With Curry out, US Olympic basketball team waits on LeBron

“That’s Steph’s decision”, Kerr said.

Newton is friends with both players, who are going head-to-head in the NBA Finals, so he offered this story. He has had injuries not only this year but in the past. I’ve had the experience before, we only play 15 or 20 (minutes) a game, and I’ll have about a month and a half off if I am able to do it after.

“Curry can get free on his own and he makes the rest of his teammates, he makes them better”.

Although several athletes across different sports have cited the Zika virus crisis as a reason for skipping Rio, Curry made no mention of the disease in his statement.

“Other than LeBron, I don’t really know who else to vote for”, Smith told USA Today before Game 4. “It was assessing my body and knowing what it was going to take for me to finish this playoff run”.

Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James has been noncommittal about the Olympics for the past year, though he did attend last summer’s mandatory meeting for Team USA in Las Vegas.

“I’m just now hearing about Steph pulling out”, LeBron James said Tuesday afternoon, following the Cavaliers’ practice ahead of Wednesday’s Game 3 of the NBA Finals. “But my decision has never been on anyone either playing on the team or being invited or not playing”. “I recently informed [USA Basketball chairman] Jerry Colangelo of this decision”.

However, the United States team is still filled with talented players who will surely put a great fight versus towering players from European countries.

Jerry Colangelo, the USA Basketball chairman, told The Associated Press that he is waiting on James before he completes the US team’s roster.

The USA Basketball team players and coaching staff look on as guard Paul George is tended to by medical personnel after suffering a leg injury during the USA Basketball Showcase at Thomas & Mack Center. “I mean, he’s a great ball handler”, Bing said. “If you go somewhere and you get bitten by a mosquito and you can come down with something, it’s not something you want to risk”.

“It’s no joking matter”, Thompson said. It’s a little concerning, but at the same time you just got to take the precautionary steps to avoid it.