LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant headline stacked USA men's line-up for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
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Published 17/04/2024 at 15:16 GMT
Is the Dream Team back? A lot of basketball fans certainly think so after the full line-up for the USA men’s team at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games was confirmed. The line-up features a host of All-Stars with dazzling resumes. The headline names of course are LeBron James, Steph Curry and Kevin Durant who will be leading the charge as the US look to defend the title they won at Tokyo.
LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 16: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers & Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors looks on during the game on March 16, 2024 at Crypto.Com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
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LeBron James (LA Lakers), Steph Curry (Golden State Warriors) and Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns) headline a stacked USA Basketball line-up for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
James, Curry and Durant, three of the greatest players in the history of the game, are part of a line-up that is being dubbed as the second coming of the infamous Dream Team from the 1992 Olympics.
11 of the 12 players had previously been confirmed on Tuesday and on Wednesday, with 100 Days To Go until Paris, USA confirmed the 12th as Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers.
Durant’s Suns team-mate Devin Booker is in, as is James’ fellow Laker Anthony Davis.
Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers) will represent the US having been eligible to represent France and Cameroon too and the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference Boston Celtics have two players on the list in Jayson Tatum and Jrue Holiday.
The other players are Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers), Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat) and Anthony Edwards (Minneosta Timberwolves).
The US have been drawn into Group C at the Olympics, where they will face Serbia who will include Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic.
They will also face South Sudan and a qualifier.
USA Men's Basketball Roster
- LeBron James, LA Lakers, F
- Steph Curry, Golden State Warriors, G
- Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns, F
- Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers, C
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics, F
- Anthony Davis, LA Lakers, C
- Kawhi Leonard, LA Clippers, F
- Bam Adebayo, Miami Heat, C
- Jrue Holiday, Boston Celtics, G
- Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns, G
- Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves, G
- Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers, G
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