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[Saba Sports News] Jaylen Brown has made it clear that he is unhappy about being left off the Team USA roster, and he wasn’t ready to let it go as the Olympic tournament began.
Around the time Team USA’s game against Serbia tipped off on Sunday, Brown took to social media to call out USA Basketball managing director Grant Hill. The Boston Celtics star found Hill’s recent comments “disappointing.”
“Grant Hill calling me a conspiracy theorist is disappointing. I’ve been a VP since I was 21 years old; I have a great understanding,” Brown wrote on X. Brown, the vice president of the NBA Players Association since 2018, was referring to Hill’s interview on “The Dan Patrick Show” earlier this week. Brown believes Nike influenced his exclusion from Team USA, especially when Derrick White replaced Kawhi Leonard. Hill, however, stated that the roster was selected purely based on basketball considerations.
Hill reiterated this in his interview with Patrick on Friday, saying, “I spoke to (Brown’s) agent. I don’t know if that was before or after things went out on Twitter. But yeah, I think this idea that there’s a conspiracy theory — I always love a good conspiracy theory, but it was really truly a basketball decision and these are tough decisions.”
Brown suspects Nike and Team USA conspired against him due to his previous actions toward the apparel giant. Unless Brown knows for a fact that it is true, it remains a conspiracy theory. Brown’s recent social media messages directed at Nike prompted Hill to respond on behalf of Team USA.