FILE - Former Houston Rockets' Chase Budinger, left, drives around Minnesota Timberwolves' Anthony Tolliver during the second half of an NBA basketball game on Wednesday, April 13, 2011 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)
FILE - The Olympic rings are seen on the Eiffel Tower Friday, June 7, 2024, in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)
FILE - Minnesota Timberwolves forward Chase Budinger (10) shoots over Memphis Grizzlies guard Courtney Lee during the second half of an NBA basketball game Oct. 29, 2014, in Memphis, Tenn. Former NBA player Budinger is going to the Olympics — for beach volleyball. The 6-foot-7 Californian, who helped Arizona reach the Sweet 16 in 2009 before playing seven seasons with the Rockets, Timberwolves, Pacers and Suns, earned a berth with Miles Evans as the No. 2 U.S. men’s pair at the FIVB tournament Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in Ostrava, Czechia. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)
FILE - Norway's Christian Sorum, left, and his teammate Anders Mol celebrate with the trophy after winning the beach volley final match against Brazil's Renato-Vitor Felipe at the beach volley World Championships in Rome, Sunday, June 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)
FILE - Kelly Claes, of the United States, competes during a women's beach volleyball match against Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)