The US National Team electing to bring on Boston Celtics point guard Derrick White to replace injured Los Angeles Clippers veteran forward Kawhi Leonard instead of star Celtics forward Jaylen Brown was the right call to some NBA analysts.
Among them, we can count Charles Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, who recently sat down with the hosts of the CLNS Media “The Big Three NBA” podcast, A. Sherrod Blakely, Gary Washburn, and Kwani Lunis, to talk over the decision by the US Olympic Team to select White with their final roster spot over Brown. While Jaylen Brown is the better player, Pompey argues that Derrick White fills a role better for Team USA, because he is willing to do the dirty work.
Check out the argument yourself in the clip embedded below.
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