After previously reporting that Jrue Holiday, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Joel Embiid and Jayson Tatum are considered locks to be part of Team USA’s roster for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, at least as long as they remain healthy and interested, Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic have added a seventh player to that list: Suns star Devin Booker.
Booker, Holiday, Durant and Tatum were on the roster when the Americans won the gold medal in Tokyo in 2021.
USA Basketball isn’t expected to make a formal announcement about the roster until late April or early May, according to Charania and Vardon. Embiid is currently recovering from surgery to repair a torn meniscus, but sources tell The Athletic he remains committed to playing.
Four other players are considered “strong candidates” to join Team USA’s roster this summer as well, sources tell Charania and Vardon. That group features Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards, Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, Heat center Bam Adebayo and Lakers center Anthony Davis. During All-Star weekend, both Haliburton and Davis said they’d play if they were invited.
Adebayo was another member of the roster that won gold a few years ago.
If all four players make the cut, 11 spots on the 12-man roster would be filled, though a lot can happen between now and the beginning of July, when Team USA will hold its training camp before the Olympics open later that month.
Cool story Rory
Them six locked players make for a very old team, right?
I would prefer team USA to have a younger team with more hunger and energy!
I don’t see how Embiid would be healthy enough to play. Too many older players. With a roster of Curry, Holiday, Haliburton, Booker, Edwards, James, Tatum, Davis, Durant, Adebayo, I would add Scottie Barnes and Towns. Alternates: Brunson, Brown, Turner, Banchero, Fox, Bridges. I like Butler but I don’t see him playing summer ball. I like Brunson/Fox game in international ball vs Mitchell. Young too 1 dimensional, Zion/Morant = health concerns.
Embiid is literally going to play in the playoffs, he will most likely be healthy unless an injury occurs to him during the playoffs
Also Towns plays for the Dominican Republic.
team usa doesn’t want or need lebron! get him outta here
Going for GM James purposes. Checking viable options to carry James to a ring.