Chinanews client, Beijing, June 29th. On the 28th local time, the US men's basketball team announced the list of 12 players who will participate in the Tokyo Olympics through a video, led by Durant.
Data map: Durant in the US team game
The other 11 people include: Bam Adebayor, Bradley Bill, Devin Booker, Jeremy Grant, Drummond Green, Jrue Holiday, Zach Lavin , Damian Lillard, Kevin Love, Middleton and Tatum.
Among the 12 selected, Durant, Green, and Love have won Olympic champions. Durant has participated in the past two Olympics, Green participated in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and Love is the 2012 London Olympics. A member of the men's basketball team.
Tatum and Middleton represented the US men's basketball team in the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, but the US team did not perform well.
The US men's basketball coach is Popovich, and Steve Kerr will serve as an assistant coach.
According to the NBA official website, Popovich said, "I am happy for the players who have been selected, and look forward to working with this amazing team and looking forward to representing the US team in winning a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics."
According to the grouping situation, the US team is in Group A, and the same group of teams also includes the French team, the Iranian team, and the teams from the Canadian division that have passed the qualifying match.
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