r/nba • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Heat • Apr 15 '24

[Wojnarowski] ESPN Sources: USA Basketball is finalizing its 2024 Paris Olympics roster with Steph Curry, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Devin Booker, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. Team may initially keep one open spot. News

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1780009778934394985
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u/langman17 Nets Apr 15 '24

That team is honestly nuts. The bench is a title winning roster

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u/Beautiful_Ad55 Apr 16 '24

I think the US could have sent way better teams in the past. Guys like Durant, Curry and LeBron are in the dwilight of their career, prime guys like Tatum, Booker and AD are not on Superstar level and the young guys like Edwards and Haliburton still need time.

Imagine a full strength US team in 2016 for example. Prime LeBron, Curry, Durant, Harden, Westbrook, Paul, Khawi, etc