Las Vegas: Men's managing director Grant Hill said on Wednesday that USA Basketball and the Los Angeles Clippers decided to replace Kawhi Leonard on the roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. "We simply believed that we needed to change course. We won't go into the specifics of the decision-making process, but we simply felt that it was in the best interests of Kawhi, the Clippers, and ourselves to go in a different direction," said Hill. And we made an effort. I believe that despite our best efforts, we had to move on. We all tried, after all.

Boston Celtics guard Derrick White was designated as Leonard's replacement by USA Basketball when the team confirmed Leonard's absence earlier in the day. Hill added that Jaylen Brown of Boston was not invited, and that had nothing to do with Nike's partnership. Hill stated, "You have to assemble a team from the 12 spots you have.”

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