Five members of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors have been named among the list of 30 finalists announced Monday for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team.
Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes and Andre Iguodala represent the Warriors as finalists, the most from any NBA team.
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans are three-time Olympic medalists who are attempting to make a historical fourth U.S. Olympic men’s team.
The other finalists for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team includes: LaMarcus Aldridge (San Antonio Spurs); Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks); Bradley Beal (Washington Wizards); Jimmy Butler (Chicago Bulls); Mike Conley (Memphis Grizzlies); DeMarcus Cousins (Sacramento Kings); DeMar DeRozan (Toronto Raptors); Andre Drummond (Detroit Pistons); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Kenneth Faried (Denver Nuggets); Rudy Gay (Kings); Paul George (Indiana Pacers); Blake Griffin (Los Angeles Clippers); James Harden (Houston Rockets); Gordon Hayward (Utah Jazz); Dwight Howard (Rockets); Kyrie Irving (Cavaliers); DeAndre Jordan (Clippers); Kawhi Leonard (Spurs); Kevin Love (Cavaliers); Chris Paul (Clippers); John Wall (Wizards); and Russell Westbrook (Thunder).
Duke’s Naismith Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski again leads the 2016 USA coaching staff. Serving as USA assistant coaches are Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Tom Thibodeau and Monty Williams (Thunder).
—Johnny Bach, a longtime assistant coach in the NBA and prominent coaching figure in Chicago Bulls history, has died at the age of 91.
Bach died early Monday in Chicago after battling cancer and other ailments.
Bach spent 16 of his 19 seasons as an assistant coach with Golden State, Chicago, Charlotte, Washington and Detroit, and served as the Warriors’ coach from 1983-86.
Before the NBA, Bach was the head coach at Fordham from 1950 to 1968, and at Penn State from 1968 to 1977. Bach amassed 387 collegiate coaching victories and 16 winning seasons.
—The Orlando Magic called up guard Keith Appling from the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League and signed him to a 10-day contract.
The Magic also recalled guard Devyn Marble from their D-League affiliate.