(WCMH) — The superstar roster for the USA Olympic men’s basketball team going to Paris this summer is finalized.
Multiple reports on Monday and Tuesday said that the 12 American players for the 2024 Olympics in France are locked in. USA Basketball confirmed the roster on Wednesday with exactly 100 days to go until the opening ceremony.
Each of the players on the roster is an NBA all-star with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry headlining the group.
USA Olympic basketball roster
- LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
- Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
- Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
- Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
- Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
- Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
- Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
- Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
- Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
- Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
- Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics)
- Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)
This dream collection of players has combined to earn eight NBA MVPs, 14 NBA titles, and 84 NBA All-Star selections.
While James, Durant, and Davis were among the players on the famed 2012 roster, superstars like Curry, Embiid, and Tatum are set to compete in their first Olympics. Team USA is trying to win its fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal, an accomplishment the Americans achieved when they won the first seven basketball golds from 1936 to 1968.
The first game for the USA will be on July 28 at 11:15 a.m. against Serbia, who could feature two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. The other teams in the Americans group are South Sudan and the winner of a July Olympic qualifier in Puerto Rico. The teams competing in that qualifier include Mexico, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, Italy, Puerto Rico, and Bahrain.
The gold medal game will be played on Aug. 10. You can watch the Olympic basketball tournaments and full coverage of the games on NBC4 and NBC Universal channels.
