USA Basketball is set to bring a group of guys with nearly 200,000 NBA points, 84 All-Star Game selections, and 10 Olympic gold medals between them in the quest for a fifth straight gold medal in the Summer Games.
LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, and more received their Team USA jerseys a day after USA Basketball announced the final 12-man roster for the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics.
James, who is gunning for a third gold medal, received his gear together with LA Lakers teammate Anthony Davis. Both LBJ and A.D will be playing for the first time in the US national team since the 2012 London Summer Games.
Curry, a two-time FIBA World Cup champion (2010, 2014) will make his Olympic debut, making him the fifth player to represent the Warriors in the Summer Games.
A multi-time MVP, NBA champion, and perhaps the "greatest shooter of all-time", Chef Curry is gunning for the lone silverware missing in his basketball career.
A three-time Olympic gold medalist, Durant will once again don the Team USA jersey for the fourth time, this time with Phoenix Suns teammate Devin Booker joining him.
The squad will also feature Philadelphia 76ers’ big man and reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid, who has decided to make his Olympic debut competing for the USA instead of his native Cameroon or France.
One player who is also set to make his Team USA debut is two-time NBA champion and former Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers.
Another pair of teammates selected to join the team are Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday, who are part of the 2020 team that won the gold in Tokyo.
Minnesota Timberwolves’ Anthony Edwards and Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton were the only two players who made the final cut that came from the USMNT that competed in the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, finishing fourth.
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April 17, 2024
Bam Adebayo completes the 12-man roster, as the Miami Heat big man will be competing in his second Olympics.
Steve Kerr will be tasked to lead the squad for a fifth straight gold, with Miami Heat’s Erik Spoelstra, LA Clippers’ Tyronn Lue and Gonzaga men’s basketball head tactician Mark Few completing his staff.
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Team USA has competed in basketball at the Olympics 19 times, winning 19 medals — 16 gold, one silver and two bronze.
The Americans are in Group C, and are set to play against Serbia, the debuting South Sudan, and the winner of the Puerto Rico Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
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