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The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that Jerami Grant was separated from the national team and sent into self-isolation due to the COVID-19 protocol.
The forward, who played for the Detroit Pistons club, failed a positive test for coronavirus, but will still have to spend time in self-isolation.
Scanpix / AP Photo / Jerami Grant (left)
Not only that, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported, and soon the US national team itself confirmed that Bradley Beal would not be going to Tokyo.
The Washington Wizards star, who was second only to Stephen Curry in the NBA league last season, found himself isolated this morning by the COVID-19 protocol, but it was ultimately decided that Beal would not be in the top twelve.
The US national team leaders are reportedly already looking to replace the downed Beal.
These losses mean that the coach of the United States national team, Gregg Popovich, has only six full-length basketball players ready to play.
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum is currently unable to compete due to knee pain, and Phoenix Suns defender Devin Booker and Milwaukee Bucks basketball players Khris Middleton and Jrue Holiday continue to appear. in the NBA Finals.
It is true that the situation is saved, at least in friendlies, by the team’s players, of which G. Popovich used up to seven in the last game against Argentina.
We recall that the US team began preparations for the Olympics with defeats to Nigeria (87:90) and Australia (83:91) and then crushed Argentina (108: 80).
Scanpix / AP photo / Bamas Adebayo is loaded in a bag
On the night from Friday to Saturday, the Americans will play the Australians again, and preparations for Tokyo will end with a match against Spain.
The American team will begin the Tokyo Games on July 25, when they will test the French team. In Group A, they still face matches with Iran and the Czech Republic.
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