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The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III, [ 2 ][ 3 ] the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original ...
A 20-player roster was announced on June 19, 2024. [ 7] Andrew Wiggins and Zach Edey withdrew on June 29 and 30 respectively. [ 8] Oshae Brissett and Kyle Alexander were released on July 3, 2024. [ 9] Trae Bell-Haynes left the team on July 6, 2024. [ 10]
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.
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]
Age in 2028: 31. Credentials: Three-time NBA All-Star; five-time All-Defensive team. USA Basketball: Two-time Olympic gold medalist. For all the accolades France's Rudy Gobert has accumulated over ...
Opposing teams were nonetheless overwhelmed by the talent of the American roster, losing by an average of 43.8 points per game. This was the second largest Olympic Games point differential, surpassed only by the 53.5 point per game margin achieved by the 1956 US Men's Basketball Team. The Dream Team was the first to score more than 100 points ...
The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament 's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown . The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the previous three tournaments. [ 2][ 3] However, the team won only bronze, while losing three ...