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USA Basketball reveals its 2024 Summer Olympics squad
LeBron James and Stephen Curry are among the many headliners of USA Basketball’s program list for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
The men’s team was founded by Hall of Fame basketball great Grant Hill, Managing Director of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team, AND approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors. The men’s basketball games on the Olympic Games will start on July 26 and end on August 11, 2024.
Here’s the lineup that might be fighting for gold this summer: Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns), LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns), Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors), Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers), Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics), Kawhi Leonard (LA Clippers) and Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics).
Greatness unites.
The 2024 USA Men’s National Team is now available.
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“It is an honor to introduce the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team,” Hill said. “I’m grateful to those 12 men for his or her commitment to representing USA Basketball. The United States is home to a few of one of the best basketball players on the earth and I appreciate the tremendous interest in being a component of this squad. These decisions were hard, but it surely was a pleasure to undergo the method and achieve this result.
“We have great respect for the level of competition we will face this summer. The Olympic Games are the pinnacle of sports, and the world will watch as the United States takes on the toughest basketball tournament in history.”
The head coach is Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors). His assistants are Mark Few (Gonzaga University), Tyronn Lue (LA Clippers) and Erik Spoelstra (Miami Fever).
“My staff and I are honored to have the opportunity to coach this incredible group of athletes in our quest to win Olympic gold in Paris,” Kerr said. “We plan to represent USA Basketball at the highest level and hope to make our country proud.”
Team will try to revive the country to a fifth in a row – and seventeenthvol overall – Olympic gold medal in basketball.