Pacers Wish New Assistant Coach Lloyd Pierce Good Luck In The Olympics With Team USA

Lloyd Pierce is on the Team USA Men's Basketball Olympic coaching staff, and on Saturday, the Indiana Pacers wished their new assistant coach good luck in the Olympic games.

The Tweet from the Pacers can be seen in a post that is embedded from the team's Twitter account.

Wishing good luck to Coach Lloyd Pierce and the rest of @usabasketball as they tip off in the #TokyoOlympics tomorrow. Bring home the 🥇! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

Watch on @NBCOlympics: https://t.co/x2Ukm8KljO pic.twitter.com/ILREoq31GK
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) July 24, 2021

Pierce was brought onto Rick Carlisle's new coaching staff, and more on that can be read here, and seen in a Tweet below from earlier in the month.

OFFICIAL: We have hired Lloyd Pierce, Ronald Nored, Mike Weinar and Jenny Boucek as assistant coaches for Head Coach Rick Carlisle’s staff.

More Info: https://t.co/CIpYbpN8nE pic.twitter.com/2k6XQKlTft
— Indiana Pacers (@Pacers) July 16, 2021

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