Kawhi Leonard is withdrawing from Team USA for the Paris Olympics and will be replaced, sources tell me and @joevardon.

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Derrick white? :what:Team USA low key asking to lose. Stop adding role players. In this format, stars become role players. Kawhi was gonna be a role player. Bam is now a role player. You don’t have to add a lesser player.

Plus this is for posterity sake, this is/was close to being an all-time roster. Don’t nobody wanna look back 20 years from now and see Derek white on that bytch. Same way we cringe when we see Tayshayn Prince on the 2008 roster
 

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Why would they let him go through the whole process just to deny him a spot.

Ty lue must have saw him limping or something
 

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One of the best players of his era, historic shame he had to be riddled with a degenerative injury right as he was entering what should've been his prime. :francis: Also... replacing him with DERRICK WHITE???? Over Donovan Mitchell (who already should be in over that fraud Haliburton)???? Delusional... :scust:


Nobody wants another ringless chucker coming off an Injury, that was Jaylen Brown(ECF MVP, NBA Finals MVP and World Champion) spot not Donovan Mitchell. He gave our All NBA defensive Demon NBA Champion the blessing to take the invite. TEAM USA has enough offense, a guy that plays defense and make winning plays was needed.

 

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Nobody wants another ringless chucker coming off an Injury, that was Jaylen Brown(ECF MVP, NBA Finals MVP and World Champion) spot not Donovan Mitchell. He gave our All NBA defensive Demon NBA Champion the blessing. TEAM USA has enough offense, a guy that plays defense and make winning plays was needed.
Him or Draymond would have been my next choice.
 

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Him or Draymond would have been my next choice.


There’s not enough shots to go around with the Current team. At least 1 player whose main purpose is to pay defense on the perimeter should be on the floor. Now they have White, AD, Jrue who can play defense.
 

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Should it not be Jaylen, the disrespect will continue:

Snubbed from All Star team in 2022
Shoulda been the 2022 ECF MVP
Snubbed for 2024 All Defense
Snubbed for 2024 All NBA (which cost him a couple million this year)

The disrespect continues even extends to his contract:

Didn't get a Player Option in his final year
Only got a 7% Trade Kicker

The guy who may get the spot over him, Derrick White, has a Player Option in his final year and a 15% Trade Kicker. :dahell: And D White is my second favorite player on the team but he gets the contract perks and the Olympic spot over Jaylen? :beli:
 
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