In the US initial 20 man squad of London Olympics, NBA superstars LeBron James and Kobe Bryant have been named.
Eight gold winners of Beijing 2008 have been picked by US in their 13th men’s Olympic title. Some of the 2008 squad players to play are Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Dwight Howard, Chris Paul, Dwyane Wade and Derron Williams.
For the Olympics Games, the roster will be reduced to 12 players. Other member of squad includes LaMarcus Aldridge, Chauncey Billups, Tyson Chandler, Kevin Durant, Rudy Gay, Eric Gordon, Blake Griffin, Andre Iguodala, Kevin Love, Lamar Odom, Derrick Rose and Russell Westbrook.
United States are planning to play various warm-up games which also includes friendly matches to be played against Great Britain in Manchester in the month of July.
In the year 2004, Anthony, James, Odom and Wade participated at the Athens Olympics. During 2008 Olympics, American team settled for Bronze.
Ten players of 2012 squad are from the gold winning team of 2012 Fiba World Championship. USA manager director Jerry Colanelo said, “I feel like we have an outstanding blend of talents from the 2008 Olympic and 2010 World Championship teams that won gold. Reducing to the official roster limit of 12 players will be an even tougher decision, but we'll evaluate how guys play during the 2011-12 NBA season and, as we've done with our teams in the past, we'll attempt to select the very best team we can.”
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