.
0:45.0	I'm just got back from the road.
0:47.4	My voice is horse, so I'm back to my baseline level
0:50.8	of NBA health during the season.
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0:55.2	I'm happy to be traveling again.
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