{"id":594004,"date":"2021-07-16T16:20:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=594004"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:20:53","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:20:53","slug":"team-usa-basketball-loses-bradley-beal-kevin-love-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/team-usa-basketball-loses-bradley-beal-kevin-love-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA Basketball Loses Bradley Beal, Kevin Love Ahead Of Tokyo Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteam-usa-basketball-loses-bradley-beal-kevin-love-ahead-of-tokyo-olympics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=594004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1328187539.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Team USA Basketball is off to a brutal start as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Thursday, Bradley Beal was placed in COVID health and safety protocols and ruled out of the Olympics. Earlier in the week, Beal said it had been a dream of his since he was a child to play for the Olympic team.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2019m dying for [Beal]. We all are,\u201d head coach Gregg Popovich <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/31823595\/bradley-beal-expected-miss-olympics-jerami-grant-enters-protocols-sources-say\">said<\/a>. \u201cSince he was a little kid, this has been a dream of his, and he was playing great. \u2026 For him and his immediate family, it\u2019s devastating. We just feel horrible about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Team USA\u2019s game against Australia on Friday has also been canceled \u201cout of an abundance of caution.\u201d The Olympic team is 1-2 in exhibition games,&nbsp;losing back-to-back exhibition games for the first time since the United States began sending professionals to the Olympics in 1993.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">On Friday, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love withdrew from Team USA as he attempts to recover from a right calf injury that kept him out for a good portion of the NBA season.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI am incredibly disappointed to not be heading to Tokyo with Team USA, but you need to be at absolute peak performance to compete at the Olympic level and I am just not there yet,\u201d Love said in a statement through his agent Jeff Schwartz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.222222222222\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Agent Jeff Schwartz of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/excelbasketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@excelbasketball<\/a> has confirmed news to ESPN and shared statement from Love: &#8220;I am incredibly disappointed to not be heading to Tokyo with Team USA, but you need to be at absolute peak performance to compete at the Olympic level and I am just not there yet.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ph6DfKZOIf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ph6DfKZOIf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1416049013737021441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Love\u2019s selection to the roster was a hotly debated topic, with many questioning his addition considering he was coming off the worst season of his career.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">ESPN analyst Jalen Rose went so far as to call Love\u2019s selection \u201ctokenism\u201d on his show \u201cJalen &amp; Jacoby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cKevin Love is on the team because of tokenism,\u201d Rose <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/trae-young-goes-off-in-game-1\/id730254722?i=1000526756543\">said<\/a>&nbsp;in June. \u201cDon\u2019t be scared to make an all-black team representing the United States of America. I\u2019m disappointed by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cAnybody that watched the league this year knows Kevin Love did not have a stellar season, was not the best player on his team, and did not necessarily deserve to be on this squad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rose did issue an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jalen-roses-tokenism-comments-about-white-player-are-a-problem-but-the-double-standard-is-the-real-issue\">apology<\/a> for his remarks, though it wasn\u2019t much of one.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cBut you know why I\u2019m apologizing right now? To the game. Because I\u2019m what the game made me,\u201d Rose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/espns-jalen-rose-walks-back-144300306.html\">said<\/a>. \u201cI was raised by the all-time greats and you know what I would never want to do? Disappoint [Rose\u2019s late mother] Jeanie Rose or disappoint the all-time greats that raised me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">USA Basketball executive director Jerry Colangelo said Love made the team due to his previous international experience.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cJerry Colangelo says Kevin Love made the USA team due to his versatility, ability to rebound and score and his previous USA Basketball experience,\u201d NBA reporter Marc Spears said. \u201cSounds like Colangelo believes that Love has also accepted a reserve role, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.813186813187\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jerry Colangelo says Kevin Love made the USA team due to his versatility, ability to rebound and score and his previous <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usabasketball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@usabasketball<\/a> experience. Sounds like Colangelo believes that Love has also accepted a reserve role, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcJSpears\/status\/1409560539202670596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Team USA is now tasked with finding replacements for Beal and Love, and according to ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski, the team has already made their decision on which players will be heading to Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cKeldon Johnson and JaVale McGee will replace Bradley Beal and Kevin Love on Team USA\u2019s roster for the Olympics, sources tell ESPN,\u201d Wojnarowski said. \u201cMcGee will travel to Las Vegas to join team on Saturday.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.4651162790698\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Keldon Johnson and JaVale McGee will replace Bradley Beal and Kevin Love on Team USA&#8217;s roster for the Olympics, sources tell ESPN. McGee will travel to Las Vegas to join team on Saturday. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/236CgYVau0\">https:\/\/t.co\/236CgYVau0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1416078483168665606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Johnson and Popovich are familiar, as Johnson plays for Popovich in San Antonio. McGee finished last season with the Denver Nuggets.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Team USA is scheduled to depart for Japan on Monday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to sports@dailywire.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA Basketball is off to a brutal start as they prepare for the Tokyo Olympics.On Thursday, Bradley Beal was placed in COVID health and safety protocols and ruled out &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}