LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Austin Reaves Named to 2024 USA Men’s Olympic Player Pool

USA Basketball has announced the 41-player pool for the 2024 USA Men’s Olympic team, including three Los Angeles Lakers players: LeBron James, Anthony Davis, and Austin Reaves. The final 12-man roster for the 2024 Olympic Summer Games in Paris will be announced later.

National Team manager Grant Hill expressed enthusiasm about the talent in the player pool and the privilege of selecting the team. The selection process will unfold over the coming months as the team aims to stand atop the Olympic podium once again.

Among the 41 players selected, 28 have previous experience representing the USA in Olympics or FIBA tournament play. LeBron James and Anthony Davis were part of the 2012 team that won gold in the London Olympics, while Austin Reaves contributed to the 2023 FIBA World Cup team that finished fourth.

LeBron James, with the most national team experience among the Lakers trio, has won gold in 2008 and 2012 and bronze in 2004. He has expressed excitement about potentially representing the USA again.

The coaching staff for Team USA will be led by Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, assisted by Mark Few, Tyronn Lue, and Erik Spoelstra. The coaching staff aims to redeem itself after finishing fourth in the recent FIBA tournament.

The full 41-player pool for the national team includes: Bam Adebayo, Jarrett Allen, Paolo Banchero, Desmond Bane, Scottie Barnes, Devin Booker, Mikal Bridges, Jaylen Brown, Jalen Brunson, Jimmy Butler, Alex Caruso, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, Joel Embiid, De’Aaron Fox, Paul George, Aaron Gordon, Tyrese Haliburton, James Harden, Josh Hart, Tyler Herro, Jrue Holiday, Chet Holmgren, Brandon Ingram, Kyrie Irving, Jaren Jackson Jr., LeBron James, Cam Johnson, Walker Kessler, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Donovan Mitchell, Chris Paul, Bobby Portis, Austin Reaves, Duncan Robinson, Jayson Tatum, Derrick White and Trae Young.