Kevin Durant Eyeing 5th Team USA Gold Medal at 2028 LA Olympics, 'It's an Incredible Time'

Although he will be nearly 40 years old when the 2028 Summer Olympics take place in Los Angeles in two years, Houston Rockets star Kevin Durant has his sights set on playing for the United States men's basketball team once again.

According to Nick Friedell of The Athletic, Durant made it clear at a recent USA Basketball charity event that LA28 is firmly on his radar.

That backed up comments Durant made about the Olympics late in the 2025-26 season when he told reporters, "It's just fun, man. It's an incredible time. You get to travel the world. I don't know if we're gonna get to travel the world with it being in the States, but the last few years, we would go [to] Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Paris, London, Canary Islands, Madrid … being in places that changed not just my perspective about the game, just about life in general. I've been in places I've never even thought about being in if it wasn't for the game. That experience is one of the best, man. I encourage everybody to play for their country."

Durant has played for Team USA at each of the past four Summer Olympics, and he played a big role in the Americans winning the gold medal on all four occasions.

KD's four Olympic gold medals are already the most ever by a men's basketball player, and he can extend that record by winning a fifth at what would be his fifth Olympic Games.

A strong argument can already be made for Durant being the greatest Team USA basketball player of all time, as he is the United States' all-time leading scorer at the Olympics with 518 points to go along with his four gold medals.

Durant was the second-oldest player on the last Olympic team in Paris in 2024, but with LeBron James announcing that the 2024 Olympics would be his last, KD will almost certainly be the elder statesman in 2028 if he makes the squad.

While nothing is guaranteed for a player of Durant's age, the 16-time NBA All-Star continues to play at an elite level.

Last season, the 37-year-old veteran averaged 26.0 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 2.4 three-pointers made per game. He was also highly efficient, shooting 52.0 percent from the field and 41.3 percent from beyond the arc.

Perhaps most impressively, Durant played in 78 of the Rockets' 82 regular-season games, marking his most games played since the 2018-19 season.

If KD can stay healthy over the next two years, there is no reason to think he doesn't have the ability to make a fifth Olympic team, especially since he continues to be one of the most lethal scorers in the NBA nearly two decades into his career.