Although the Miami Heat have underperformed in the 2025-26 season, largely due to injuries, head coach Erik Spoelstra will still be Team USA's head coach for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Given that the United States hasn't hosted the Summer Olympics since 1996 in Atlanta, 2028's edition will be an especially huge occasion, given that the event will be held in Los Angeles, California.
Recently, Spoelstra provided an update on the status of the 2028 team, indicating that he hasn't done much to recruit players quite yet. “There’s still time, so I haven’t really sensed anybody lobbying,” Spoelstra said. “I haven’t talked to any potential guys yet.”
Spoelstra went on to talk about his involvement with former NBA star and Team USA managing director Grant Hill. “I’ve kept in touch with both Grant Hill and Sean Ford and we met up probably two months ago. But it was more general talks of two summers from now and scheduling and what that’ll look like."
Team USA has won five -straight Gold medals in basketball, their last defeat coming in 2004 where they won Bronze.
That said, international competition has improved. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, Team USA won their semi-final match against Serbia by a slim margin of four points and won the Gold medal match against France by 11.
As a result, Spoelstra's choices for the 2028 roster will be under plenty of scrutiny.
However, Spoelstra, Grant Hill and Team USA will have plenty of time to decide leading up to the Olympic games in Los Angeles.
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