USA Olympic Men's Basketball Dream Team 2008

USA Dream Team 2008 Named

The final 12 man lineup for the US Men's Basketball Team was announced earlier today. The 12 NBA players who will represent USA and compete for the gold medal in Beijing, China Olympics are:

Carmelo Anthony F 6-8 Denver Nuggets
Carlos Boozer F 6-9 Utah Jazz
Chris Bosh F 6-10 Toronto Raptors
Kobe Bryant G 6-6 Los Angeles Lakers
Dwight Howard F/C 6-11 Orlando Magic
LeBron James F 6-8 Cleveland Cavaliers
Jason Kidd G 6-4 Dallas Mavericks
Chris Paul G 6-0 New Orleans Hornets
Tayshaun Prince F 6-9 Detroit Pistons
Michael Redd G 6-6 Milwaukee Bucks
Dwyane Wade G 6-4 Miami Heat
Deron Williams G 6-3 Utah Jazz

The head coach is Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University (NCAA) who's been the US National Basketball team coach since 2005 and currently the winningest active coach in America.


Olympic basketball games are scheduled everyday starting August 9-24 at the Beijing Olympic Basketball Gymnasium (Wukesong Culture and Sports Center).

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