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Jerry Colangelo: 'You Can't Help but Notice' Players Who Withdrew from Team USA

As Team USA prepares for its worst-ever finish in international competition, those in charge of the team have begun their postmortem.

USA Basketball managing director Jerry Colangelo appeared to hint there will be some hard feelings about players who withdrew from the 2019 World Cup when assembling the 2020 Summer Olympics roster.

"I can only say, you can't help but notice and remember who you thought you were going to war with and who didn't show up," Colangelo told reporters. "I'm a firm believer that you deal with the cards you're dealt. All we could have done, and we did it, is get the commitments from a lot of players.