After almost the entire roster of the men's basketball team leaked, USA Basketball has officially announced the 12 players who will be going to Paris 2024 In search of a new gold medal in the Olympic Games.
the new Dream Team It will be composed of a constellation of stars at its head LeBron James, the leading scorer in NBA history. The Los Angeles Lakers forward will be the centerpiece of the team he will have as well Stephen Curry And Kevin Durant, two of the best players of the last decade. He will join the Golden State Warriors forward and the Phoenix Suns player, the newest player in the best basketball league in the world, Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers).
I will accompany them Anthony Davis (Lakers), Devin Booker (the sun), Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves), Jayson Tatum And Puppy vacation (Boston Celtics), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat), Therese Halliburton (Indiana Pacers) and Kawhi Leonardthe Los Angeles Clippers guard, who was the last to be announced in the official presentation.
We must remember that Steve Kerr, a multiple champion as a coach with the Warriors who knew how to win three rings as a player alongside the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan with a key role as an expert shooter, will be the coach who will lead this elite team. “The coaching staff and I are honored to coach this amazing group of players in our quest for an Olympic gold medal in Paris,” he said.
“We plan to represent USA Basketball at the highest level and hopefully make our country proud,” added Kerr, who will have a team that has competed in 11 Olympic Games and won 10 Olympic gold medals. the total, The United States will take four MVPs, six champions and 12 NBA All-Stars to Paris 2024.
“I am grateful to these 12 men for their commitment to representing USA Basketball. The USA is home to some of the best basketball players in the world and I appreciate the great interest in being a part of this roster. These decisions were not easy, but it was a pleasure to make them,” he said. “I go through this process and we get to this result.” Grant HillThe team's sports director.
“We have the utmost respect for the level of competition we will face this summer. The Olympics represent the pinnacle of the sport, and the world will watch as the United States plays in the toughest basketball tournament in history,” added the former player who starred for teams such as the Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.
The United States will become the competitor to beat in the Olympic competition, in which it is the biggest winner in history and This comes after winning the last four gold medals (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020).. On the list, Durant is the only player to have won three gold medals (he shares the record with Carmelo Anthony), while Curry has never had Olympic experience. Meanwhile, LeBron has three medals: a bronze in Athens 2004 and two golds: Beijing 2008 and London 2012.
Since the famous dream team in 1992, with Michael Jordan At the helm, the USA Basketball team has won gold at every Olympic Games, including the 2008 Games with Team Redeem, with the exception of the 2004 Athens Games, when the historic Argentine team led by Ruben Magnano won.
The United States will be one of America's representatives in Paris 2024, alongside Canada, which finished third in the last World Cup. The remaining seeds for the Olympic event (four places remaining in the repeat) at the present time are: France (organizing country), Germany (world champion), Serbia (runner-up), Australia (best in Oceania), and South Sudan. (Best in Africa) and Japan (Best in Asia).
Team North America has already confirmed a series of warm-up matches for the Olympic event that will help Kerr determine the 12 members who will make up the final team. On July 10 they will face Canada in Las Vegas and then travel to London to face South Sudan (07/20) and Germany (07/22).
As part of Group C, the new version of the Dream Team will play against it Serbia on July 28 And he will face South Sudan (July 31) The group stage will close with… Winner of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament to be held in Puerto Rico (August 3). The Olympic basketball competitions will be held in the French city of Lille, before the tournament moves to Paris to hold the knockout rounds and medal matches.