Jaylen Brown did not hide his disappointment at being snubbed from the Crew USA squad for the 2024 Paris Olympics. By way of a cryptic tweet, Brown implied that Nike, Crew USA’s sponsor, stored him out of the France-bound group attributable to his earlier feedback in regards to the sneaker big.
The conspiracy concept 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 Crew USA, addressed the idea in an interview with “The Dan Patrick Show” 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 small print.
“I all the time love a very good conspiracy concept, but it surely was actually actually a basketball resolution and these are robust choices,” Hill stated of Brown’s snub. “However having gone by way of this with the FIBA competitors, you need to discover the correct stability and the correct items on the court docket 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 turned the youngest participant to carry the publish in league historical past.