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Steve Kerr and Grant Hill met with the media to discuss Steve Kerr being named head coach of the United States Men's National Basketball team.

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Steve Kerr Press Conference After Being Named Head Coach of USA Men's Basketball Team

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Golden State Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr has been named the 2022-24 USA Basketball Men’s National Team head coach, it was announced today by USA Basketball Men’s National Team Managing Director Grant Hill.

Kerr will lead the USA National Team in 2022-24, which will include all USA Men’s National Team training camps, and, if the USA qualifies, the 2023 FIBA World Cup that is scheduled to be held in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia from Aug. 25-Sept. 10, 2023, and the 2024 Summer Olympic Games that is scheduled for July 26-Aug. 11 in Paris, France.

Gonzaga University Head Coach Mark Few, Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra and Phoenix Suns Head Coach Monty Williams will complete the 2022-24 USA National Team coaching staff as assistant coaches.

“I’m incredibly honored and humbled to represent our country as the head coach for the USA Basketball Men’s National Team,” said Kerr. “It’s a thrilling opportunity and I’m excited for the challenge. Obviously, there are numerous people who I need to acknowledge and thank, notably Grant Hill, Jim Tooley and Sean Ford of USA Basketball, and of course Gregg Popovich and Jerry Colangelo, who gave me the opportunity to be an assistant coach on the most recent USA staff.

“I’m also beyond excited to work with three coaches I have enormous respect for in Erik Spoelstra, Monty Williams and Mark Few. Coaching the USA Men’s National Team comes with great responsibility—one that calls for a group effort with a team of coaches committed to the team, to the goal and to each other—and I couldn’t ask for a finer group of high character individuals to help me lead our national team. Our goal, of course, is to win and make our country proud. We will work hard to do so.”

Kerr most recently served as an assistant coach for the 2017-21 USA Basketball Men's National Team and was part of Popovich's gold medalist coaching staff for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, and the 2019 USA National Team that competed in the FIBA World Cup in China. By helping the USA claim gold at the Tokyo Olympics, Kerr became the first USA Basketball National Team coach to also have earned a gold medal as a player in a FIBA senior level competition, having won gold at the 1986 World Cup.

The USA men have won four consecutive Olympic gold medals (2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020) and have claimed FIBA World Cup championships in two of the past three competitions (2010, 2014).

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Steve Kerr Named 2022-24 USA Basketball Men’s National Team Head Coach

Draymond Green met with the media to discuss USA Basketball's training camp ahead of the team heading to Tokyo later in July.

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Earlier today, the the 12-member USA Basketball Board of Directors announced the 57 finalists for U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. Among the finalists are a pair of three-time NBA Champion Warriors in Stephen Curry and Draymond Green.

Also included in the list of finalists are other former Champion Dubs in Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets), Harrison Barnes (Sacramento Kings) and JaVale McGee (Cleveland Cavaliers).

The remaining NBA players up for contention of representing the country are: Bam Adebayo (Miami Heat); LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs);Jarrett Allen (Cleveland Cavaliers); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); Devin Booker (Phoenix Suns); Malcolm Brogdon (Indiana Pacers); Jaylen Brown (Boston Celtics); Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat); Mike Conley (Utah Jazz); Anthony Davis (Los Angeles Lakers); DeMar DeRozan (San Antonio Spurs); Andre Drummond (Cleveland Cavaliers); Paul George (LA Clippers); Eric Gordon (Houston Rockets); Jerami Grant (Detroit Pistons); Blake Griffin (Brooklyn Nets); James Harden (Brooklyn Nets); Montrezl Harrell (Los Angeles Lakers); Joe Harris (Brooklyn Nets); Tobias Harris (Philadelphia 76ers); Gordon Hayward (Charlotte Hornets); Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks); Dwight Howard (Philadelphia 76ers); Brandon Ingram (New Orleans Pelicans); Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets); LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers); DeAndre Jordan (Brooklyn Nets); Kyle Kuzma (Los Angeles Lakers); Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls); Kawhi Leonard (LA Clippers); Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); Brook Lopez (Milwaukee Bucks); Kevin Love (Cleveland Cavaliers); Kyle Lowry (Toronto Raptors); Khris Middleton (Milwaukee Bucks); Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz); Victor Oladipo (Houston Rockets); Chris Paul (Phoenix Suns); Mason Plumlee (Detroit Pistons); Julius Randle (New York Knicks); Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat); Mitchell Robinson (New York Knicks); Jayson Tatum (Boston Celtics); Myles Turner (Indiana Pacers); Fred VanVleet (Toronto Raptors); Kemba Walker (Boston Celtics); John Wall (Houston Rockets); Russell Westbrook (Washington Wizards); and Derrick White (San Antonio Spurs); Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans); Christian Wood (Houston Rockets); and Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks).

Those selected will be part of Team USA at the Tokyo Olympics which were postponed from 2020 to 2021.

The list of finalists includes nine members of the gold medalist 2016 U.S. Olympic Team, seven gold medalists from the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team and three gold medalists from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.

Green and Barnes are among the nine players from the gold medal winning 2016 U.S. Olympic team that went 8-0 in Rio de Janeiro who remain in contention, along with Butler, DeRozan, Durant, George, Irving, Jordan and Lowry.

Though Curry has never played in the Olympics, he has represented the United States as a member of the USA FIBA World Cup Teams. He was a member of the 2014 USA World Cup Team that finished 9-0 and captured gold in Spain, as well as the 2010 USA World Cup squad that went 9-0 and captured gold in Istanbul, Turkey.

The USA National Team coaching staff is led by San Antonio Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich. Warriors Head Coach Steve Kerr is among the assistant coaches, which include former Atlanta Hawks Head Coach Lloyd Pierce and Villanova University Head Coach Jay Wright.

The USA National Team’s complete training schedule and final roster for 2021 will be announced at a later date.

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Stephen Curry, Draymond Green Finalists for U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team

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Golden State Warriors forwards Kevin Durant and Draymond Green and guard Klay Thompson will be presented with their official USA Basketball Championship rings prior to tip-off of the Warriors vs. Knicks game at Oracle Arena on Thursday, December 15, it was announced today. The rings, which will be presented by Warriors Executive Board Member and 1960 Olympic gold medalist Jerry West and USA Basketball Men’s National Team Director Sean Ford, commemorate the trio’s efforts in helping the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team capture gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this past summer.

Durant earned his second career Olympic gold medal in Rio, having previously won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, while Green and Thompson each earned their first Olympic gold medal. In Rio, Durant led the team in scoring by averaging 19.4 points per game during the USA’s perfect 8-0 run through the tournament. The 6’9” forward owns the two highest point totals in a single Olympic competition in U.S. history, scoring a record 156 points in 2012 and following it up with 155 points in 2016. Durant has scored 311 total points for Team USA in his Olympic career, second only to Carmelo Anthony (336) for most career points scored by an individual in U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team history.

The Warriors were just the second NBA team to boast a trio of players on a U.S. Team at the Olympic Games since active NBA players began participating in the Olympics in 1992 (Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012). Durant, Green and Thompson join Chris Mullin (1992) as the only Warriors players to capture Olympic gold. In addition, Golden State guard/forward Andre Iguodala earned a gold medal in 2012 prior to joining the Warriors.

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