players who would later go on to become superstars in professional basketball, including all-time greats Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Jerry Lucas; the latter three competed on the 1960 Rome team often credited as the best US roster until the formation of the 1992 Dream Team...
The inaugural board is comprised of Brent Baumberger (USA Basketball chief financial officer); two-time Olympic and 2010 FIBA World Cup gold medalist Swin Cash (New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations and team development); David Denenberg (NBA senior vice president of global me...
The U.S. Olympic Team roster includes over 500 athletes qualified to represent their home country in Paris this summer,according to NBC Sports. It will be one of the biggest representations of Team USA to date, and doesn't even include the list of alternates. ...
players who would later go on to become superstars in professional basketball, including all-time greats Bill Russell, Oscar Robertson, Jerry West, and Jerry Lucas; the latter three competed on the 1960 Rome team often credited as the best US roster until the formation of the 1992 Dream Team...
teamsaying it “wasn’t the right thing for me and the right time.” Now, in 2024, Curry will finally make his Olympic debut at this summer’s Games, but it might also mark his only Olympic appearance. At 36, he’s the second-oldest player on the U.S. roster (younger only than ...
teamsaying it “wasn’t the right thing for me and the right time.” Now, in 2024, Curry will finally make his Olympic debut at this summer’s Games, but it might also mark his only Olympic appearance. At 36, he’s the second-oldest player on the U.S. roster (younger only than ...
it wasn't going to be as strong as the team in 1984. The tryout roster was not near the talent level of four years prior. Some felt Thompson was playing favorites when his incoming high school recruitAlonzo Mourning(the 1988 Mr. Basketball USA pick) was one of the last Olympic cuts. ...
USA Basketball's official social media channels shared pictures and videos of the players arriving at the team hotel and trying out their new gear, including some limited-edition sneakers. Six players on the rosterare Nike athletes, with three sporting their signature sneakers. For the non-signatu...
Previously, four WNBA rookies - Rebecca Lobo in 1996, Diana Taurasi in 2004, Candace Parker in 2008 and Breanna Stewart in 2016 – have been selected for Team USA’s Olympic rosters, while Christian Laettner made the 1992 ‘Dream Team’ roster as an NBA rookie. “Often USA B...
Team USA has had plenty of star power in the past, but it would be hard to argue against this being the strongest roster the USA has ever sent to an Olympic Games. Basketball fans have long dreamt of seeing the likes of James and Curry on the same team, and when a powerful James bl...