KEVIN DURANT headlines the U.S. men’s basketball roster for Tokyo, which includes three returning Olympians, the team announced Monday.

Durant, a two-time gold medalist, is joined by 2012 Olympic teammate Kevin Love and 2016 Olympic teammate Draymond Green.

The other nine are Olympic rookies: Bam Adebayo, Bradley Beal, Devin Booker, Jerami Grant, Jrue Holiday, Zach LaVine, Damian Lillard, Khris Middleton and Jayson Tatum.

The team is, not surprisingly, low on Olympic experience. It lacks most NBA superstars, in part due to the NBA season starting and finishing later than usual (currently in the conference finals).

But the 2016 team had fewer returning Olympians (two) and still earned a third consecutive gold medal (albeit with close calls — three-point wins over France and Serbia and a six-point win over Spain).

Since, head coach Mike Krzyzewski was succeeded by Gregg Popovich. At the only major tournament in this Olympic cycle, the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the U.S. had its worst result ever — seventh place after losing to France in the quarterfinals.

That roster had two 2019 NBA All-Stars (Kemba Walker and Middleton) and one player with Olympic experience (Harrison Barnes).

(SD-Agencies)