re: Per BR writer: LBJ may skip Rio Olympics due to Kobe not being on USA team

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I never thought he was going to play on this Olympic team anyway. I've always thought guys like CP3, Lebron, possibly Melo would skip this time around. They've all done multiple Olympic teams/World Championship Teams, and in the case of some of those guys, have played deep into the playoffs a lot.

They have to think about preserving themselves for the tail ends of careers.

Pass the baton on to new players. Team USA will be fine.

Westbrook/Curry/Durant/Davis/Cousins

With guys like Harden, Klay, Draymond Green, Kawhi, Paul George (if he wants to play), Kyrie starting or coming off the bench for matchup purposes is legit as frick.

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Wasn't there some talk about capping the number of times someone could play for Team USA? 'cuz LeBron is great, but I don't blame him for wanting to take a summer off. And he's done his work for Team USA. Let some of the young guys with less wear and tear pick up his slack. We'll win a gold just fine with LeBron sitting in Akron watching the games on his big screen.