The Team USA men’s basketball program has announced 11 of its 12 roster spots for this year’s Paris Olympics, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Woj suggests that the final roster opening could remain open for a while. Sources inform Wojnarowski that Hall of Famer Grant Hill, Team USA’s managing director, is waiting for a July training camp and some Las Vegas exhibition games before finalizing that last spot.
10 of the 11 players were honored as All-Stars this season, while the 11th was a key two-way force on the 2021 gold medal-winning team, which is officially considered the 2020 Olympic team.
Here are those 11 players:
- Bam Adebayo, Heat center
- Devin Booker, Suns guard
- Stephen Curry, Warriors guard
- Anthony Davis, Lakers center
- Kevin Durant, Suns forward
- Anthony Edwards, Timberwolves guard
- Joel Embiid, Sixers center
- Tyrese Haliburton, Pacers guard
- Jrue Holiday, Celtics guard
- LeBron James, Lakers forward
- Jayson Tatum, Celtics forward
So far, three teams will yield multiple Olympians in the Lakers, Celtics, and Suns.
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, serving again as the leader of Team USA this summer, will have just one current familiar face in All-Star point guard Stephen Curry, who will be making his Olympics debut. Among the other players listed, four will others will be making their debuts with the program on this stage: reigning league MVP Joel Embiid and young All-Star guards Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton.
As Woj notes, 35-year-old Durant numbers among just two players to have won three gold medals in history, along with future Hall of Fame forward Carmelo Anthony. James is playing in his first Olympics since 2012. James and Anthony were also members of Team USA the last time it didn’t win gold at the tournament, in 2004.