On Friday, USA Basketball announced the 15 athletes who have been named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team. The team will train with the USA Basketball Men’s National Team as it prepares for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris this summer.
The USA Select Team features 12 current NBA or NBA G League players; two players with NBA, NBA G League, international, and USA Basketball experience; and one incoming college freshman with USA Basketball experience.
USA Men’s Select Team members will train daily with the USA Men’s National Team from July 6-8 in Las Vegas.
Named to the 2024 USA Basketball Men’s Select Team are Jalen Duren (Detroit Pistons), Cooper Flagg (Duke University), Langston Galloway (Free Agent), Nigel Hayes-Davis (Fenerbahçe, Turkey), Trayce Jackson-Davis (Golden State Warriors), Jaime Jaquez Jr. (Miami Heat), Brandon Miller (Charlotte Hornets), Trey Murphy (New Orleans Pelicans), Keegan Murray (Sacramento Kings), Brandin Podziemski (Golden State Warriors), Micah Potter (Utah Jazz/Salt Lake City Stars), Payton Pritchard (Boston Celtics), Jabari Smith Jr. (Houston Rockets), Jalen Suggs (Orlando Magic) and Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets).
“As a former member of the USA Select Team, I know how important and fun this opportunity is for each of these players,” said Grant Hill, USA Basketball Men’s National Team managing director. “There is a tremendous amount of talent on this Select squad with the significant job of helping the 2024 USA Men’s National Team as they begin their journey to the Olympics. Each of these athletes will play a role in our preparation as we also develop the national team pipeline for the future.”
The roster features 2024 NBA champion Pritchard, 10 former NBA Draft first-round picks, seven players who were named to the NBA All-Rookie First or Second Team, and Suggs, who was named to the 2024 NBA All-Defensive Team.
Ten members of the 2024 USA Men’s Select Team have previous USA Basketball experience at the junior and senior levels, including five returners from the 2023 USA Select Team (Duren, Galloway, Murphy, Murray, Pritchard).
For the second consecutive year, Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley will serve as head coach of the USA Select Team and will be joined by assistants Jim Boylen (Indiana Pacers) and Matt Painter (Purdue University).
Mosley served as an assistant coach on the 2021 USA Select Team, and Boylen was the head coach for the 2023 USA Men’s World Cup Qualifying Team, which went 9-3 through six competition windows from 2021-23.
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