Kerr confirms Kawhi Leonard, rest of Team USA will report to camp - ESPN

Team USA coach Steve Kerr said Thursday that all 12 players selected for the Olympic team — including LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard — will be present and able to participate when training camp begins in Las Vegas next week.

«We've been in communication constantly,» Kerr said on a conference call with reporters. «So we expect all 12 guys to be ready to roll.»

Leonard, who will turn 33 on Saturday, missed the final three games of the Clippers' season after his surgically repaired right knee didn't respond how he hoped it would in Game 3 of the Clippers' first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks. It was the fourth straight season he saw his playoffs end prematurely — or not happen at all — because of an injury.

«We are going to get it right,» he told reporters after playing 25 minutes in that game against the eventual Western Conference champions. «Time will tell. But we are doing all the right things.»

One thing that injury seemingly didn't do was knock Leonard out of participating with Team USA, something that had been at least wondered about in NBA circles over the past few weeks.

Kerr made it clear that he expected Leonard and everyone else on the team to be available once training camp begins July 6.

«We've been monitoring this all along,» Kerr said. «We have been in touch with Kawhi and his people, and he's been working out now the last couple of weeks. So this is, obviously every roster spot is important. You just never know how these things are gonna play out, with injuries, things can happen, you just don't know. So we're in touch with everybody, and we will continue to stay in touch with the whole group as we head into Vegas next week. And you never know how things play out. There's always a chance for