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Kawhi Leonard performed solely 9 video games with the Spurs throughout his closing season right here.
Former however nonetheless beloved San Antonio Spur Derrick White is now formally a member of the U.S. Olympic Workforce’s basketball roster.
Paradoxically, White will substitute a significantly less-adored one-time Spur, Kawhi Leonard.
Though the injury-prone Leonard had just a few robust practices with the 12-member Olympic squad, USA Basketball and administration from the Los Angeles Clippers — Leonard’s present group — felt it finest for the two-time NBA Champion to not compete in Paris later this month, in line with a web based assertion.
An replace on Kawhi Leonard from the USA Basketball Males’s Nationwide Workforce. pic.twitter.com/84TjYpc90i
— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 10, 2024
As a consequence of a knee harm, Leonard missed 4 of the Clippers’ six 2024 first-round NBA playoff video games towards the eventual Western Convention Champion Dallas Mavericks.
Certainly, Leonard isn’t any stranger to accidents or missed video games. Throughout his closing season with the Spurs in 2017-18, the “Claw” solely performed 9 video games as a result of a quad harm. He then demanded a commerce to Toronto, the place he appeared completely wholesome, main the Raptors to the franchise’s first and solely championship.
In the meantime, White is coming off his finest profession common season efficiency, averaging 15 factors, 5 help and 4 rebounds together with capturing almost 40% from the three-point line.
White will be a part of his fellow NBA Champion teammates Jason Tatum and Jrue Vacation on Workforce USA, which means {that a} quarter of all of the group’s members performed for Boston final season.
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