This NBA 75th Anniversary team member is quitting Team USA before the club even departs Las Vegas.
Six-time All-NBA small forward Kawhi Leonard is quitting Team USA before the club even departs Las Vegas training camp and heads to Paris for the 2024 Olympics, reports Shams Charania and Joe Vardon of The Athletic.Per Charania, Boston Celtics All-Defensive guard Derrick White is considered a leader in the clubhouse to replace him on Team USA. White would add some perimeter defense to a starry, older team that could desperately use it.
As recently as this past weekend, Leonard claimed that the joint had recovered enough for him to be able to partake in the Olympics, on a loaded Team USA club that also boasts future first-ballot Hall of Famers LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Tatum, Joel Embiid, plus young All-Stars Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Anthony Edwards and Tyrese Haliburton.
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