James Harden stated his intention to play for Team USA during the 2020 Olympics, saying that "it's one of my goals to play for this beautiful country."

Harden withdrew his name for the FIBA World Cup in which Team USA finished seventh.

Harden joins a group of NBA players who have committed to the Olympics, including Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, and Klay Thompson. 

Klay Thompson joined Golden State Warriors teammates Steph Curry and Draymond Green in expressing his desire to play for Team USA in next year's Olympics. 

“I would love to play (for) Team USA. That is the plan. I would love to be on the Olympic team," Thompson told Marcus Thompson II of The Athletic.

Thompson and Curry played together in the 2014 World Cup, which Thompson said was a critical bonding experience for the duo.

Thompson echoed Gregg Popovich and Kobe Bryant's sentiment that world basketball will continue to be a challenge for the U.S.

“It was hard to watch us lose. Those guys, they sacrificed their summers for that. I’m not going to dog them for losing, though. The world is good.”

The United States have kept their No. 1 ranking in the FIBA men's rankings despite a seventh place finish in this year's World Cup.

The top spot has been held by the United States for nine straight years since winning the 2010 world championship.

The FIBA rankings take results from the most recent eight years into account.

Spain remained at No. 2, while Australia jumped eight spots to No. 3. Argentina and France rounded out the top-5.

Stephen Curry plans on playing in the 2020 Olympics for the United States. Curry has never played in the Olympics previously.

"That is the plan, for sure," Curry said in an interview with ESPN's Rachel Nichols. "You know, obviously knock on wood, you don't want any injuries or things like that to interfere."

Curry twice played for the United States in the World Cup.

"Definitely wanna go," Curry said. "I've never been on the Olympic team. I've been on two World Cup championship gold-medal teams. But the Olympics is the experience that I want. And next year will hopefully be it."

Damian Lillard plans to play for the United States in the 2020 Olympics.

“I plan on being a part of that. I plan on playing,” Lillard said.

Lillard has never played for the United States beyond training camps.

Stephen Curry and Draymond Green are expected to make themselves available for the 2020 Olympics in Japan.

Curry has never played in an Olympics for the United States.

Green played in the 2016 Olympics.

James Harden, Anthony Davis, Bradley Beal, Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum, Kevin Love and Andre Drummond were initially committed to play in the World Cup but all bowed out.

Donovan Mitchell is considered one of the few favorites from the 2019 team expected to earn a spot on the 2020 roster.

Spain defeated Argentina 95-75 to win the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Ricky Rubio, awarded the tournament MVP, scored 20 points. Marc Gasol added 14 points on his way to becoming the second player to win a NBA Title and a FIBA Gold Medal in the same year.

Gabriel Deck lead Argentina with 24 points.

Rubio, Gasol, Luis Scola, Evan Fournier, and Bogdan Bogdanovic were chosen to the all-tourney team.

Donovan Mitchell reflected upon his positive experience with Team USA during this summer's FIBA Basketball World Cup, even despite their disappointing finish that included losses to France and Serbia.

"Everybody likes to look at the end goal, but when you sit back and reflect, I played on Team USA. That's incredible for me. I think that in itself is amazing. So yes, it was definitely worth it," said Mitchell.

Team USA finished in seventh place following their 87-74 win over Poland.

Mitchell added that he wants to play in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

"I think I have to wait for them to ask. But I want to be there."

Serbia coach Sasha Djordjevic announced that he will be leaving his position following their fifth-place finish in the FIBA World Cup.

Djordjevic said that he had made up his mind prior to Serbia's disappointing finish.

"I would've left the team after the World Cup even if we had achieved our goals. It was a decision I made before the summer," said Djordjevic after beating the Czech Republic. 

The United States had more than 50 players who were part of the World Cup plan. They only cut two after the first week of training camp with the other three dozen dropping out on their own.

"We're going to let the dust settle, let things depress a little bit," Jerry Colangelo said. "Obviously I'm always thinking ahead, which means what's going to take place, and it's going to happen fast and soon because we just have to get our act together for the Olympics."

The United States will go back to the drawing board ahead of the Olympics in Tokyo next summer.

"Going forward for USA Basketball, we're going to need the cooperation of teams, agents and then there has to be communication with players one-on-one to solidify those commitments," Colangelo said. "I am going to be anxious to see how many players reach out early to indicate that they wish and want and desire to play.

"But I'll make this statement: It's as much about maybe who we don't want as much as who we want."