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Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters

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This is a list of the players who were on the rosters of the given teams who participated in the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Men's Basketball.

Group A

Argentina

The following is the Argentina roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]

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Argentina men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F/C	4	Luis Scola (C)	28 – (1980-04-30)April 30, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Houston Rockets
SG	5	Manu Ginóbili	31 – (1977-07-28)July 28, 1977	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	San Antonio Spurs
C	6	Román González	30 – (1978-01-28)January 28, 1978	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Peñarol
C	7	Fabricio Oberto	33 – (1975-03-21)March 21, 1975	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	San Antonio Spurs
PG	8	Pablo Prigioni	31 – (1977-05-17)May 17, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	TAU Cerámica
PG	9	Antonio Porta	24 – (1983-10-28)October 28, 1983	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Spartak Saint Petersburg
SG	10	Carlos Delfino	25 – (1982-08-29)August 29, 1982	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Khimki
PG	11	Paolo Quinteros	29 – (1979-01-15)January 15, 1979	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Basket Zaragoza
PF	12	Leonardo Gutiérrez	30 – (1978-05-16)May 16, 1978	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Atenas
SF	13	Andrés Nocioni	28 – (1979-11-30)November 30, 1979	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Chicago Bulls
C	14	Juan Pedro Gutiérrez	24 – (1983-10-10)October 10, 1983	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Granada
SF	15	Federico Kammerichs	28 – (1980-06-21)June 21, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Regatas

Head coach

Sergio Hernández

Assistant coach(es)

Julio Lamas

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Australia

The following is the Australia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

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Australia men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	4	Chris Anstey	33 – (1975-01-01)January 1, 1975	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Melbourne Tigers
PG	5	Patrick Mills	19 – (1988-08-11)August 11, 1988	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Saint Mary's Gaels
C	6	Andrew Bogut	23 – (1984-11-28)November 28, 1984	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Milwaukee Bucks
G/F	7	Joe Ingles	20 – (1987-10-02)October 2, 1987	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	South Dragons
G/F	8	Brad Newley	23 – (1985-02-18)February 18, 1985	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Panellinios
G	9	C. J. Bruton	32 – (1975-12-13)December 13, 1975	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	New Zealand Breakers
F	10	David Barlow	24 – (1983-10-22)October 22, 1983	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Melbourne Tigers
SF	11	Mark Worthington	25 – (1983-06-08)June 8, 1983	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	South Dragons
G/F	12	Glen Saville	32 – (1976-01-17)January 17, 1976	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Wollongong Hawks
F/C	13	David Andersen	28 – (1980-06-23)June 23, 1980	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	FC Barcelona
F/C	14	Matthew Nielsen (C)	30 – (1978-02-03)February 3, 1978	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	BC Lietuvos rytas
F	15	Shawn Redhage	27 – (1981-01-21)January 21, 1981	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Perth Wildcats

Head coach

Brian Goorjian

Assistant coach(es)

Brendan Joyce
Gordon McLeod

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Croatia

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Roko Ukić	23 – (1984-12-05)December 5, 1984	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Toronto Raptors
G	5	Davor Kus	30 – (1978-07-21)July 21, 1978	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Unicaja Málaga
PG	6	Marko Popović	26 – (1982-06-12)June 12, 1982	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	BC Žalgiris
SF	7	Marin Rozić	25 – (1983-02-14)February 14, 1983	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	KK Cibona
F/C	8	Nikola Prkačin	32 – (1975-11-15)November 15, 1975	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	KK Cibona
G/F	9	Marko Tomas	23 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Real Madrid
G	10	Zoran Planinić	25 – (1982-09-12)September 12, 1982	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	CSKA Moscow
C	11	Sandro Nicević	32 – (1976-06-16)June 16, 1976	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Beşiktaş
F	12	Damjan Rudež	22 – (1986-06-17)June 17, 1986	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	KK Union Olimpija
PF	13	Marko Banić	23 – (1984-08-31)August 31, 1984	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	iurbentia Bilbao
PF	14	Krešimir Lončar	25 – (1983-02-12)February 12, 1983	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Lokomotiv Rostov
C	15	Stanko Barać	21 – (1986-08-13)August 13, 1986	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	TAU Ceramica

Head coach

Jasmin Repeša

Assistant coach(es)

Dražen Anzulović

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Iran

The following is the Iran roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[4]

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Iran men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F/C	4	Ali Doraghi	23 – (1984-09-20)September 20, 1984	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Petrochimi
PG	5	Amir Amini	24 – (1984-06-10)June 10, 1984	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Kaveh
PG	6	Javad Davari	25 – (1983-04-25)April 25, 1983	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Petrochimi
PG	7	Mehdi Kamrani	26 – (1982-06-01)June 1, 1982	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Mahram
SG	8	Saeid Davarpanah	20 – (1987-09-07)September 7, 1987	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Kaveh
SG	9	Iman Zandi	26 – (1981-09-19)September 19, 1981	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	BEEM
SG	10	Hamed Afagh	25 – (1983-02-01)February 1, 1983	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Saba Battery
F/C	11	Hamed Sohrabnejad	25 – (1983-05-07)May 7, 1983	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Mahram
PF	12	Oshin Sahakian	22 – (1986-03-21)March 21, 1986	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Zob Ahan
C	13	Mousa Nabipour	24 – (1983-08-14)August 14, 1983	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Kaveh
SF	14	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (C)	25 – (1983-05-11)May 11, 1983	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Mahram
C	15	Hamed Haddadi	23 – (1985-05-19)May 19, 1985	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	Saba Battery

Head coach

Rajko Toroman

Assistant coach(es)

Mehran Hatami
Srđan Petković

Legend

(C) Team captain
nat field describes country
of last club
before the tournament
Age field is age on August 9, 2008

Lithuania

The following is the Lithuania roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Rimantas Kaukėnas	31 – (1977-04-11)April 11, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Montepaschi Siena
SG	5	Mindaugas Lukauskis	29 – (1979-05-19)May 19, 1979	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Lietuvos Rytas
SF	6	Jonas Mačiulis	23 – (1985-02-10)February 10, 1985	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	BC Žalgiris
C	7	Darjuš Lavrinovič	28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	UNICS Kazan
G/F	8	Ramūnas Šiškauskas (C)	29 – (1978-09-10)September 10, 1978	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	CSKA Moscow
G	9	Marius Prekevičius	24 – (1984-05-22)May 22, 1984	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	BC Šiauliai
G/F	10	Simas Jasaitis	26 – (1982-03-26)March 26, 1982	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Joventut Badalona
F	11	Linas Kleiza	23 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Denver Nuggets
F/C	12	Kšyštof Lavrinovič	28 – (1979-11-01)November 1, 1979	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Montepaschi Siena
PG	13	Šarūnas Jasikevičius	32 – (1976-03-05)March 5, 1976	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Panathinaikos BC
F/C	14	Marijonas Petravičius	28 – (1979-10-24)October 24, 1979	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Lietuvos Rytas
C	15	Robertas Javtokas	28 – (1980-03-20)March 20, 1980	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Dynamo Moscow

Head coach

Ramūnas Butautas

Assistant coach(es)

Rimas Kurtinaitis
Robertas Kuncaitis
Virginijus Mikalauskas

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Russia

The following is the Russia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[6]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Andrey Vorontsevich	21 – (1987-07-17)July 17, 1987	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	CSKA Moscow
PG	5	Jon Robert Holden	31 – (1976-08-10)August 10, 1976	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	CSKA Moscow
G	6	Sergei Bykov	25 – (1983-02-26)February 26, 1983	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Dynamo Moscow
F	7	Andrei Kirilenko (C)	27 – (1981-02-18)February 18, 1981	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Utah Jazz
C	8	Nikita Morgunov	33 – (1975-06-29)June 29, 1975	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Lokomotiv Rostov
PG	9	Petr Samoylenko	31 – (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Dynamo Moscow
F	10	Victor Khryapa	26 – (1982-08-03)August 3, 1982	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	CSKA Moscow
SG	11	Zakhar Pashutin	34 – (1974-05-03)May 3, 1974	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Spartak Saint Petersburg
SF	12	Sergei Monia	25 – (1983-04-15)April 15, 1983	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Dynamo Moscow
SG	13	Vitaly Fridzon	22 – (1985-10-14)October 14, 1985	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	BC Khimki
C	14	Aleksey Savrasenko	29 – (1979-02-28)February 28, 1979	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	CSKA Moscow
SF	15	Viktor Keirou	24 – (1984-01-31)January 31, 1984	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	CSKA Moscow

Head coach

David Blatt

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group B

Angola

The following is the Angola roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[7]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SF	4	Olimpio Cipriano	26 – (1982-04-09)April 9, 1982	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
G	5	Armando Costa	25 – (1983-06-03)June 3, 1983	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético
SG	6	Carlos Morais	22 – (1985-10-16)October 16, 1985	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Petro Atlético
PG	7	Milton Barros	24 – (1984-06-21)June 21, 1984	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Petro Atlético
G	8	Luis Costa	30 – (1978-06-07)June 7, 1978	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético
G	9	Vladimir Geronimo	30 – (1977-12-12)December 12, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F/C	10	Joaquim Gomes	27 – (1980-12-23)December 23, 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F	11	Felizardo Ambrosio	20 – (1987-12-25)December 25, 1987	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
C	12	Abdel Aziz Moussa	28 – (1980-04-08)April 8, 1980	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
SG	13	Carlos Almeida (C)	31 – (1976-09-24)September 24, 1976	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto
F	14	Leonel Paulo	22 – (1986-04-30)April 30, 1986	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Petro Atlético
F	15	Eduardo Mingas	29 – (1979-01-29)January 29, 1979	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Petro Atlético

Head coach

Alberto de Carvalho

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

China

The following is the China roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

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China men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Chen Jianghua	19 – (1989-03-12)March 12, 1989	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Guangdong Southern Tigers
G	5	Liu Wei (C)	28 – (1980-01-15)January 15, 1980	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Shanghai Sharks
PG	6	Zhang Qingpeng	23 – (1985-01-23)January 23, 1985	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Liaoning Hunters
G/F	7	Wang Shipeng	25 – (1983-04-06)April 6, 1983	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Guangdong Southern Tigers
SF	8	Zhu Fangyu	25 – (1983-01-05)January 5, 1983	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Guangdong Southern Tigers
G	9	Sun Yue	22 – (1985-11-06)November 6, 1985	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Los Angeles Lakers
SF	10	Li Nan	31 – (1976-09-25)September 25, 1976	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Bayi Rockets
F/C	11	Yi Jianlian	20 – (1987-10-27)October 27, 1987	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	New Jersey Nets
SF	12	Wang Lei	21 – (1986-08-12)August 12, 1986	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Bayi Rockets
C	13	Yao Ming	27 – (1980-09-12)September 12, 1980	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)	Houston Rockets
C	14	Wang Zhizhi	29 – (1979-07-08)July 8, 1979	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	Bayi Rockets
F	15	Du Feng	27 – (1981-07-30)July 30, 1981	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Guangdong Southern Tigers

Head coach

Jonas Kazlauskas

Assistant coach(es)

Donnie Nelson

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Germany

The following is the Germany roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[9]

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Germany men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F/C	4	Tim Ohlbrecht	19 – (1988-08-30)August 30, 1988	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Brose Baskets
SF	5	Philip Zwiener	23 – (1985-07-23)July 23, 1985	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	ALBA Berlin
PF	6	Sven Schultze	30 – (1978-07-11)July 11, 1978	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Olympia Larissa BC
SG	7	Robert Garrett	31 – (1977-03-18)March 18, 1977	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Brose Baskets
SF	8	Konrad Wysocki	26 – (1982-03-28)March 28, 1982	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Deutsche Bank Skyliners
G	9	Steffen Hamann	27 – (1981-06-14)June 14, 1981	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Brose Baskets
G	10	Demond Greene	29 – (1979-06-15)June 15, 1979	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Brose Baskets
PG	11	Pascal Roller	31 – (1976-11-20)November 20, 1976	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Deutsche Bank Skyliners
C	12	Chris Kaman	26 – (1982-04-28)April 28, 1982	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Los Angeles Clippers
C	13	Patrick Femerling	33 – (1975-03-04)March 4, 1975	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	ALBA Berlin
PF	14	Dirk Nowitzki (C)	30 – (1978-06-19)June 19, 1978	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Dallas Mavericks
F/C	15	Jan Jagla	27 – (1981-06-25)June 25, 1981	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Joventut Badalona

Head coach

Dirk Bauermann

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Greece

The following is the Greece roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[10]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Theo Papaloukas (C)	31 – (1977-05-08)May 8, 1977	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Olympiacos B.C.
F/C	5	Ioannis Bourousis	24 – (1983-11-17)November 17, 1983	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	Olympiacos B.C.
PG	6	Nikos Zisis	24 – (1983-08-16)August 16, 1983	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	PBC CSKA Moscow
PG	7	Vassilis Spanoulis	26 – (1982-08-07)August 7, 1982	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Panathinaikos BC
F	8	Panagiotis Vasilopoulos	24 – (1984-02-08)February 8, 1984	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Olympiacos B.C.
PF	9	Antonis Fotsis	27 – (1981-04-01)April 1, 1981	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Panathinaikos BC
F	10	Giorgos Printezis	23 – (1985-02-22)February 22, 1985	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Olympiacos B.C.
C	11	Andreas Glyniadakis	26 – (1981-08-26)August 26, 1981	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	Maroussi BC
F/C	12	Kostas Tsartsaris	28 – (1979-10-17)October 17, 1979	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Panathinaikos BC
G	13	Dimitris Diamantidis	28 – (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	Panathinaikos BC
C	14	Sofoklis Schortsanitis	23 – (1985-06-22)June 22, 1985	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	Olympiacos B.C.
G/F	15	Michalis Pelekanos	27 – (1981-05-25)May 25, 1981	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Olympiacos B.C.

Head coach

Panagiotis Giannakis

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Spain

The following is the Spain roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[11]^[12]

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Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F/C	4	Pau Gasol	28 – (1980-07-06)July 6, 1980	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	Los Angeles Lakers
G/F	5	Rudy Fernandez	23 – (1985-04-04)April 4, 1985	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Portland Trail Blazers
PG	6	Ricky Rubio	17 – (1990-10-21)October 21, 1990	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Joventut Badalona
G	7	Juan Carlos Navarro	28 – (1980-06-13)June 13, 1980	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	FC Barcelona
PG	8	José Calderón	26 – (1981-09-28)September 28, 1981	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Toronto Raptors
F/C	9	Felipe Reyes	28 – (1980-03-16)March 16, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Real Madrid
SF	10	Carlos Jiménez (C)	32 – (1976-02-10)February 10, 1976	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	CB Málaga
PG	11	Raül López	28 – (1980-04-15)April 15, 1980	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Real Madrid
SG	12	Berni Rodríguez	28 – (1980-06-07)June 7, 1980	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	CB Málaga
C	13	Marc Gasol	23 – (1985-01-29)January 29, 1985	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	Memphis Grizzlies
SF	14	Álex Mumbrú	29 – (1979-06-12)June 12, 1979	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Real Madrid
PF	15	Jorge Garbajosa	30 – (1977-12-19)December 19, 1977	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Khimki BC

Head coach

Aíto García Reneses

Assistant coach(es)

Juan Antonio Orenga
Quim Costa

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

United States

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The following is the United States roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[13]

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United States men's national basketball team – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
F	4	Carlos Boozer	26 – (1981-11-20)November 20, 1981	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Utah Jazz
G	5	Jason Kidd	35 – (1973-03-23)March 23, 1973	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Dallas Mavericks
F	6	LeBron James	23 – (1984-12-30)December 30, 1984	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Cleveland Cavaliers
G	7	Deron Williams	24 – (1984-06-26)June 26, 1984	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Utah Jazz
G	8	Michael Redd	28 – (1979-08-24)August 24, 1979	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Milwaukee Bucks
G	9	Dwyane Wade	26 – (1982-01-17)January 17, 1982	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Miami Heat
G	10	Kobe Bryant (C)	29 – (1978-08-23)August 23, 1978	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Los Angeles Lakers
C	11	Dwight Howard	22 – (1985-12-08)December 8, 1985	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Orlando Magic
F/C	12	Chris Bosh	24 – (1984-03-24)March 24, 1984	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	Toronto Raptors
G	13	Chris Paul	23 – (1985-05-06)May 6, 1985	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	New Orleans Hornets
F	14	Tayshaun Prince	28 – (1980-02-28)February 28, 1980	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	Detroit Pistons
F	15	Carmelo Anthony	24 – (1984-05-29)May 29, 1984	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Denver Nuggets

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Assistant coach(es)

Jim Boeheim
Nate McMillan
Mike D'Antoni

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

References

[1]
"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Argentina roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
[2]
"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Australia roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2012.
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"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Croatia roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Iran roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Lithuania roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Angola roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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"2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – China roster". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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Group A

Argentina

Australia

Croatia

Iran

Lithuania

Russia

Group B

Angola

China

Germany

Greece

Spain

United States

See also

References

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