Two-time Olympian
From Lake Oswego, Oregon
🇺🇸 No. 11 @kevinlove pic.twitter.com/D2AgtNcoPe— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 8, 2021
Posted on 07/16/2021 3:35:39 PM PDT by conservative98
Team USA will have to replace another player on the men’s basketball team after five-time NBA All-Star Kevin Love withdrew from the U.S. Olympic team on Friday, citing his "performance" level, according to multiple reports.
Love’s agent, Jeff Schwartz, confirmed the news to ESPN Friday morning after the Cleveland Cavaliers star forward had already spent days with the team preparing in Las Vegas.
"I am incredibly disappointed to not be heading to Tokyo with Team USA," Love’s statement read. "but you need to be at absolute peak performance to compete at the Olympic level and I am just not there yet."
A source told The Athletic that Love’s departure is due to a nagging calf injury sustained during the first preseason game of the 2020-2021 season which saw him miss several weeks.
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Two-time Olympian
From Lake Oswego, Oregon
🇺🇸 No. 11 @kevinlove pic.twitter.com/D2AgtNcoPe— USA Basketball (@usabasketball) July 8, 2021
Dropping out to let a flag burner in ?
the blacks didn’t want him.....he was condsidered the token white....
Jalen Rose will be happy…
Bad Vibrations for the cousin/nephew of the original Beach Boys.
I had no idea that he was a BB relative.
Maybe he should talk to Frank Thomas
If we could only persuade the coach to quit the team.
I assume the olympics will be nothing more than the woke new world order on parade. I remember the “black power” olympics of ‘68. Will this be the “kill the deplorable whitey denier” olympics?
I hope they lose every game.
Yep, nephew of Mike Love and first cousin once-removed of Brian, Dennis & Carl Wilson.
"Get me a shotgun and kill all the whitey's I see..."
Foot and lower leg injuries have plagued that guy his whole career.
He lacks athleticism, explosiveness, burst, hip swivel, and a room-brightening smile; but, they will miss his blue collar attitude and motor that never quits. He’s a crafty throwback player.
That’s the new black National Anthem.
Oops. Apostrophe abuse there.
Only a masochist would continue to watch any event that considers you beneath contempt.
What if Love was a black player in a white sport?
Oh the Olympics.... WGAS?
He did the right thing if he was physically limited.
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