The U.S. Olympic men's basketball roster has been confirmed with 11 players!
On April 16, Beijing time, according to a report by Woj, the U.S. men's basketball team is about to release the list of players participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics, and 11 players have been finalized, they are: Curry, James, Durant, Tatum, Embiid, Booker, Haliburton, Edwards, Holiday, Adebayo and thick eyebrows, and the team may temporarily vacate a spot. As for who will catch the last train, Shams reports that the small card is in the lead, with George, Banchero, Mikal Bridges and Brunson also under consideration.
Woj later said that this is Curry's first Olympic appearance, Durant is one of only two players in history to win three Olympic men's basketball gold medals (the other being Anthony), and James will be competing in his fourth Olympic Games, after winning bronze at the 2004 Olympics and gold medals in 2008 and 2012. The U.S. men's basketball team has won gold in four consecutive Olympic Games.
The U.S. men's basketball team unveiled a 41-player roster in January, among which the final selection was expected to be selected. In February, Shams revealed that James, Durant, Curry, Embiid, Tatum, Booker and Holiday were the seven men who had been locked. Now Bushy Eyebrows, Edwards, Haliburton and Adebayo have been added.
Of course, the prerequisite for participation is to be healthy, but what kind of lineup will the U.S. men's basketball team send to the Olympics, and whether they will be able to win the Olympic men's basketball gold medal again? Let's wait and see.
Previously, the Olympic men's basketball competition was drawn in groups, and the U.S. men's basketball team was placed in Group C, which included the winners of Serbia, South Sudan and Puerto Rico. They will play Jokic ahead of schedule, with South Sudan as the 2025 No. 1 pick, while the U.S. men's basketball team will face another opponent in six teams (Italy, Bahrain, Ivory Coast, Lithuania, Mexico, Puerto Rico).
The U.S. men's basketball team has already finalized three warm-up games. They will play a warm-up game against the Canadian men's basketball team in Las Vegas on July 11 (Beijing time), South Sudan on July 21, and Germany in London on July 23.