Today, USA Basketball unveiled a pool of 41 athletes vying for the men’s national team in 2024. The athletes were chosen by Grant Hill, managing director of the USA Basketball Men’s National Team. Their roster is subject to change. A subsequent date will mark the announcement of the twelve-person 2024 USA Men’s National Team, which will represent the United States at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris.
The finalists of the 2024 USA Men’s National Team, comprised of 28 players who have collectively won 23 Olympic or World Cup gold medals and have represented the United States in the Olympics and/or FIBA Men’s World Cup, are as follows (in alphabetical order by last name):
Bam AdebayoJarrett AllenPaolo BancheroDesmond BaneScottie BarnesDevin BookerMikal BridgesJaylen BrownJalen BrunsonJimmy ButlerAlex CarusoStephen CurryAnthony DavisKevin DurantAnthony EdwardsJoel EmbiidDe’Aaron FoxPaul GeorgeAaron GordonTyrese HaliburtonJames HardenJosh HartTyler HerroJrue HolidayChet HolmgrenBrandon IngramKyrie IrvingJaren Jackson Jr.LeBron JamesCam JohnsonWalker KesslerKawhi LeonardDamian LillardDonovan MitchellChris PaulBobby PortisAustin ReavesDuncan RobinsonJayson TatumDerrick WhiteTrae Young
Hill stated, “I am ecstatic that a number of the sport’s greatest stars have expressed interest in representing the United States at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games. The country is filled with extraordinary basketball talent.” “The process of selecting the crew that will assist us in reclaiming the Olympic podium is an honorable one. We are looking forward to the commencement of national team activity in the coming months, during which this difficult process will manifest.
Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors) will serve as the head coach of the 2024 USA Men’s National Team. Mark Few (Gonzaga University), Tyronn Lue (L.A. Clippers), and Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat) will provide assistance to Kerr. The quartet supervised the 2023 USA Basketball Men’s National Team as they finished in fourth place at the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Manila last summer. Kerr is a gold medalist at the 2020 Summer Olympics after serving as Gregg Popovich’s assistant coach in Tokyo.
Additionally, USA Basketball declared that as part of the USA Basketball Showcase, the 2024 USA Men’s National Team will host Canada at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The exhibition competition will air live on FS1 on July 10 at 7:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET.
The USA Basketball National Teams utilize the USA Basketball Showcase, an assortment of contests, to prepare for significant competitions such as the FIBA World Cup and the Olympic Summer Games.
After their time in Las Vegas concludes, the United States will commence an international training window that will culminate in exhibition matches at the O2 Arena in London against the national teams of South Sudan on July 20 and Germany on July 22.
Jim Tooley, CEO of USA Basketball, stated, “USA Basketball is thrilled to return to Las Vegas as our men’s national team program prepares to embark on its journey to the 2024 Olympic Games there in July.” “Before departing for overseas, the game against Canada at T-Mobile Arena is a vital opportunity in our preparations and a fantastic chance for our supporters to show their support for the United States national team.”
The United States will conduct training camp in Las Vegas, its longstanding training facility, prior to the Canada match. Further details will be disclosed at a subsequent time.
At the 2023 FIBA World Cup in September, the United States formally qualified as one of the top two countries from the FIBA Americas zone for the 2024 Olympics. The American men will vie for their seventeenth Olympic gold medal in total and fifth consecutively.
Four teams will represent the United States of America in basketball at the 2024 Olympic Summer Games, including three-by-three men and women and five-on-five men and women. Reigning Olympic champions in 5×5 men and women, as well as 3×3 women, the United States is preparing to debut 3×3 men at the Olympics next summer. At a later time, additional details regarding each of the four USA Basketball teams will be disclosed.
