USA Basketball reveals star-studded roster for Paris 2024 Olympic Games

USA Basketball have announced their Men's National Team for Olympic Games Paris 2024, as the most successful nation in Olympic basketball history seeks a fifth consecutive (and 17th total) gold medal.

The star-studded list was released on Wednesday (17 April), exactly 100 days before the Olympic Opening Ceremony. Team USA's men's roster is full of NBA & Olympic champions, MVPs, and multi-time All-Stars, headlined by LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Joel Embiid.

LeBron James returns to national team for Paris 2024

James makes his return to Olympic competition 8 years after winning gold with Team USA at Rio 2016. The four-time NBA champion also won gold at London 2012 and bronze at Athens 2004.

On Tuesday (16 April), the 39-year-old guided the Los Angeles Lakers to an NBA Play-In Tournament victory over the New Orleans Pelicans to set up a first-round playoff matchup with the defending champion Denver Nuggets.

Kevin Durant's quest for Olympic history

Durant set the record for most points scored in USA men's Olympic history at Tokyo 2020 in 2021, surpassing Carmelo Anthony's previous record of 336. Durant, aged 35, now sits on 435 points, and he could achieve more history at Paris 2024 by breaking a tie with Anthony for the most gold medals — 4 — won by a male basketball player at the Olympic Games.

Speaking to Olympics.com ahead of the draw for the basketball comeptition at Paris 2024, Anthony said of Durant and James:

“[Kevin] Durant has the chance to establish himself as one of the pinnacle players of USA Basketball. LeBron [James] of course has been there with me from 2004 all the way to 2012, so now hopefully he has a chance to come back and do it, I would say, one last time and give the fans what they want to see."

Steph Curry & Joel Embiid poised to make Olympic debuts

Curry, a four-time NBA champion and two-time MVP, will play in his first Olympics when he steps on the court at Paris 2024. The Golden State Warriors point guard has previously represented the USA in international competition at the FIBA World Cup (winning two gold medals) and was expected to play at the Rio 2016 Games but withdrew due to knee and ankle injuries.

These Games will also be the first for Embiid, whose decision over which nation to represent at Paris 2024 (Embiid, who was born in Cameroon, holds dual citizenship between the USA and France) was fiercely anticipated last year. In October, the 2023 MVP announced his committment to play for Team USA.

USA Men's National Team basketball roster for Paris 2024

• LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
• Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
• Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
• Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
• Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
• Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics)
• Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
• Derrick White (Boston Celtics)

Five players (Durant, Tatum, Booker, Holiday, and Adebayo) return from the team that won gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in 2021. Leonard, a two-time NBA champion, was a late addition to the roster; USA Basketball initially kept one spot open on the team before including Leonard on Tuesday, according to USA Today's Jeff Zillgitt.

The team will be coached by Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, who served as an assistant coach during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics (Gregg Popovich was the head coach). Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and Gonzaga coach Mark Few will serve as his assistants.