Let the world be warned: ‘The
Avengers’ are coming.
USA Basketball has officially
unveiled its roster featuring several NBA superstars and this
generation’s best basketball players in preparation for the 2024
Paris Olympics.
The 12 players to be part of the
exclusive list include:
- LeBron James
- Stephen Curry
- Kevin Durant
- Kawhi Leonard
- Joel Embiid
- Jayson Tatum
- Devin Booker
- Jrue Holiday
- Anthony Davis
- BAM adebayo
- Anthony Edwards
- Tyrese Haliburton
The Stars Align in the City of Light.
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#USABMNT pic.twitter.com/RV1tIGoxXa— USA Basketball (@usabasketball)
April 17, 2024
Barring any unforeseen
circumstances or injuries, these 12 men will be flying to Paris in
July. Team USA officials headed by managing director Grant Hill
have reportedly notified those players who have been selected (and
those who have not) from the
original 41-man pool
revealed earlier this year. Those
selected have been visited by USAB officials to be presented with
‘special Team USA Olympic jerseys.’
Team USA is set to defend again
its Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball after winning it for the
past 4 iterations of the quadrennial event.
Leading the team are James,
Curry, and Durant, who are arguably the game’s biggest stars over
the past decade or so.
James will play in his 4th
Olympics after winning bronze in Athens 2004 and gold in Beijing
2008 and London 2012. Curry, a winner of two FIBA World Cup medals
in the past, will be playing in his 1st Olympics. Durant, the
Americans’ all-time leading scorer, is looking for his 4th Olympic
gold medal (won in 2012, 2016, and 2020) to break a tie with
Carmelo Anthony (won in 2008, 2012, and 2016) for the most
ever.
Supplementing its three-headed
monster are Tatum, Booker, and Holiday – members of the gold
medal-winning squad in Tokyo 2021. Reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid and
two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, who have never played in any
international competition in their careers, will each be making
their debuts in Paris.
Previous Olympic gold medal
winners Davis and Adebayo add additional size to the roster while
Edwards and Haliburton, who emerged as USA’s best players in the
World Cup last year, round out the team.
Coaching this vaunted USA roster
is Curry’s NBA coach Steve Kerr, who also coached Team USA in the
World Cup.
