Former IU basketball one-and-done star Eric Gordon will not get a chance to represent his mother’s native country in the 2024 Olympic Games. The Bahamas lost to Spain 86-78 on Sunday evening with a trip to Paris on the line.
The last four spots in the 12-team Olympic men’s basketball field for the Paris Games are being decided in winner-take-all qualifying tournaments going on right now in Spain, Latvia, Puerto Rico and Greece.
After he suffered a wrist injury in January of his lone season in Bloomington, Indiana never got the best of Eric Gordon’s sustained prowess as a long range shooter.