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

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that's because, as pointed out, it's just a cop out. He's too big a puss to just say he doesn't want to play

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Or maybe the writer just made an unsupported inference based on Lebron saying he's disappointed Kobe won't be on the team. I saw no evidence in that article that LeBron was considering forgoing because of Kobe, yet everybody runs with it as if it's fact.