Jaylen Brown didn’t cover his disappointment at being snubbed from the Workforce USA squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. By means of a cryptic tweet, Brown implied that Nike, Workforce USA’s sponsor, stored him out of the France-bound group as a consequence of his earlier feedback concerning the sneaker big.
The conspiracy principle gathered steam when former NBA participant Enes Freedom and ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith supported it, suggesting that Brown had been blackballed for being too outspoken.
Grant Hill, the managing director of Workforce USA, addressed the speculation in an interview with “The Dan Patrick Present” earlier this week. The Corridor of Famer famous that he spoke to Brown’s agent to make clear the Celtics star’s tweet however didn’t get into all the main points.
“I all the time love a very good conspiracy principle, nevertheless it was actually really a basketball resolution and these are powerful selections,” Hill stated of Brown’s snub. “However having gone by means of this with the FIBA competitors, you need to discover the appropriate stability and the appropriate items on the courtroom that we would have liked.”
On Sunday, Brown took to X to specific disappointment at being referred to as a “conspiracy theorist” by Hill. The All-Star ahead additionally reminded Hill that he is been Vice President of the NBA Gamers Affiliation (NBPA) since 2018, when he grew to become the youngest participant to carry the put up in league historical past.
