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Carmelo Anthony Names All-Time Team USA Starting Lineup; Leaves Out Michael Jordan

Ahead of Team USA's gold medal game against France in men's basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris on Saturday, NBA and USA Basketball legend Carmelo Anthony picked his all-time Team USA starting five.

In an interview Friday with BasketNews (h/t HoopsHype), Melo chose himself, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Charles Barkley:

While it can be argued that omission of Michael Jordan is somewhat surprising, Anthony noted that he picked players who "had a career in FIBA" and passed over MJ for his list since he "only played in that one Olympics.