Per Field Level Media at ESPN.com:
Former college basketball standout and seven-year NBA veteran Chase Budinger will head to Paris next month to compete for the United States’ beach volleyball team in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Budinger and partner Miles Evans qualified Wednesday for the U.S. men’s team. They are tied for 13th in the most recent world rankings and are the No. 2 U.S. team behind Miles Partain and Andy Benesh, ranked No. 5.
Budinger’s NBA career stats were 7.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 11.8 minutes per game.