OLYMPIC GAMES
Which NBA players are playing in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris? Full list
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be among the NBA stars looking to take down Team USA at the Olympics.
The men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris gets underway on Saturday, July 27, with the gold medal game to be played on Saturday, 10 August, the penultimate day of the event. As ever, the United States are firm favourites to win a competition, with all 12 members of their roster strutting their stuff in the NBA, the premier professional basketball league in the world.
However, each of the 12 competing nations have at least one player on their squad currently playing for an NBA team, with plenty more having plied their trade in the league at one point or another during their careers.
2024 Olympics men’s basketball tournament: group stage draw
Group A
- Australia
- Greece
- Canada
- Spain
Group B
- France
- Germany
- Japan
- Brazil
Group C
- Serbia
- South Sudan
- Puerto Rico
- United States
Which NBA players are playing in the 2024 Olympics?
Group A
Australia
- Dyson Daniels (Pelicans)
- Dante Exum (Mavericks)
- Josh Giddey (Bulls)
- Josh Green (Hornets)
- Joe Ingles (Timberwolves)
- Jock Landale (Rockets)
- Duop Reath (Trail Blazers)
Greece
- Giannis Anetokounmpo (Bucks)
Canada
- Nickeil Alexander-Walker (Timberwolves)
- RJ Barrett (Raptors)
- Dillon Brooks (Rockets)
- Luguentz Dort (Thunder)
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Thunder)
- Trey Lyles (Kings)
- Jamal Murray (Nuggets)
- Andrew Nembhard (Pacers)
- Kelly Olynyk (Raptors)
- Dwight Powell (Mavericks)
Spain
- Santi Aldama (Grizzlies)
Group B
France
- Nicolas Batum (Clippers)
- Bilal Coulibaly (Wizards)
- Rudy Gobert (Timberwolves)
- Victor Wembanyama (Spurs)
Germany
- Dennis Schroder (Nets)
- Daniel Theis (Pelicans)
- Franz Wagner (Magic)
- Mo Wagner (Magic)
Japan
- Rui Hachimura (Lakers)
Brazil
- Gui Santos (Warriors)
Group C
Serbia
- Bogdan Bogdanovic (Hawks)
- Nikola Jokic (Nuggets)
- Nikola Jovic (Heat)
- Vasilije Micić (Hornets)
- Aleksej Pokusevski (Hornets)
South Sudan
- Bol Bol (Suns)
Puerto Rico
- Jose Alvarado (Pelicans)
United States
- Bam Adebayo (Heat)
- Devin Booker (Suns)
- Stephen Curry (Warriors)
- Anthony Davis (Lakers)
- Kevin Durant (Suns)
- Anthony Edwards (Timberwolves)
- Joel Embiid (76ers)
- Tyrese Haliburton (Pacers)
- Jrue Holiday (Celtics)
- LeBron James (Lakers)
- Jayson Tatum (Celtics)
- Derrick White (Celtics)
Which former NBA players are playing in the 2024 Olympics?
NBA followers will also recognise a host of other names playing in the 2024 Olympics, with the following players having featured in the league at some stage in the past:
- Matthew Dellavedova (Australia)
- Patty Mills (Australia)
- Kostas Antetokounmpo (Greece)
- Nick Calathes (Greece)
- Georgios Papagiannis (Greece)
- Kostas Papanikolaou (Greece)
- Khem Birch (Canada)
- Lorenzo Brown (Spain)
- Rudy Fernández (Spain)
- Usman Garuba (Spain)
- Juancho Hernangómez (Spain)
- Willy Hernangómez (Spain)
- Nando De Colo (France)
- Evan Fournier (France)
- Frank Ntilikina (France)
- Guerschon Yabusele (France)
- Isaac Bonga (Germany)
- Yuta Watanabe (Japan)
- Bruno Caboclo (Brazil)
- Marcelo Huertas (Brazil)
- Raul Neto (Brazil)
- Marko Gudurić (Serbia)
- Filip Petrušev (Serbia)
- Deng Adel (South Sudan)
- Carlik Jones (South Sudan)
- Thon Maker (South Sudan)
- Wenyen Gabriel (South Sudan)
- JT Thor (South Sudan)
In addition, South Sudan have one player who could well turn out in the NBA in the future. Center Khaman Maluach currently plays for the City Oilers of the Basketball Africa League, under a development program with NBA Academy Africa.
Final rosters for the tournament will be confirmed following the Technical Meeting, which is set to take place before the start of the competition. That means changes could yet be made before the action gets underway.