A roster spot on the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team opened on Wednesday as Kawhi Leonard was forced to withdraw due to lingering injuries he sustained last season with the Clippers.
“Kawhi has been ramping up for the Olympics over the past several weeks and had a few strong practices in Las Vegas. He felt ready to compete. However, he respects that USA Basketball and the Clippers determined it’s in his best interest to spend the remainder of the summer preparing for the upcoming season rather than participating in the Olympic Games in Paris,” USA Basketball said in a statement.
In his place, Marc J. Spears of Andscape reports that Celtics point guard Derrick White will be replacing Leonard on the roster.
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