‘Here come the Avengers’: USA Basketball announces roster for 2024 Paris Olympics

Let the world be warned: ‘TheAvengers’ are coming.

USA Basketball has officiallyunveiled its roster featuring several NBA superstars and thisgeneration’s best basketball players in preparation for the 2024Paris Olympics.

The 12 players to be part of theexclusive list include:

LeBron JamesStephen CurryKevin DurantKawhi LeonardJoel EmbiidJayson TatumDevin BookerJrue HolidayAnthony DavisBam AdebayoAnthony EdwardsTyrese Haliburton

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— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) April 17, 2024

Barring any unforeseencircumstances or injuries, these 12 men will be flying to Paris inJuly. Team USA officials headed by managing director Grant Hillhave reportedly notified those players who have been selected (andthose who have not) from the original 41-man poolrevealed earlier this year. Thoseselected have been visited by USAB officials to be presented with‘special Team USA Olympic jerseys.’

Team USA is set to defend againits Olympic gold medal in men’s basketball after winning it for thepast 4 iterations of the quadrennial event.

Leading the team are James,Curry, and Durant, who are arguably the game’s biggest stars overthe past decade or so.

James will play in his 4thOlympics after winning bronze in Athens 2004 and gold in Beijing2008 and London 2012. Curry, a winner of two FIBA World Cup medalsin the past, will be playing in his 1st Olympics. Durant, theAmericans’ all-time leading scorer, is looking for his 4th Olympicgold medal (won in 2012, 2016, and 2020) to break a tie withCarmelo Anthony (won in 2008, 2012, and 2016) for the mostever.

Supplementing its three-headedmonster are Tatum, Booker, and Holiday – members of the goldmedal-winning squad in Tokyo 2021. Reigning NBA MVP Joel Embiid andtwo-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, who have never played in anyinternational competition in their careers, will each be makingtheir debuts in Paris.

Previous Olympic gold medalwinners Davis and Adebayo add additional size to the roster whileEdwards and Haliburton, who emerged as USA’s best players in theWorld Cup last year, round out the team.

Coaching this vaunted USA rosteris Curry’s NBA coach Steve Kerr, who also coached Team USA in theWorld Cup.