Real Reason Jaylen Brown Was Kept Off Team USA Revealed

Jaylen Brown’s exclusion from Team USA ahead of the 2024 Olympics caused quite the stir.

As the reigning NBA Finals MVP, Brown was stunned when the American side refused to add him to the roster after Kawhi Leonard was kicked off the team under dubious circumstances (the real reason Leonard was forced off emerged shortly thereafter).

Instead, Team USA opted to add Brown’s teammate, Derrick White.

A lot of people thought that perhaps Brown’s notoriously snaky behavior is why he wasn’t invited to join Team USA. But apparently that wasn’t the case.

This week former NBA player Rashad McCants revealed the real reason Brown was kept off Team USA for the 2024 Olympics.

“Jaylen Brown sided with Kyrie Irving,” McCants said.

“He spoke out against Nike dropping Kyrie. Nike dropped Kyrie after the post; Jaylen Brown didn’t like that. I think he was the President of the Players’ Association at the time. He was obligated to speak out about what Nike did, and why they did it, he didn’t like it. He was wearing Kobes at the time, so he started covering up his Kobes.”

McCants didn’t stop there, though.

“Then he gets his $305 million and gets on this mic and says I’m bringing Black Wall Street,” he continued.

“Then, in the middle of the best season they’ve had with this band together, they come out with this whole marketing – ‘He ain’t marketable. He ain’t this. He ain’t that.’ – Right before the playoffs really started to take off. Created the narrative. Then he goes out and wins the MVP for the Eastern Conference; then he wins the actual MVP. Then they actually win the championship.

“And y’all still don’t get any love for me?… If you ain’t Adidas or Nike, it’s up in the air, and he ain’t represented by either. He’s in the middle, and they don’t like that.”

Brown is a polarizing figure in basketball, both from an on-the-court and off-the-court perspective.

Based on everything that has happened over the past few weeks, it doesn’t look as though that will change any time soon.

Anthony Amador

A graduate from the University of Texas, Anthony Amador has been credentialed to cover the Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys, San Antonio Spurs, Dallas Mavericks and high school Games all over the Lone Star State. Currently, his primary beats are the NBA, MLB, NFL and UFC.