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The following were also candidates to make the team: United States men's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The 2016 team consisted of just two returning players from the 2012 Olympic gold-medal winning team, Kevin Durant and the new team captain, Carmelo Anthony.

January 18, 2016: 30-man roster announced.

August 6, 2015: 34-man roster announced.

The team was coached by Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, with assistant coaches Jim Boeheim ( Syracuse), Tom Thibodeau ( New York Knicks), and Monty Williams ( Phoenix Suns). They automatically qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2014. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.