USA Basketball announces 2024 Select Team that will train with Olympic squad

The 2024 Summer Olympics are inching closer, which means the opportunity for fans to see the best American basketball players assembled into one squad to compete for gold.

Ahead of the actual Olympics, though, USA Basketball has fielded a Select Team that will join the actual national team and practice and workout with them this summer ahead of the actual games in August. On Friday, we found out the full list of hoopers who will be on that Select Team, which will be coached by current Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley.

As announced by USA Basketball, take a look at the full 2024 Select Team:

Jalen Duren | Detroit Pistons
Cooper Flagg | Duke
Jaime Jaquez | Miami Heat
Langston Galloway | Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Nigel Hayes | Fenerbahçe (Turkey)
Trayce Jackson-Davis | Golden State Warriors
Brandon Miller | Charlotte Hornets
Trey Murphy | New Orleans Pelicans
Keegan Murray | Sacramento Kings
Brandin Podziemski | Golden State Warriors
Micah Potter | Utah Jazz
Payton Pritchard | Boston Celtics
Jabari Smith | Houston Rockets
Jalen Suggs | Orlando Magic
Amen Thompson | Houston Rockets

The big takeaway here is that a rising college hoops freshman and recent high school graduate Cooper Flagg made the cut. The Duke-bound forward is widely considered one of the best future NBA Draft prospects of the decade and is likely to go No. 1 overall next June. Now, Team USA will get a chance to see him in action against the nation’s best.

Otherwise, the group is stock full of rather young guys, with Langston Galloway and Nigel Hayes as the exceptions, who are also unique as the only players on the Select Team who play basketball oversees. Other than those two and Flagg, the rest are connected to an NBA team in some capacity.

You’ve got several 2024 rookies who will get some terrific experience ahead of their second seasons. Guys like Jaime Jaquez, Amen Thompson, Brand Podziemski, Brandon Miller and Trayce Jackson-Davis all produced promising years as rookies in ’24 and get the Select Team nod heading into 2024-25.

As for the actual Team USA, take a look at the roster here:

Bam Adebayo | Miami Heat
Devin Booker | Phoenix Suns
Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors
Anthony Davis | Los Angeles Lakers
Kevin Durant | Phoenix Suns
Anthony Edwards | Minnesota Timberwolves
Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers
Tyrese Haliburton | Indiana Pacers
Jrue Holiday | Boston Celtics
LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers
Kawhi Leonard | Los Angeles Clippers
Jayson Tatum | Boston Celtics