Team GB basketball squad: Luol Deng heads up men's team for London 2012 Olympics Deng has been committed to the GB cause from the very start and is defying the Bulls in appearing this summer - they would prefer him to rest or get surgery on a long term thumb injury. Former NBA player Rob Archibald, who never dreamed of a GB team at the Olympics, has delayed his retirement to earn a place in the squad, while fellow Scotsman Kieron Achara has trained very well in the last three weeks and fought hard in the warm-up games for his spot. Dan Clark is an emerging talent and Joel Freeland has been linked recently with an NBA contract with the Portland Trailblazers. The squad will be captained by Drew Sullivan who, along with Reinking, was the only survivor of the first ever GB training session at Sheffield in 2006 when only six players could attend. GB Basketball might still be minnows but they have moved on considerably since then. "This has been an incredible journey so far for this team since 2006 and we are very pleased to announce our strongest ever team," said performance director Chris Spice. I would like to congratulate all those who have been selected and at the same time pay tribute to those players that have just missed out. It is only through building our depth that we can continue to compete at the highest levels of international basketball and I am hoping those who just missed this time around will be with us on the road to Rio. Finch was faced with some tough decisions over the last three weeks and the situation was complicated by the Gordon saga but was in an upbeat mood on Thursday. Cutting down to a final 12 is always difficult. We had a really productive camp in Houston and to finally announce the Olympic team here in Loughborough is fantastic. The next four weeks provide us with outstanding competition leading up to the Olympics, which is just what is required before doing battle within our group come Games-time. GB Olympic squad: Kieron Achara, Robert Archibald, Eric Boateng, Dan Clark, Luol Deng, Joel Freeland, Kyle Johnson, Andrew Lawrence, Mike Lenzly, Pops Mensa-Bonsu, Nate Reinking, Andrew Sullivan