Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving was not included on Team USA’s roster.
USA’s Kevin Durant drapes a flag around himself in celebration after defeating France in the gold medal basketball game at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics at Saitama Super Arena, on Saturday, August 7 , 2021, in Saitama, Japan. USA defeated France 87-82 to win a gold medal.LeBron James is going back to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years. Stephen Curry is headed to the games for the first time. Kevin Durant will go there with his eyes on history.
“Your hope is that they haven’t played together before,” Canada’s Kelly Olynyk said when told this weekend of the U.S. roster, “other than the 12 last All-Star games.” James will seek a fourth medal, after winning bronze in 2004 and golds in 2008 and 2012. The other past gold medalists on the roster are Davis , Adebayo , Booker , Tatum and Holiday . The 2020 gold medals were won in 2021, since the COVID-19 pandemic forced a one-year delay of the Tokyo Games.
The other first-time Olympians on the current roster are Haliburton and Edwards, both of whom played for the U.S. team that finished fourth at the World Cup in Manila last year.There were more than 40 players under consideration for this team, and getting the roster to 12 was far from easy.
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