Phoenix Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker has committed to joining the 12-man Team USA roster for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Booker's commitment comes as he prepares for his first Western Conference final since 2010 and will leave the 24-year-old with limited recovery time before Team USA's game against France begins in Tokyo on July 25. .
Booker has led the Suns in scoring during the regular season and post-season, including 47 and 34 points in series-cleaning wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets.
He is the second player to join Team USA on Friday, along with Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal, who will make his first Olympic appearance since leading the Americans to an undefeated run at the Under-17 World Championships. in 2010.
Beale, whose commitment was first reported by The Athletic, was a candidate for the gold medal-winning team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and then for the seventh-placed team at the Basketball World Cup in China two years earlier. . Biel withdrew from the idea in 2016 due to injury concerns and in 2019 for family reasons.
A three-time All-Star, who was first announced as an All-NBA selection earlier this week, Beale scored a career-best 31.3 points per game for Washington this season.
Booker and Beale engage in a backcourt that will include Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, who said Thursday he has many reasons to want to play - among them the chance to be coached by Greg Popovich. The US is also expecting 2016 Olympic gold medalist Draymond Green and Jayson Tatum to be part of the Tokyo-going roster.
Some top names, such as LeBron James and Jimmy Butler, have already decided not to compete this summer for a variety of reasons.
USA Basketball is aiming to fill a 12-man roster for the Olympics by the end of this month. Americans bidding for their fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal will convene for training camp in Las Vegas on July 6.