Ex-NBA player, Arizona star Chase Budinger qualifies for Olympics in beach volleyball

Chase Budinger is the first NBA player to ever play in a regular-season NBA game and qualify for the Olympics in beach volleyball.

Chase Budinger's quest from ex-NBA player to Olympic beach volleyball player is complete. The former NBA veteran and his beach volleyball partner, Miles Evans, secured the final spot on the United States' beach volleyball roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics on Wednesday.

'Most guys, when they finish a sport, they're kind of confused, or they're kind of lost for the next journey or whatever life takes them next,' Budinger said in a separate interview with the 'Sandcast' volleyball podcast in 2018. 'I was lucky enough to just transition into a different sport immediately and play at the highest level.

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