The final spot on the US Olympic basketball team will be occupied by Leonard

U.S. national team director Grant Hill has met with most of the 12 players invited in recent days, and sources confirmed to ESPN that Leonard agreed to be on the roster on Tuesday.

Leonard played in 68 regular season games and averaged 23.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. Due to knee inflammation, the striker missed the last eight games of the regular season, but the “Clippers” took fourth place in the Western Conference with a 51-31 record and will meet the Dallas “Mavericks” in the first round of the playoffs.

The US team will include NBA stars such as LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers.

Devin Booker from the Suns, two teammates of Kristaps Porzingis from the Boston Celtics, Drew Holliday and Jason Tatum, as well as Anthony Davis from the Lakers, Bam Adebayo from the Miami Heat, Tyrese Halliburton from Indiana will also play for the US national team. Pacers” and Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Of the players named, only Halliburton and Edwards were on the U.S. team, which went without a medal at the 2023 World Cup, finishing fourth.

The USA men’s basketball team is the most titled in the history of the Olympic Games – it has 16 gold awards, including the triumph in the last four Olympics. Former USSR basketball players have become Olympic champions twice, while former Yugoslavia and Argentina have won Olympic gold once.