Booker will be on the 28 lineup. Anyone who thinks otherwise (including this list) is unserious.

He’s the vet presence / glue guy and he is willing to do the dirty work. 

He’s more than earned his spot with past play and continuity.

Fuck Maxey I guess

the retirment of the big 3

Durant literally just said he wanted to play….

I dont know why Booker woudnt get in, KD will also probably be good enough in 28. Also chet and adebayo would be insane defensive duo.

No Donovan Mitchell, no Brunson, no Maxey, No Mobley, Thompson wants to play for Jamaica

Wow. Definitely will mark the end of an era without seeing Curry / KD / LeBron etc.

Kevin durant will 100% be there

There is no way booker doesn’t get invited again when twice he has taken a back seat roll to help the team win.

Jaylen Brown should be a pick if the other stuff is ignored.

Isn’t Amen playing for Team Jamaica?

Half of these players won’t be in the final roster. ESPN is bad at projections. They fired all of their analytics team and probably just used ChatGPT to come up with this.

Has anyone watched Bam the last 2 years

This is Cling Kong erasure and I for one won’t stand for it! 🤭

I’d take Jaylen Brown over Jalen Williams

In my opinion Clingan needs to be a part of the roster. All the Euro teams bring beef. Bam and Chet are too physically disadvantaged against 260+ pound 7 footers. Duren is an ok defender but asking him to shoulder the load alone isn’t sound strategy

Isn’t Barnes and Amen looking to play for Jamaica ?

No jaylen brown?

No maxey is absolutely absurd

KD is still going to be an elite player at 39

Mobley, Maxey, Clingan, Mitchell, Brown should definitely be candidates too

i know i’m probably gonna be shit on for the homerism and maybe rightfully so but clingan is who you want on this team

Why the Jaylen Brown hate? He’s better than some of the guards/forwards.

No Booker, no Mitchell, no Maxey, no Brunson, but Kon gets in there. Ok.

Kevin Durant will be on the team or dead and I personally don’t see him dying in two years

Tyrese Maxey needs to be on this team.

A weight has been lifted as I no longer care about the absence of Trae from these lists. That is all.

They could do so much better and left off names that should definitely be there. I know there’ll obviously be snubs but come on.

• Tyrese Maxey
• Devin Booker
• KD
• Evan Mobley
• Donovan Clingan

That in itself would be a great lineup.

Where is Booker?

KD just said he;s playing in the 2028 olympics

Castle will be in the convo by the time the selection process is underway.

maxey, brunson, brown, donovan, booker. maybe get someone who can score consistently?

If we’re gonna nitpick, I think this team may lack some shooting 

Damn, ESPN got r/nba to agree that this is a terrible roster

LaMelo not playing but will be driving around LA.

Kneuppel and Thompson won’t be on the 2028 team.  Unserious list.

No Jaylen Brown? No Booker? No Brunson or Maxey?

But 2 guys that are still rehabbing from tearing their achilles…

And aren’t the Thompsons playing for Jamaica?

Oh yeah. Its ESPN. So this list was made for clicks, not genuine discussion…

If we’re taking USA vs the field, I might just pick the field.

The only way Book isn’t on this team is if he chooses not to be

Amen and Scottie shouldn’t be on the team unless they vastly improve their shooting.

Unless Amen learns how to shoot, I don’t see him making the team, especially over someone like Booker.

Kneuppel over Mitchell, Booker, Herro, Brown or Maxey is wild.

Jaylen Brown over Amen easily. Defense is just as good, plus he can shoot

Where’s Maxey?

So one of the important things is you need to make an actual team vs all-star which is just the best players. Really would like one of the guards to be more defense focus. Edwards can play defense but little too offense focus for me at the guard. I think its likely Durant makes the cut probably drop Amen.

Jaylen Brown should definitely be on there. He’s great at offense and defense, but if he focuses on one depending on the role, he can be elite.

Not only will Booker be on the team. He will be the team captain. He will be starting every game and closing in the moments that matter.

lol unless Booker destroys an Achilles he is a lock

Elite back-court. Front court might be a bit iffy.

Book over Kon

If KD and Booker want to play they should be guaranteed spots. Same with Ant, Tatum, Brown, and Bam. Those guys were all really important for us winning gold, especially KD who carried the 16 team and the Tokyo team when he absolutely didn’t have to do it and Book for sacrificing in order to play a really important role on the 2024 team.

Can’t play lamelo ball. Cause he’ll cause international incident 😂

Clingan should 100% be considered for this over Chet. He is way more suited for the park the paint defense

I always like how whenever theres US roster discussion theres always people dooming about “Look at the lack of big names and look at the names they’re going to lose” and then you look at every other team in contention and its like (super)Star/Role/Role/Bench/OutofTheLeague

Pft no carmelo anthony?

thompson twins are gonna play for jamaica i think (??)

I know there are exceptions but damn that really represents the modern NBA.

An amorphous blob of 6-6 to 6-8 ball handling, shooting, playmaking and defense

I have a hard time believing Book and White don’t make it.

They both played instrumental roles in the win.

Not positive this team would medal.

RIP to gold if these end up being the final guys.

Devin Booker is the most disrespected player in the league

It’s actually crazy

No Jalen Johnson?

I would’ve guessed Paolo a year ago. It sucks cause he ruined his relationship with the Italian team.

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I can see who could beat the lineup: Reality

When did those predictions get it right?

Where’s don mitchell?

That’s a hell of a team. Cunningham and Edwards in the backcourt, aie aie aie.

But isn’t this just an ESPN projection? It doesn’t mean anything.

No Mitchell or Dpoy Mobley

jalen johnson and clingan

I thought the Thompson twins wanted to represent Jamaica

Amen Thompson no, they need more shooting and half court playmaking. Jalen Johnson, Herro/Booker, Kawhi, one of Steph/KD, somebody from them should be there 

What about kawhi he’s a good two way player to have on you’re team

I hope Jalen Johnson can play his way to a spot.

I see ESPN predicts, I close

Thompson will be representing jamaica

Pretty good roster tho

Booker will absolutely play. Probably swap Thompson out

Kon’s a double-agent

You need shooters in FIBA. Amen and Scottie don’t fit or maybe they could be useful as the designated defensive bench player

Damn, Jaylen Brown still not making the team?

Two things are true - no one would beat this team and this won’t be the team.

concern? haha

Boozer

The idea that Jalen Johnson and Tyrese Maxey won’t be on the floor right as they hit their athletic primes with their outlier “how the fuck do we even respond to this without a double” talents seems crazy to me.

hot take but Duren seems like the most “important” player to me in that the only other true bigs are Bam and Chet. Scottie can play some C in the NBA but idk about Olympics

edit: they should add Clingan but idk who that replaces

Amen? In international play?

No way Bam makes it. Yes already falling off.

Anybody naming additions has to also name subtractions.

Replace Scottie and Chet with Booker and KD. Or someone from the 26 draft class.

Least impressive team since 2000. This is a team that could lose.

Where is Anthony Davis?

The bigs on this list are garbage.

I won’t lie. This looks like three levels of downgrade from some of the most recent Olympic teams.

The most important player on this list is Jalen Duren. Not the best but most important.

Fuck this ESPN rage bait. Come on you’re better than this.

This is a squad that can lose

Thats a very inexperienced roster.

Yall crazy. KD can’t be happy with any of his 5 teams and has been a cancer to so many. Why would you bring him for a team he won’t be needed for? Would he even play with Musalini or Stalen? (Booker)

Maxey? Booker? Michelle?

How about Brandon Podziemski!!!

Let’s go Canada! Hopefully that Oliver Rioux guy devops and Edey gets better.

Where’s Evan Mobley