After months of waiting, USA Basketball is reportedly finalizing 11 of its 12 2024 Paris Olympic roster spots, featuring Phoenix Suns stars Devin Booker and Kevin Durant, as first reported by ESPN.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!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. pic.twitter.com/kO7TREBVDK
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 15, 2024
Booker and Durant will join a field with some of the best players in the world in Steph Curry, LeBron James, Jayson Tatum, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Haliburton, Anthony Edwards, Jrue Holiday, Bam Adebayo and Anthony Davis. One roster spot is still open.
The news comes with the playoffs under a week away, as Booker and Durant will take on Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Round 1, leading them to solely focus on a deep playoff run before the Olympics.
According to nbcolympics.com, “Tipoff for the group stage of basketball at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games is set for Saturday, July 27 and will conclude on Sunday, August 4.
Both Durant and Booker committed to wanting to play for Team USA back at Suns’ media day in October. They were named among the roster’s “expected core” on Feb. 29.
“I’ll do it” Devin Booker on playing in the 2024 Paris Olympics @BurnCitySports @BurnCitySuns
— Brendan Mau (@brendan_mau) October 2, 2023
This would be the second-straight Olympics that the duo pairs up for.
Team USA finished in fourth place in last summer’s FIBA World Cup with arguably its worst roster this decade.
The 12-man 🇺🇸 #USABMNT roster for the 2023 @FIBAWC Aug. 25-Sept. 10! pic.twitter.com/3sP9R1ljM7
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 6, 2023
This summer, roster construction will not be a problem, as all of basketball’s biggest American stars are expected to compete.
Durant and Booker’s Team USA History
Here are the stats for Durant and Booker’s Team USA history with KD having one of the most decorated international careers ever:
Kevin Durant
- Teams:
- 2010 Turkey FIBA World Championship
- 2012 London Olympic Games
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
- 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympic Games
- Total Stats:
- 20.6 PPG | 5.6 RPG | 2.8 APG | 1.3 SPG | 0.7 BPG on 53.8/48.8/87.7 splits in 27.7 MPG (31 games)
- Achievements:
- USA Men’s Basketball all-time Olympic leading point scorer (435 points)
- Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2012, 2016, 2021)
- One-time FIBA Gold Medalist (was the team’s first FIBA championship since 1994)
- FIBA World Championship MVP (2010)
- Three-time USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year (2010, 2016, 2021)
Devin Booker
- Teams:
- 2020 (2021) Tokyo Olympic Games
- Total Stats:
- 9.3 PPG | 3.2 RPG | 1.8 APG | 1.5 SPG | 0.3 BPG on 42.2/33.3/92.9 splits in 20.6 MPG (6 games)
- Achievements:
- One-time Olympic Gold Medalist (2021)
Durant and Booker helped Team USA rebound from the 2019 FIBA finish in the 2021 Olympics, so they will likely have a chance to do it again this summer.
Kevin Durant, Devin Booker among Team USA ‘expected core’ for 2024 Paris Olympics
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
