USA Olympians Off To Impressive Starts

USA Basketball December 04, 2008

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Lebron James #6 of the United States salutes teammates before the men's basketball quarterfinal game against Australia at the Olympic Basketball Gymnasium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China.

Members of the gold medalist USA Olympic men's basketball team are off to impressive starts in the 2008-09 NBA season. Four Olympians currently ranked among the NBA's top five scorers, and six U.S. Olympians list among the top six in efficiency rating.

Dwyane Wade (28.7 ppg.), LeBron James (27.8 ppg.), Chris Bosh (26.8 ppg.) and Kobe Bryant (24.4 ppg.) currently rank one, two, three, and five, respectively, in scoring, while Chris Paul, James, Dwight Howard, Wade, Bosh and Carlos Boozer list one through six in efficiency rating.

Additionally, Howard leads the league currently in rebounding, blocked shots and double-doubles, while Paul heads the league in assists, steals and in efficiency rating. Check out below where USA Olympic Team members ranked among the 2008-09 statistical leaders for scoring, rebounding, assists, blocked shots, steals and much more!

EFFICIENCY RATING
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Chris Paul	30.27
2.	LeBron James	29.18
3.	Dwight Howard	28.83
4.	Dwyane Wade	28.72
5.	Chris Bosh	28.62
6.	Carlos Boozer	26.00
14.	Kobe Bryant	22.33
20.	Jason Kidd	21.25
41.	Carmelo Anthony	18.31
57.	Tayshaun Prince	17.00
SCORING
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Dwyane Wade	28.7 ppg.
2.	LeBron James	27.8 ppg.
3.	Chris Bosh	26.8 ppg.
5.	Kobe Bryant	24.4 ppg.
15.	Dwight Howard	21.4 ppg.
21.	Chris Paul	20.3 ppg.
25.	Carmelo Anthony	19.9 ppg.
REBOUNDS
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Dwight Howard	14.0 rpg.
5.	Chris Bosh	10.2 rpg.
22.	Carmelo Anthony	8.4 rpg.
31.	Jason Kidd	7.2 rpg.
34.	LeBron James	7.2 rpg.
50.	Tayshaun Prince	6.2 rpg.
ASSISTS
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Chris Paul	11.6 apg.
3.	Jason Kidd	8.6 apg.
7.	Dwyane Wade	7.9 apg.
12.	LeBron James	6.4 apg.
35.	Kobe Bryant	4.2 apg.
42.	Carmelo Anthony	3.9 apg.
60.	Tayshaun Prince	3.1 apg.
BLOCKED SHOTS
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Dwight Howard	3.89 bpg.
12.	Dwyane Wade	1.72 bpg.
40.	Chris Bosh	1.00 bpg.
44.	LeBron James	0.94 bpg.
STEALS
Rank	Player	2008-09
1.	Chris Paul	2.80 spg.
2.	Jason Kidd	2.44 spg.
3.	Dwyane Wade	2.33 spg.
9.	LeBron James	1.94 spg.
19.	Kobe Bryant	1.67 spg.
MINUTES PLAYED
Rank	Player	2008-09
2.	Chris Bosh	42.0 mpg.
17.	Chris Paul	37.6 mpg.
19.	Dwyane Wade	37.1 mpg.
20.	Dwight Howard	37.1 mpg.
33.	Jason Kidd	36.1 mpg.
39.	LeBron James	35.7 mpg.
51.	Tayshaun Prince	34.8 mpg.
FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
Rank	Player	2008-09
3.	Dwight Howard	.588%
9.	Carlos Boozer	.559%
19.	Chris Bosh	.539%
22	Chris Paul	.522%
38.	Dwyane Wade	.492%
39.	LeBron James	.491%
57.	Kobe Bryant	.469%
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE
Rank	Player	2008-09
5.	Tayshaun Prince	.500%
19.	Michael Redd	.448%
22.	Jason Kidd	.441%
54.	Chris Paul	.393%
69.	Michael Redd	.362%
72.	Kobe Bryant	.361%
83.	Carmelo Anthony	.354%
88.	Kirk Hinrich	.350%
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE
Rank	Player	2008-09
18.	Jason Kidd	30 (1.9 per game)
67.	LeBron James	18 (1.1 per game)
78.	Dwyane Wade	16 (0.9 per game)
84.	Tayshaun Prince	15 (0.9 per game)
FREE THROW PERCENTAGE
Rank	Player	2008-09
27.	Chris Paul	.857%
30.	Tayshaun Prince	.852%
33.	Kobe Bryant	.851%
All statistics/rankings are through all regular season games