Why did Durant quit the Spanish Basketball World Cup?
The American Basketball Association said today that Oklahoma City Thunder striker kevin durant has announced that he will withdraw from the national team in the 20 14 season and will miss the World Cup in Spain due to physical and emotional problems. Durant became the third player to announce his retirement after the announcement of the US men's basketball training list. The top two contestants are Blake Griffin and kevin love. Because paul george was seriously injured in the training match of the United States team, it is widely believed that Durant was affected by this, which led to emotional instability. However, Durant said that the reason for his withdrawal had nothing to do with paul george's injury. "He felt extremely exhausted physically and mentally." Jerry Cronkillo, president of the American Basketball Association, said, "He contacted coach K and me and told us his current troubles. He chose to leave the training camp because he felt that he could not fulfill his commitment to the team. " "Coach K and I fully support Kevin. For us, his health is the most important thing, so we support him to rest for a while and prepare for next season. In the future, we hope to cooperate with Kevin. You know, in the past eight years, he has been participating in various trainings of the national team, which has helped us achieve a lot of results. " Cronkillo added. Durant himself said that when he retired from the national team, it was a difficult decision because he really wanted to play for the national team. "I am extremely proud to represent my country." Durant said, "But after the training camp in Las Vegas, I feel that I can't fulfill my responsibility to the team both mentally and in time. So I think I need to take a step back and get more rest time to prepare for the new season. I need to prepare myself physically and mentally. I will always support the American men's basketball team and look forward to continuing to cooperate with the American team in the future. " Durant has participated in the first week of training in the American men's basketball team and successfully entered the 16 list. Now there are only 15 people left. He should attend the next training session in Chicago. If he doesn't quit, Durant will definitely enter the final list of basketball World Cup 12 in Spain at the end of August. However, his withdrawal this time is a bit sudden. It must be mentioned that it was reported yesterday that Adu had reached an endorsement contract of $654.38+320 billion with a sports brand. I wonder if this has anything to do with his withdrawal from the national team.