{"id":111827,"date":"2021-07-17T08:27:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T12:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=111827"},"modified":"2021-07-17T08:27:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T12:27:43","slug":"kevin-love-fuera-de-los-juegos-olimpicos-javale-mcgee-y-keldon-johnson-se-unen-al-equipo-de-ee-uu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportseco.com\/?p=111827","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Love fuera de los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos; JaVale McGee y Keldon Johnson se unen al equipo de EE. UU."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

El equipo de baloncesto de Estados Unidos ha perdido dos partidos y ahora dos jugadores en su camino a Tokio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Love se retir\u00f3 de los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos el viernes debido a una lesi\u00f3n en la pantorrilla derecha, lo que oblig\u00f3 a los estadounidenses a reemplazar a un jugador por segundo d\u00eda consecutivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La retirada de Love se produjo despu\u00e9s de que los estadounidenses anunciaran el jueves que el escolta de los Washington Wizards, Bradley Beal, se perder\u00eda los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos porque estaba en los protocolos de salud y seguridad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Significa que gran parte de la lista de Estados Unidos tendr\u00e1 poco tiempo juntos antes de su primer partido ol\u00edmpico el 25 de julio contra Francia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abCreo que al entrar en algo como esto, sabes que pueden surgir cosas, especialmente despu\u00e9s de una pandemia y la posibilidad de que los muchachos den positivo\u00bb, dijo el escolta estadounidense Damian Lillard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLas lesiones ocurren. La gente cambia de opini\u00f3n. Simplemente entras esperando eso. \u201cPero creo que nuestro enfoque principal era venir aqu\u00ed y unirnos como un equipo, hacer que nuestros cuerpos se movieran, ponernos en forma para poder competir en el nivel en el que queremos competir y creo que nos hemos movido esa direcci\u00f3n como grupo. Nos sentimos bien con el lugar donde estamos \u00ab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillard habl\u00f3 despu\u00e9s de la pr\u00e1ctica del equipo en Las Vegas. Se supon\u00eda que los estadounidenses jugar\u00edan el viernes por la noche contra Australia, pero esa exhibici\u00f3n fue cancelada debido a preocupaciones de salud y seguridad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El centro veterano JaVale McGee y el escolta de los Spurs Keldon Johnson fueron agregados m\u00e1s tarde el viernes a la lista de 12 hombres de los Juegos Ol\u00edmpicos como reemplazos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson, quien juega para el entrenador estadounidense Gregg Popovich en San Antonio, era miembro del selecto equipo de jugadores j\u00f3venes que entrenaban contra los estadounidenses y hab\u00eda aparecido en dos de sus juegos de exhibici\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGee, quien jug\u00f3 para los Cleveland Cavaliers y Denver Nuggets la temporada pasada, ha ganado tres t\u00edtulos de la NBA pero no tiene experiencia ol\u00edmpica. Ha estado involucrado en el programa de selecciones nacionales desde 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love habr\u00eda estado intentando conseguir una segunda medalla de oro ol\u00edmpica, despu\u00e9s de haber jugado para los estadounidenses en Londres en 2012. Tambi\u00e9n estuvo en el equipo que gan\u00f3 el oro dos a\u00f1os antes en los campeonatos mundiales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Esa experiencia pasada de USA Basketball lo ayud\u00f3 a ser seleccionado para esta lista a pesar de su dif\u00edcil temporada en la NBA. Love se perdi\u00f3 46 juegos debido a la lesi\u00f3n y promedi\u00f3 solo 12.2 puntos en 25 juegos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jug\u00f3 en dos de los tres partidos de exhibici\u00f3n de los estadounidenses en Las Vegas, anotando un punto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The U.S. basketball team has lost two games and now two players on its road to Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Love withdrew from the Olympics on Friday because of a right calf injury, forcing the Americans to replace a player for the second straight day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love\u2019s withdrawal came after the Americans announced Thursday that Washington Wizards guard Bradley Beal would miss the Olympics<\/a> because he was in health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It means the much of the U.S. roster will have little time together before its Olympic opener July 25 against France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think coming into something like this, you know that things can come up, especially coming out of a pandemic and the possibility of guys maybe testing positive,\u201d U.S. guard Damian Lillard said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cInjuries happen. People have a change of heart. You just come into it expecting that. \u201cBut I think our primary focus was to come here and come together as a team, get our bodies moving around, get in shape to be able to go compete on the level that we want to compete on and I think we\u2019ve moved in that direction as a group. We feel good about where we are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lillard spoke after the team\u2019s practice<\/a> in Las Vegas. The Americans were supposed to play Friday night against Australia, but that exhibition was canceled because of health and safety concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Veteran center JaVale McGee and Spurs guard Keldon Johnson were added later Friday to the 12-man Olympics roster as replacements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Johnson, who plays for U.S. coach Gregg Popovich in San Antonio, was a member of the select team of young players training against the Americans, and had appeared in two of their exhibition games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McGee, who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Denver Nuggets last season, has won three NBA titles but has no Olympic experience. He has been involved in the national team program since 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love would have been trying for a second Olympic gold medal, having played for the Americans in London in 2012. He also was on the team that won gold two years earlier in the world championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That past USA Basketball experience helped him get selected for this roster despite his difficult NBA season. Love missed 46 games because of the injury and averaged just 12.2 points in 25 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He played in two of the Americans\u2019 three exhibition games in Las Vegas, scoring one point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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