2024 Olympics: USA announces basketball dream team; See full list | Basketball

The United States on Wednesday announced the 12 players who will join the basketball team participating in the Paris Olympics.

Los Angeles Clippers winger Kawhi Leonard's final name has been confirmed. At the beginning of the week, the local press informed the other 11 players who had been selected.

The new USA Dream Team features major NBA stars. Names such as LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant are confirmed in the team that is trying to regain global dominance in basketball after finishing fourth in the 2023 World Cup, with an alternative lineup.

Watch the US Dream Team at the Paris Olympics:

• LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors)
• Kevin Durant (Phoenix Suns)
• Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers)
• Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
• Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers)
• Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns)
• Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics)
• Jrue Holiday (Boston Celtics)
• Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat)
• Tyrese Haliburton (Indiana Pacers)
• Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers)

Mobilization after failure in the World Cup

The disappointing fourth place in the 2023 World Cup prompted big names to return to the American team in the Olympics, in search of the fifth gold in a row and the seventeenth in history. LeBron and Curry were among those who readily offered to be in Paris. The star mix also attracted Embiid, who was born in Cameroon and holds French citizenship, but chose to represent the United States.

Of all those confirmed in Paris, Kevin Durant has the most Olympic experience. The Phoenix Suns forward emerges as the United States' leading scorer at the Olympics and, along with the retired Carmelo Anthony, is the only three-time champion. For example, LeBron has two gold medals, while Curry has never played in an edition of the Games.

Since NBA athletes began competing in the Olympics in 1992, the year of the famous “Dream Team,” the United States has only lost the gold medal once. In Athens in 2004, Argentina became the champion, and the Americans won the bronze medal.