LeBron James Is the Biggest Name for Team USA Basketball, But He’s Not the Tallest

Basketball is a sport where height is considered an advantage—the closer to the basket, the easier, right? There may not be a prescripted requirement, but if the heights of the USA’s Olympic team are anything to go by, you’d better be above average.

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It doesn’t always matter, however, Spud Webb was 5 feet 7 inches and was among the most electric dunkers in the ’80s NBA. Muggsy Bogues, the NBA’s shortest player in history, stood at 5 feet 3 inches and he had a reasonably successful career in the 90s.

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While there’s debate as to whether the NBA is less physical than in previous decades—commissioner Adam Silver said that in the late 90s brand of basketball “de-emphasized the particular skill a player had and maybe weighed too heavily on physicality”—we can all agree that the heights of Team USA’s Olympic players in 2024 are mighty impressive.

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How tall is the Team USA Olympic basketball team?