Hill called the NBA reporter to explain his reasoning behind the choice.
The Paris Olympics are rapidly approaching with no shortage of drama for Team USA's men's basketball team. The dominant storyline surrounding this year's squad has not been LeBron James and Stephen Curry finally teaming up or Joel Embiid's first national team experience. Instead,over his Boston Celtics teammate.
Regardless of whatever politics may or may not have been at play behind the scenes, there are basketball reasons to consider. Team USA's managing director, Grant Hill, clearly wants that to be known. On Wednesday's episode ofon FS1, NBA reporter Rachel Nichols revealed Hill called her while the U.S. is in Abu Dhabi for exhibition matchups and defended his decision to go with White over Brown.
"Grant Hill called me from Abu Dhabi the other day to talk to me about the Jaylen Brown-Derrick White situation," Nichols said. "He made the point that the little things Derrick White does that are a little bit different in his role on the team and the fact that he can bring in someone who's a guard instead of a forward because of the way the rotation is shaking out.
Of course, it's also reasonable to believe Brown's overt criticism of Nike did not help his case. The influence of corporate politics does not stop at the baseline, after all. This is a storyline Team USA will be battling for a while yet, but Hill clearly is doing what he can to put it to rest before the Games begin later this month.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead.
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