The team was selected by USA Basketball Men’s National Team General Manager Grant Hill and approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors.
The team consists of 12 players with extensive American basketball experience, including the three-time Olympic champion Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns) and the NBA’s all-time scoring leader LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers), who have two Olympic gold medals each.
In addition to Durant and James, the 2024 United States national team includes 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).
The team has a total of 11 Olympic appearances and has 10 Olympic gold medals as well as three World Cup trophies. In total, that’s 12 NBA All-Stars, four NBA MVPs and six NBA champions.
“It is an honor to introduce the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s National Team,” said Grant Hill. “I am grateful to these 12 men for their commitment to representing USA Basketball. The United States is home to some of the best basketball players in the world and I appreciate the strong interest in establishing this list. These decisions have not was taken easily, but it was a pleasure to go through the process and arrive at this result. We have the greatest respect for the level of competition we will face this summer. The Olympic Games represent the pinnacle of sport and the world. will have our eyes on the United States as we compete in the toughest basketball tournament in history.”
Kevin Durant, who is also a 2010 World Cup gold medalist, is the United States’ all-time Olympic statistical leader in total points (435), scoring average (19.8 points per game), baskets (146), 3-point baskets (74) and free throws (69). He ranks third in rebounds (118) and blocks (16) and fourth in games played (24) and assists (71).
LeBron James, who scored 273 points (3rd all-time among Americans) in the Olympics, will compete in his fourth Games and first since 2012. He won gold in 2008 and 2012 and made his Olympic debut in 2004 (bronze). James also has a gold medal at the 2007 Tournament of the Americas.
Adebayo (2020), Booker (2020), Davis (2012), Holiday (2020) and Tatum (2020) have won Olympic gold medals and are part of a group that has earned a 34-4 record in competition Olympic since James’ debut in 2004.
Curry is a two-time World Cup champion (2010, 2014) and will make his Olympic debut this summer. He is one of six players to have participated in the World Cup, along with Davis (2014), Durant (2010), Edwards (2023), Haliburton (2023), James (2006) and Tatum (2019). Of the seven World Cup participants, three (Curry; Davis, 2014; Durant, 2010) also won gold and two (Edwards, 2023; Durant, 2010) earned All-Star Five honors. Edwards and Haliburton competed in the 2023 Men’s World Cup in Manila, helping secure the United States’ Olympic bid.
Embiid and Leonard will make their U.S. national team debuts when the United States hosts Canada on July 10 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to open the USA Basketball Showcase.
2024 U.S. Men’s National Team to be coached Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors), assisted by Mark Few (Gonzaga University), Tyronn Lue (LA Clippers) and Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat). Last summer, the quartet coached the 2023 national team to fourth place at the 2023 Men’s World Cup in Manila.
“My staff and I are honored to coach this incredible group of players in our quest for Olympic gold in Paris,” Kerr said. “We plan to represent USA Basketball in the highest class and we hope to make our country proud.”
USA Basketball will begin its training camp on July 6 in Las Vegas. Following the match against Canada, the Americans will embark on an international training window that begins when the United States hosts Australia and Serbia on July 15-17, at the Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi. Australia and Serbia will also face off on July 18 in Abu Dhabi.
The USA Basketball Showcase will continue at the O2 Arena in London when the Americans take on the national teams of South Sudan on July 20 and Germany on July 22, followed by a match between the Americans and the Germans on July 23 .
The Americans will compete in France for their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal and 17th overall. In Group C, the Americans will face Serbia on July 28, South Sudan on July 31 and the winner of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) Puerto Rico on August 3 in the first round of the Olympic tournament. The group stage will take place in Lille/Villeneuve d’Ascq before the tournament moves to Paris for the round of 16 and medals.
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