Sunday, July 8th, 2012 at 10:37 am  |  21 responses

2012 U.S. Olympic Team Roster Released


Saturday night, the 12 individuals that’ll be representing the United States at the Olympic Games this August were officially announced. They are:

—LeBron James

—Kobe Bryant

—Carmelo Anthony

—Chris Paul

—Kevin Durant

—Tyson Chandler

—Russell Westbrook

—Kevin Love

—Deron Williams

—Blake Griffin

—Andre Iguodala

—James Harden

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  • Jono

    Nike Inc. will be happy

  • Tyquez Foster

    dream team… wonder what the line up going to be?hope Deron,kobe,lebron,durant,Chandler/blake

  • dungeon family

    Hope James Harden don’t play like he did in the Finals

  • http://www.slamonline.com spit hot fiyah

    melo and bron will play a lot of 4 it seems like

  • http://gmail.com The Iron Lung

    Who will be the bench warmer in these olympics? I’m saying westbrook and griffin.

  • http://www.nba.com Shadojoker

    No bigs? Taj Gibson,or any big men to help out foul happy Chandler…??? We didn’t need another guard aka Harden…

  • nbahofer

    how did harden n iggy make the cut over rudy?

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    Should of been EG instead of Harden or maybe a big man like previously mentioned.

  • LA Huey

    Your 2012 Gold Medalists, ladies and gentleman

  • http://slamonline.com Datkid

    cosign slick rick. EG was a low-key beast in fiba

  • http://slamonline.com Datkid

    and yes… several more big men are needed. especially against spain. smmfh

  • http://www.slamonline.com house

    Harden over EG? smh…

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Gordon’s current situation is a threat of a distraction. And could have even affected how he played in try-outs. They also want versatile guys who play multiple positions. As good as Gordon is, he can’t play more than SG in the Olympics.

  • http://Slamonline.com Datkid

    Fair enough nbk.. Was that the rational behind iguodala? Personally I would’ve wanted another big man instead of him

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7C0vd-L5lg Redd

    They chose this team according to penis size obviously. It’s the only rational explanation.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    Iguodala can guard 4 positions. He will be a huge weapon when they run that press. Plus he was the best defender on the 2010 team and krzyzewski fell in love with his game, or so I’ve heard.

  • http://bedotwater.bandcamp.com BE.water

    Team NIKE?

  • jakeadams@cox.net

    Wheres John Wall and idk that this team is better then the dream team but they are definitely more athletic and younger but some guys like durant westbrook and harden haven’t hit their primes yet. But the dream team had Larry Bird who was old with a bad back Magic coming back from HIV Barkley and Jordan where the two guys that were truly in their primes.
    This team could totally be named Team Nike!

  • jjbosox04

    Wheres John Wall and idk that this team is better then the dream team but they are definitely more athletic and younger but some guys like durant westbrook ,harden haven’t hit their primes yet. This new team i feel is a lot more young but is gonna kill everyone else! My only worry is that this team won’t know how to play with each other like for instance Tyson Chandler is not gonna get many touches he’s gonna set screens and rebound. I believe that Durant and Lebron may actually work better together the Lebron and Wade. But the dream team had Larry Bird who was old with a bad back Magic coming back from HIV Barkley and Jordan where the two guys that were truly in their primes.
    This team could totally be named Team Nike!
    And we all know Kobe gonna be Kobe and do his usual shoot every time he gets the ball no madder where his is on the court but watch them play better when he’s not on the court

  • kj

    harden does not deserve to be on this team and they should have given bynum a place on the team… still plenty of talent though

  • kj

    this would have been a good roster; pg; Paul, Rondo, Rose
    sg; Bryant, Wade
    sf; Durant, James, Anthony
    pf; Griffin, Love
    c; Bynum, Howard

    Starters; paul, bryant, durant, griffin, howard

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