ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- Derrick White was planning on spending this week at a desert resort on the sea. But he was supposed to be in Cabo facing the Pacific Ocean on a family vacation, not in Abu Dhabi on the Arabian Gulf back competing in high-level basketball.
But that's where White is after joining Team USA for his first practice Sunday, arriving at 2:30 a.m. after a long flight from the U.S. Team officials had called him in four days earlier to replace Kawhi Leonard, who continues to recover from a knee injury.