Beal to miss Olympics due to COVID positive

On a U.S. basketball team filled with stars, nobody scored more than Bradley Beal during the season.

At the top of his NBA game, he was finally set to take on the international one.

The coronavirus has wrecked his Olympic dreams.

Beal will miss the Tokyo Olympics after being placed into health and safety protocols and USA Basketball said Thursday it will replace him on its roster at a later date.

The Americans also announced that Pistons forward Jerami Grant has also been played in health and safety protocols “out of an abundance of caution.” He’s not expected to miss the Olympics.

It’s unclear if Beal has been vaccinated. He had started all three exhibitions so far in Las Vegas, averaging 10.3 points on 10-for-21 shooting.

The Wizards guard was second in the NBA this season with 31.3 points per game.

U.S. forward Bam Adebayo said Beal told him that he had no symptoms.

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