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    Team USA's Stat Leaders At 2024 Olympics: 39-Year-Old LeBron James Is The Leader In Minutes

    By Gautam Varier,

    7 hours ago

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    Team USA have been utterly dominant thus far at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning all their games by double digits. We have seen almost everyone on that star-studded roster step up and deliver at various points and here's a look at who are the leaders in the major statistical categories after four games.

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    LeBron James leads the way in minutes and assists per game at 20.75 and 7.75 respectively The fact that the 39-year-old still sits at the top for minutes despite exiting the quarterfinal clash against Brazil in the third quarter due to injury is quite something.

    Devin Booker and Jayson Tatum aren't too far behind James, though, as they are tied for second with 20.0 minutes per game. Booker also ranks second to the Los Angeles Lakers star with 4.0 assists per game.

    When it comes to scoring, Anthony Edwards sits at the top with an average of 16.75 points per game. He has also been quite efficient, with a true shooting percentage of 73.98. Edwards' idol Kevin Durant remains the king of efficiency, though, with a true shooting percentage of 81.58, which is ridiculous.

    Edwards tops one other category as well as he is averaging 1.75 steals per game. Derrick White is his closest competitor for that title, with an average of 1.5 steals per game.

    Next, we get to rebounds and Anthony Davis is the one on top with an average of 7.25 rebounds per game. Jayson Tatum is surprisingly second with 6.0 rebounds per game and not many would have seen that coming, with Joel Embiid and Bam Adebayo being on the roster.

    Embiid does sit at the top in one category, though, as he is averaging 1.33 blocks per game. Interestingly, Davis and White are the only other players on the team who are even averaging a block a game.

    While I mentioned some of the surprises in there, the biggest one for me is Stephen Curry, and not in a positive way. Curry averaging just 7.25 points per game is acceptable with all the talent around him, but his true shooting percentage being the second-worst on the team at 48.72 is a shocker.

    The Golden State Warriors superstar is the greatest shooter we have ever seen, but his shot has deserted him at these Olympics. Curry is shooting a woeful 25.0% from beyond the arc on 5.0 attempts per game thus far. I expected the 36-year-old to put on a show in his first Olympic games, but that hasn't been the case. He will get two more chances, though, and I wouldn't bet against him exploding in one of those games.

    It speaks to the talent on this roster, that even with Curry not being anywhere near his usual self, they're destroying the competition. The average margin of victory is 24.75 points, which is very impressive considering they've faced a fair few NBA players along the way.

    All that's now standing between Team USA and a fifth-straight gold medal at the Olympics are Serbia and France/Germany. I don't see them losing to either of those three teams, so get ready to see a lot of debates by the end of this week on which is the better team, this group or the 1992 Dream Team.

    Related: Brazilian Head Coach Explains Difference Between 1992 Dream Team And 2024 Team USA

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