Harrison Barnes missed the end of the regular season with a groin injury that cost him the final 11 games of the Kings’ 2020-21 campaign. In his exit interview last month, Barnes said that his rehab from that injury would run into the offseason, but not into July.
That timing matters because Barnes was on the list of 57 finalists for Team USA, which looks to defend its gold medal at the Olympics this summer in Tokyo. Training camp for the team will take place next month, and it would be unfortunate if Barnes — a member of Team USA in its last two international competitions — couldn’t participate for health reasons.