Warriors Reportedly Block Andrew Wiggins From Enjoying for Canada in 2024 Olympics Amid Trade Rumors

Andrew Wiggins is not going to see motion for the Canadian males’s nationwide basketball crew within the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, scheduled from July 27 to August 11.

The Golden State Warriors have reportedly denied the ahead from becoming a member of the worldwide event.

“Golden State Warriors playing hardball with veteran they are looking to move. Canadian team opens camp later tonight [June 28],” Raptors insider Doug Smith posted on social media platform X, previously Twitter.

The 29-year-old ahead has been subjected to commerce rumors this offseason following inconsistent performances after the Warriors’ championship run in 2022, the place he was an integral contributor.

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After the championship, Wiggins signed a four-year contract extension value $109 million with the Warriors, however because of undisclosed private causes, he solely performed 37 video games within the following marketing campaign, 2022-23. 

Wiggins pulling out from Canada was a mutual resolution

Team insider Anthony Slater of The Athletic has said that the choice to withdraw Wiggins from Team Canada was a mutual resolution because of an ankle situation that bothered him on the finish of the 2023-24 season.

Sportsnet insider Michael Grange claimed that Wiggins was insured and cleared medically by Team Canada, however the Warriors nonetheless didn’t need him to take part within the Olympics as he was on the buying and selling block.

A possible reaggravation of the ankle damage or some other damage might harm the commerce worth of the previous first-overall choose.

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