Clippers general manager Lawrence Frank said Monday it was USA Basketball's call to remove Kawhi Leonard from the Olympic roster.
The Los Angeles Clippers had no problem with Kawhi Leonard playing for the U.S. in the Paris Olympics this summer and wanted him to remain on the team, general manager Lawrence Frank said Monday. USA Basketball removed Leonard — whose NBA season was disrupted at the end because of a knee problem — from its roster last week after a four-day, four-practice training camp and replaced him with the Boston Celtics' Derrick White.
USA Basketball had monitored him going into camp and USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill even watched a workout earlier this summer to check on Leonard's health. 'I was there the first two practices. He looked very good, was a full participant in everything that they did,' Frank said. 'I wasn't there for the third practice, where ultimately, that was the point where they decided to go in a different direction.
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