LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid have been named among the 41 players on the US basketball roster for the 2024 Olympics. The group of stars will be whittled down to a 12-man team for this summer’s Olympics in Paris, where the US they will be chasing a fifth consecutive gold medal.
The provisional player pool contains, among others, 28 players who have already represented the United States at the Olympics or World Cup. 39-year-old LeBron James will chase a third gold medal in what will be his first Olympic appearance since the 2012 London Games. Philadelphia 76ers star Embiid will play for the United States for the first time after pledging allegiance to the team to “Stars and Stripes” last October. The champion, born in Cameroon, was eligible in his country of birth, for France and for the United States, but opted for the USA.
The team will be coached by Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, with Gonzaga University’s Mark Few, Los Angeles Clippers’ Tyronn Lue and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra as assistants.
Ahead of the Games, the United States will play Canada in Las Vegas on July 10, before exhibitions against South Sudan on July 20 and Germany on July 22 in London.
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2024-01-23 23:01:11
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