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The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the gold medal. They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from the Americas in 2023. [1] It was the fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the Americans, who defeated France in ...
The roster was filled with two players returning from the 2012 Olympic team, three from the 2010 FIBA Championship Team, while seven other NBA players made their senior international debuts. The 2014 roster featured four players 6 feet 10 inches (2.08 m) or larger, the most of any US team since Mike Krzyzewski began coaching the team in 2006.
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The Olympics were delayed a year until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [ 1 ] It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the Americans. Team USA qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two ...
The United States men's national basketball team competed at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and finished in fourth place. The team held training camp in early August and scheduled five exhibition games before their World Cup opener at the end of the month in Manila. [1] The Americans were 4–1 during group play, qualifying for the final round.
Team USA has won gold at in men's basketball at every Summer Olympics since 2008. James is the lone active member of the 2004 Team USA Olympic basketball team, which won bronze when he was just 19 ...
Team USA initially kept one spot open on its roster. On Tuesday, according to USA Today's Jeff Zillgitt , the team then filled it with Kawhi Leonard to round out the 12-man group.
While the roster appeared to be weakened by the injuries to its inside players, Team USA executive director Jerry Colangelo believed the team was deeper, more athletic and more experienced than the 2008 gold-medal team. [9] The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [10]
The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the " Dream Team ", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled. [2][3][4]