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USA Basketball announces 35 Player Roster For 2018 – 2020 Men’s National Team

April 7, 2018

US Basketball just announced the 35 Player roster for this year’s FIBA Basketball World Cup Americas Qualifiers, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

Here are the 35 players and their respective NBA team;

  1. Harrison Barnes – Dallas Mavericks
  2. Bradley Beal – Washington Wizards
  3. Devin Booker – Phoenix Suns
  4. Jimmy Butler – Minnesota Timberwolves
  5. Mike Conley Jr. – Memphis Grizzlies
  6. DeMarcus Cousins – New Orleans Pelicans
  7. Stephen Curry – Golden State Warriors
  8. Anthony Davis – New Orleans Pelicans
  9. DeMar DeRozan – Toronto Raptors
  10. Andre Drummond – Detroit Pistons
  11. Kevin Durant – Golden State Warriors
  12. Paul George – Oklahoma City Thunder
  13. Eric Gordon – Houston Rockets
  14. Draymond Green – Golden State Warriors
  15. Blake Griffin – Detroit Pistons
  16. James Harden – Houston Rockets
  17. Tobias Harris – Los Angeles Clippers
  18. Gordon Hayward – Boston Celtics
  19. Kyrie Irving – Boston Celtics
  20. LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers
  21. DeAndre Jordan – Los Angeles Clippers
  22. Kawhi Leonard – San Antonio Spurs
  23. Damian Lillard – Portland Trail Blazers
  24. Kevin Love – Cleveland Cavaliers
  25. Kyle Lowry – Toronto Raptors
  26. CJ McCollum – Portland Trail Blazers
  27. Khris Middleton – Milwaukee Bucks
  28. Victor Oladipo – Indiana Pacers
  29. Chris Paul – Houston Rockets
  30. Isaiah Thomas – Los Angeles Lakers
  31. Klay Thompson – Golden State Warriors
  32. Myles Turner – Indiana Pacers
  33. Kemba Walker – Charlotte Hornets
  34. John Wall – Washington Wizards
  35. Russell Westbrook – Oklahoma City Thunder

The 2017-20 USA Basketball National Team coaching staff features USA head coach and San Antonio Spurs mentor Gregg Popovich.

Not to scare the competition but here’s some trivia about the 35-man team pool of the US Basketball;

  • The 35 players represent 20 NBA teams, with NBA champion Golden State Warriors featuring four players (Curry, Durant, Green and Thompson), while the Houston Rockets (Gordon, Harden and Paul) boast of a trio of players, and nine teams feature two players, including – Boston Celtics (Hayward and Irving), Cleveland Cavaliers (James and Love), Detroit Pistons (Drummond and Griffin), Indiana Pacers (Oladipo and Turner), Los Angeles Clippers (Harris and Jordan), New Orleans Pelicans (Cousins and Davis), Oklahoma City Thunder (George and Westbrook), Portland Trail Blazers (Lillard and McCollum) and Washington Wizards (Beal and Wall).
  • Eleven players were members of the 2016 U.S. Olympic gold medal team (Barnes, Butler, Cousins, DeRozan, Durant, George, Green, Irving, Jordan, Lowry and Thompson); seven were gold medalists on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team (Davis, Durant, Harden, James, Love, Paul and Westbrook); two were members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic gold medalist team (James and Paul); and one was part of the 2004 U.S. Olympic bronze medalist team (James).
  • Eight national team players were part of the gold medalist 2014 USA World Cup Team (Cousins, Curry, Davis, DeRozan, Drummond, Harden, Irving and Thompson) and five players were members of the 2010 USA World Championship team that won the title (Curry, Durant, Gordon, Love and Westbrook).
  • The roster includes the last two FIBA World Cup MVPs – 2014 MVP Irving and 2010 MVP Durant.
  • The 2018 NBA All-Star game featured 17 USA National Team players, including starters Curry, Davis, DeRozan, Durant, Harden, Irving, James and Westbrook; and reserves Beal, Drummond, George, Green, Lillard, Lowry, Oladipo, Thompson and Walker. Four additional players — Butler, Cousins, Love and Wall — also originally were selected to play in the ’18 All-Star game but were unable to participate due to injury.
  • Four members of the national team pool have won eight of the last nine NBA regular season MVP awards – Westbrook (2017), Curry (2015 and 2016), Durant (2014) and James (2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013).
  • Durant (2017), James (2012, 2013 and 2016) and Leonard (2014) have won five of the last six NBA Finals MVP awards.
  • Six USA National player have earned nine NBA All-Star MVP honors, including Davis (2017), Westbrook (2015 and 2016), Irving (2014), Paul (2013), Durant (2012) and James (2006, 2008 and 2018).
  • NBA Defensive Player of the Year awards have been presented to two USA National Team members – Green (2017) and Leonard (2015 and 2016).
  • McCollum (2015-16), Butler (2014-15), George (2012-13) and Love (2010-11) have collected NBA Most Improved award honors.