Rio 2016: 5 basketball players to watch out for at the Olympic Games

1) Kevin Durant – USA

Durant was the top scorer in 2012

When USA won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London, it was the likes of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James who stole the spotlight. But it was another player who stepped up to take the team all the way and basketball connoisseurs saw that. It was none other than Kevin Durant.

An Oklahoma City Thunder player until recently, Durant has been in the news after his decision to quit the franchise and move to last season’ s runners-up and 2015 champions Golden State Warriors to team up with Steph Curry and co. But he has put that circus aside to concentrate on defending USA’ s Olympic gold and has already impressed in the preparation games before heading to Rio.

Durant was the top scorer in 2012 and is one of the surviving members of that squad. He was the top scorer in the two big games against Argentina and China in the past two weeks. And the Warriors pre-season could start in earnest in Rio when he teams up with Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.