The
United States men's national basketball team
The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as the United States men's national basketball team, is the basketball team representing the United States. They are the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in ...
won the gold medal at the
2010 FIBA World Championship. The team was an entirely rebuilt squad without a single member from
its 2008 Olympic gold-medal team.
The 2010 team relied heavily on a
small lineup to win its first World Championship since
1994.
They were led by 21-year-old
Kevin Durant
Kevin Wayne Durant ( ; born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for t ...
, who was the tournament's
most valuable player. The U.S. automatically qualified for the
2012 Olympics in London, and overtook
Argentina
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for the No. 1
world ranking
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.
Roster
With none of the 2008 Olympians on the roster, the team was derisively called a "B-Team." The team featured six players 22 years old or younger and only one true
center
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in
Tyson Chandler
Tyson Cleotis Chandler (born October 2, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player and coach.
Chandler was drafted directly out of high school as the second overall pick of the 2001 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, then wa ...
.
[ The team was projected to field a powerful inside-oriented team, but contractual issues with ]Amar'e Stoudemire
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and an injury to David Lee forced them to withdraw from the team on the opening day of training camp, and Brook Lopez
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Lopez was selecte ...
was also unavailable due to injuries.
Preliminary round
Croatia
Slovenia
Brazil
Iran
Tunisia
Final round
Round of 16 – Angola
Quarterfinals – Russia
Semifinals – Lithuania
Final – Turkey
Statistics
References
;General
*
;Specific
External links
USA team
at FIBA.com
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