LAS VEGAS -- Team USA executive director Grant Hill said the decision to send LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard home from training camp and to replace him with Boston Celtics guard Derrick White on the roster for the upcoming Paris Olympic Games ultimately rested with Team USA itself.
"We just felt that we had to pivot, and not to get into the particulars, in terms of what went into the decision, but we just felt it was in our best interest, but also in the Clippers' and Kahwi's best interest, to move into a different direction," Hill said Wednesday evening in a news conference before Team USA's first exhibition game against Team Canada at T-Mobile Arena.