Yesterday, Kawhi Leonard withdrew from Workforce USA forward of 2024 Summer season Olympics in Paris.
Kawhi’s former teammate, Derrick White might be changing Leonard within the roster.
Celtics guard Derrick White might be changing Kawhi Leonard with USA Basketball, a supply informed @andscape.
— Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) July 10, 2024
The 2-time Defensive Participant of the Yr and the present NBA champ had one crossover yr with the San Antonio Spurs, however Leonard’s well being limitations stored them from having an actual alternative to play collectively whereas each donning the Silver & Black,
Kawhi was traded to Toronto on the finish of White’s rookie yr. White was traded to Boston simply earlier than the commerce deadline in 2022. He and the Celtics simply gained the franchise’s record-setting eighteenth title.
Yesterday, it was introduced that Leonard was stepping down from Workforce USA. An announcement from USA Basketball learn:
“Kawhi has been ramping up for the Olympics over the previous a number of weeks and had a number of robust practices in Las Vegas. He felt able to compete. Nonetheless, he respects that USA Basketball and the Clippers decided it’s in his finest curiosity to spend the rest of the summer season making ready for the upcoming season somewhat than collaborating within the Olympic Video games in Paris.”
White was likely chosen for his defensive acumen, a problem talked about in prior Olympic video games.
Leonard might be returning to the Clippers subsequent season with out Paul George, his accomplice in crime during the last half-decade, who left Los Angeles in free company for the Philadelphia 76ers.
In the meantime, White simply secured a brand new 4-year/$125M contract to stay with the defending champion Celtics.
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