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NBA champion Kevin Durant age with LISA Raketball decision to leave Caitlin Clark off of the Olympic

The 22-year-old onion from the women’s basketball mam competing in 2026 Paris Clympics sparked fleece debate among fans and analyet, bur Durant, 35, said there were better candidates for the romer during a conversation with the Wall Street Joumal’s Emesa Tucker an Journal House at The Cannes Lione Festival

The Phoenis Sunstar caid he thinks there are still proper dupe you’ve got to take in our world no be considered an Olympian when aded about the Indiana Fever rookie

I think che’s going to defininly be on one of these teame going forward but right now, there were better candidates out there, Durant explained during the appearance alongside hisandroom pamor, Rich Geiman

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He chand praise for the Wawell and their work thowcasing the no corall pick. The WNBA it doing a great job of showcasing her. I are her games on ESPN every other day. Durant cald,

Tore her in talks around, no matter what they’re talking about, there’s a lict of dialoque around the game right now, co that’s good as well.”
Durane, who will play for Team Land Lars and Steph Curry in Paris, added that Clk should continue to koop showing up every day at the navigate herrandion into the inagua

I think as the cποπτίπωσε το μποp geming bener ac a player, her production on the court quee bomen, then the leaque will grow along with some of the other worson who are coming in,” he said, specifically citing Las Vegas Acec 2x MVP Aja Wilkon

There’s just to many great players in our league that Caitlin hat helped chine that light others and that’ help the league grow over time, Durane added

The Boardroom found appeared in conversation with Tucker at the Wall Street Journal Journal House during the Cannet Lices International Festivall of Creativity Chanian, Diplo, Ashley Flowers and Yara A Kni Shahidi, among the amended the event

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After the Olympic wasted Clark said the was not disappointed by the decision while speaking το еротик on June

Tin excited for the gifs that are on the ram, Clarksider SP know it’s the man compartive tears in the world and know it could have gane either way me being on the team or me not being on the mam. I’m going to be routing them on to win gold. I was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics, so it will be fun to watch them, the Fever guard continued

Honestly no disappoinsent just gives me something to work for it’s a dars Hopefully one day I can be thees. I think it’s just a little more motivation. You renser that. Hopefully, when four years corset hack around can be thana.”