Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid named to Team USA for 2024 Summer Olympics

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia 76ers celebrity Joel Embiid is formally headed to Paris for the 2024 Summer season Olympics.

USA Basketball on Wednesday finalized the 12-man roster for the Summer season Video games, with Embiid becoming a member of the likes of Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, Phoenix Suns’ Kevin Durant and Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry for the Paris Olympics.

Additionally named to Staff USA are Bam Adebayo of the Miami Warmth, Devin Booker of the Suns, Anthony Davis of the Lakers, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers, Jrue Vacation of the Boston Celtics, Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers and Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics.

“I am grateful to those 12 males for his or her dedication to characterize USA Basketball,” USA Basketball males’s nationwide staff supervisor director Grant Hill stated. “The US is residence to a few of the finest basketball gamers on the earth and I recognize the huge curiosity in being a part of this roster.”

The 2024 Summer season Video games would be the first for Embiid, who dedicated to play for Staff USA after changing into an American citizen in September 2022. Embiid has twin citizenship with the U.S. and France.

Staff USA might be led by Warriors head coach Steve Kerr with Mark Few of Gonzaga College, Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue and Warmth head coach Erik Spoelstra serving as assistants.

The lads’s nationwide staff will look to win its seventeenth gold medal this summer time. Staff USA beat France to win gold within the 2020 Summer season Video games.

The 2024 Paris Olympic Video games are scheduled for July 26 to Aug. 11, 2024.