Led by now three-time Olympian Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets), USA Basketball unveiled its official 12-member United States Men’s Basketball Olympic team.
United States training is led by head coach Gregg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs), with assistant coaches Steve Kerr (Golden State Warriors), Lloyd Pierce and Jay Wright (Villanova University) and Jerry Colangelo as general manager of the National Team United States Men’s National. .
“I am pleased with the players chosen and look forward to the opportunity to work with this glorious organization when practices begin July 6 in Las Vegas,” Popovich said. “I am excited to contribute to the United States in our pursuit of a gold medal in Tokyo. “
“USA Basketball selects players to constitute our country in foreign competitions with the skill, character, joy and preference to win,” said retired general Martin Dempsey, chairman of the USA Basketball Board of Directors. “We build resilient organizations in polyvalentes. et the short and intense competitions we face. We are lucky that this organisation of elite athletes has volunteered to set us up in Tokyo this summer. “
With his addition to the US Olympic team, Durant becomes the fourth American basketball player to be selected to three or more Olympic teams. Carmelo Anthony (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016) represented and won medals in a men’s record 4 Olympic Games in the United States, while LeBron James (2004, 2008, 2012) and David Robinson (1988, 1992, 1996) also won 3 Olympic medals each. like appearances.
American men have won a medal in all 18 Olympic Games in which they have competed, totaling 15 gold medals, one silver and two bronze medals. The American men own an impressive 138-5 all-time record (. 965 winning percentage) in Olympic action. Since NBA players began representing the United States in 1992, the United States is 53-3 in seven Olympic Games, winning six gold medals and one bronze. The United States is currently on a 25-game Olympic winning streak dating back to the bronze medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The postponed Summer Olympics will be held from July 23 to August 23 in Tokyo, Japan. Twelve nations will participate in the Olympic men’s basketball festival to be held at the Saitama Super Arena. In addition to host Japan, the nations that have qualified for the men’s basketball festival at the Tokyo Olympics include Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Nigeria, Spain and the United States.
The opening games of men’s basketball at the Olympic Games, in which the 12 groups will be divided into 3 groups of 4 groups, will be played from July 25 to August. 2. The quarterfinals, between the first and second teams of the initial group and the two best third parties, are scheduled for August 3. The semi-finals will be played on August 5. The gold and bronze medal matches will be played on August 3. scheduled for August 7.
The draw for the Tokyo Olympics men’s basketball festival took place on Feb. 2, with the United States drawn into Group A along with Olympic Cup bronze medallists France. FIBA World Cup 2019, Iran runner-up of the 2017 Asian Cup and the winner of the tournament to be determined. FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Canada. The U. S. men’s Olympics QualifierThe U. S. will begin the Olympic opening round on July 25 against France (8 a. m. m. EDT), then face Iran on July 28 (12:40 a. m. m. EDT) and the opening matches will conclude on July 31 (8 a. m. m. EDT). ) opposite the winner of the FIBA Olympic qualification tournament in Canada.
A draw will be held at the end of the organization level for the quarterfinal pairs. The winners of the organization and the team with the most productive result at the organization level are placed in a pot (D), while the remaining two organizations are placed in the moment and the two most productive organizations are placed in third place in some other pot (E). Teams from the same organization at the organization level cannot face each other in the quarterfinals. This level of the festival is played in the form of the knockout and the draw will result in an Olympic portion for the road to the gold medal.
To be crowned Olympic champion in 2021, a team will have to play six matches: 3 at the organizational level and 3 in the final phase (quarterfinals, semifinal, gold medal match), instead of 8 matches as in the case of the final. Past Olympic Games.