Sacramento Kings forward Harrison Barnes is among the list of 57 finalists announced today by USA Basketball for the U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team. The team will compete in the rescheduled Summer Olympic Games to be held July 23-Aug. 8 in Tokyo, Japan. The player selections were approved by the USA Basketball Board of Directors. Barnes is among the 42 previously selected USA Basketball Men’s National Team finalists initially named on Feb. 10, 2020 and 15 players were added today. The official 12-member U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball Team roster will be announced later this year.
During recent international competition, Barnes was a member of the USA Basketball Men’s World Cup Team in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China, averaging 11.