USA basketball Olympic men’s team roster: Who made the cut for Paris Olympics

USA men’s basketball national team roster

The 5×5 team roster was selected by USA Basketball Men’s National Team managing director Grant Hill, who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta as a player. The men’s national team representing the U.S. has a combined 10 Olympic gold medals between them heading into Paris:

*Each asterisk represents an Olympic appearance

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

Who is the head coach of USA men’s basketball?

Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, will serve as the head coach of the 2024 USA Men’s National Team. Mark Few (Gonzaga), Tyronn Lue (Los Angeles Clippers) and Erik Spoelstra (Miami Heat) will serve as Kerr’s assistant coaches. Kerr, along with Few, Lue and Spoelstra, previously led the U.S. men’s national team to a fourth-place finish at the 2023 FIBA Men’s World Cup in Manila. 

“My staff and I are honored to coach this amazing group of players in our quest to win Olympic gold in Paris,” said Kerr, who served as an assistant coach on the 2020 U.S. men’s national team that won gold in Tokyo. “We plan to represent USA Basketball with the utmost class and we hope to make our country proud.”