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USA Basketball doctor shares what it's like to treat athletes at the Olympics

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Dr. Thomas Kremen is one of the physicians at the 2024 Paris Olympics supporting the USA Basketball men's team.

The job involves caring for a roster of the world's most famous basketball players, including Stephen Curry , LeBron James and Anthony Edwards .

He is an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist at University of California , Los Angeles Health .

Emily Cooke: It's great to be able to empower athletes to demonstrate their amazing, amazing skill.

She says she's looking forward to seeing all these different people from extremely different backgrounds.

Cooke: "It's kind of an amazing equalizer. When you get onto the basketball court, none of that matters".

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