Booker and Durant answer possibility of 2028 Olympics

Durant and Booker confirm, for the moment, their commitment to competing for Team USA in four years’ time. In the 2024 Paris Olympics, the duo was instrumental in the USA securing gold combining for 25.5 points per game as a duo.

Aug 3, 2021; Saitama, Japan; USA player Devin Booker (15) and USA player Kevin Durant (7) congratulate each other after USA beat Spain during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Saitama Super Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports

Booker will be 31 years old when the next Olympic cycle rolls around. He is expected to still be in the prime of his career and be an important part of the USA’s basketball campaign in LA. However, for Durant, it’s a little more complicated.

Durant would be a month away from being 40 years old and would be the oldest USA Men’s Basketball Olympian in the team’s history. A fifth Olympic appearance and an expected fifth medal placement would place Durant at the top of the rankings for the most medals by a men’s basketball Olympian ever.

Winning in 2028 would tie him with Sue Bird for second all-time in gold medals by either a men’s or women’s basketball Olympian with five, behind fellow Phoenix basketball legend Diana Taurasi with six gold medals.

The 15-time All-Star is the men’s USA basketball scoring leader with 518 points. One final Olympic campaign could see him rise to the ranks of the all-time Olympic scoring leaders, as Durant currently sits at 8th. Durant is already a USA basketball legend but in 2028 he tries to create separation for the future generation that players, like Booker, will try to catch for decades.