When Kevin Durant was asked to pick his favorite memory of these Games, the answer came without hesitation. ”Seeing Simone,” he said with a smile. Much like LeBron or KD or Steph, legendary American gymnast Simone Biles is one of the few athletes here whose Q rating is so astronomical that no last name is needed. So on Aug. 1, one night after the men’s basketball team beat South Sudan in pool play and two nights before the Americans would rout Puerto Rico, a group that included Durant, Curry, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday and Tyrese Haliburton went to watch Biles in action. -via New York Times / August 8, 2024