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Kyle Lowry accepts invitation to play for USA Basketball in Rio Olympics

Flying in the face of Zika worries and a swath of talent that's dropped out, Kyle Lowry has accepted USA Basketball's invitation to join the team and will play in the 2016 Rio Olympics later this summer. This comes to us from... who else?

Toronto guard Kyle Lowry has accepted an invitation to play for Team USA in the Rio Olympics, league sources tell @TheVertical.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 23, 2016

This will be Lowry's first time playing for the national team, as the All-NBA Third Team selection joins a relatively short list of players who've committed, with Paul George and Draymond Green also joining this week.