Head coach | Mike Krzyzewski |
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2016 Summer Olympics | |
Scoring leader | Kevin Durant 19.4 |
Rebounding leader | DeAndre Jordan 6.1 |
Assists leader | Kyrie Irving 4.9 |
The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They automatically qualified for the Olympics by winning the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2014. The team was coached by Mike Krzyzewski of Duke University, with assistant coaches Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Tom Thibodeau (New York Knicks), and Monty Williams.[1]