NEW YORK – Little more than a week after helping lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to the first NBA championship in franchise history, former Duke star Kyrie Irving was named to his first U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Team on Monday when USA Basketball unveiled the 12-man roster for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Duke's Naismith Hall of Fame head coach Mike Krzyzewski will lead the U.S. squad on its quest for a third consecutive Olympic gold medal. Krzyzewski has coached USA National teams to a sterling 52-1 record in official FIBA or FIBA Americas competitions since 2006, leading teams to gold medals at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, 2012 Long Olympics, 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2007 FIBA Americas Championship.

Irving will be the sixth former Duke men's basketball player to represent the U.S. in an Olympic Games, joining Tate Armstrong (1976), Carlos Boozer (2004 and 2008), Grant Hill (1996), Christian Laettner (1992) and Jeff Mullins (1964).

Irving was named MVP of the 2014 FIBA World Cup for his role in leading the U.S. to a 9-0 record and the gold medal. He started all nine games, averaging 12.1 points, 2.6 rebounds, a team-leading 3.6 assists and 1.9 steals. For the tournament, he shot 56.3 percent from the field, 60.9 percent from beyond the arc and 83.3 percent from the free throw line.

The performance in Spain garnered Irving 2014 USA Basketball Male Athlete of the Year accolades.

The West Orange, N.J., native also owns a gold medal from the 2010 USA U18 National Team that plowed through the 2010 FIBA Americas U18 Championship with a 5-0 record. In 20 total games for USA Basketball, Irving has averages of 12.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists while shooting 56.1 percent from the floor, 51.1 percent from three-point territory and 87.2 percent from the line.

Irving averaged 17.5 points in 2010-11, his lone season at Duke, before being selected first overall by Cleveland in the 2011 NBA Draft. He was named NBA Rookie of the Year in 2012 and was an All-NBA third team pick in 2015. Irving has also been voted to three NBA All-Star Games and took home All-Star Game MVP honors in 2014. In 309 career games, Irving has averages of 20.8 points, 3.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists.

He played in 53 regular season games in 2015-16 after rehabbing a knee injury sustained in the 2015 NBA Finals, averaging 19.6 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.7 assists to help the Cavaliers attain the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference.

Irving took his game to another level in the 2016 postseason, helping spark the Cavs to the first title in franchise history with averages of 25.2 points and 4.7 assists in the playoffs. In Cleveland's epic NBA Finals comeback, he averaged 27.1 points and 3.9 assists per contest while shooting 40.5 percent from the arc and 93.9 percent from the stripe.

Irving sank the go-ahead three-pointer to put Cleveland up, 92-89, with less than a minute remaining in Game 7 at Oracle Arena in Oakland. He finished with 26 points in Game 7, including 17 in the second half as Cleveland overcame a seven-point halftime deficit.

The 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be held from Aug. 5-21. Men's basketball preliminary play is set for Aug. 6-15, with the quarterfinals scheduled for Aug. 17, semifinals for Aug. 19 and the gold and bronze medal games for Aug. 21.

#GoDuke