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The USA Basketball Men's National Team, [2] commonly known as Team USA and the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. It is the most successful men's team in international competition, winning medals in all twenty Olympic tournaments it has entered, including seventeen golds.
The 2024 roster had won a combined 14 gold medals in major international events. [17] It was the oldest U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 30 years and 9 months when the Games started, surpassing the 1996 team's average of 29 years, 10 months old. [5]
The organization was founded in 1974 as the Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (ABAUSA). It was then renamed USA Basketball on October 12, 1989, after FIBA modified its rules to allow NBA basketball players to compete in international competitions (professionals from Europe and South America were always allowed to ...
Team USA again extended their lead with their reserves playing. [7] Led once more by Reaves, the bench outscored the Greeks by 11 in the first half, compared to the starters having a +2 advantage. [48] The starting unit quickly stretched Team USA's lead to 20 in the third quarter, and the United States led by 23 entering the fourth. [7]
An initial 12-man roster was named with a combined 37 NBA All-Star selections, led by Kevin Durant with 11. [3] [26] He entered the 2020 Games ranked second in U.S. men's Olympic basketball history with 311 career points, [27] needing just 25 more to match Carmelo Anthony's record of 336.
The 2024 United States women's Olympic basketball team competed in the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad held in Paris, France. Led by coach Cheryl Reeve , the team won its ninth gold medal, and eighth consecutive, at the event.
The USA Men's Basketball Team on August 10, 2008. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , China. They qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship held in Las Vegas, Nevada .
The United States men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is a national basketball team of the United States, administered by USA Basketball. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It represents the country in international under-18 and under-19 basketball competitions.