USA Basketball added 15 players on Thursday to the list of candidates for the U.S. Olympic basketball team, bringing the total player pool to 57.
Added to the 2021 USA National Team roster, from which the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team will be selected, were: Jarrett Allen (Cleveland Cavaliers); Eric Gordon, John Wall and Christian Wood (Houston Rockets); Jerami Grant (Detroit Pistons); Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan (Brooklyn Nets); Jrue Holiday (Milwaukee Bucks); Zach LaVine (Chicago Bulls); Julius Randle and Mitchell Robinson (New York Knicks); Duncan Robinson (Miami Heat); Fred VanVleet (Toronto Raptors); Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans); and Trae Young (Atlanta Hawks).
The previous 42 were named as finalists in February 2020 and feature a number of the NBA's top players, including Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook (Washington Wizards); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Anthony Davis and LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers); Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving (Brooklyn Nets); Paul George and Kawhi Leonard (Los Angeles Clippers); Damian Lillard (Portland Trail Blazers); and Donovan Mitchell (Utah Jazz).