Jalen Rose, an ESPN analyst, retorted that Kevin Love, a Cleveland Cavaliers power forward had been selected for the United States Olympic basketball team as it needed a token White player."But you understand why I am apologizing now? To the game. Rose apologized for his remarks, saying that "I am what the game made of me." Rose said, "I was raised in the presence of all-time greats and you know what I wouldn't want to do?" I will not disappoint Jeanie Rose, my late mother (Roses), or the all-time greats who raised me."Rose said on a podcast last Wednesday that Love was selected to play for Team USA as it did not want to send an All-Black team to the Olympics. Rose called the apology tokenism."I am excited about the roster and I assume, which I know, we will win the gold. I am disappointed in one thing. Every day I perform this show in front of Tommie Smith (Mourning) and John Carlos, who are raising their fists at the Olympics. Christian Laettner's favoritism when he was offered a spot on the Dream Team, ahead of Shaq (Mourning), and Alonzo(Mourning) is something I am also familiar with. Rose stated that they made it possible for a college player to get on the Dream Team and gave him favoritism.ESPN ANALYST SAYS US OLYMPIC TEAMS 'SCARED" TO SEND ALL-BLACK BAKETBALL ROSTER AND ADDED WHITE PLAYERRose said, "But this level of, I got a term for it Kevin Love is part of the team because of tokenism." Do not be afraid to form an all-black team for the United States of America. I was disappointed. Anyone who watched the league this season knows Kevin Love didn't have a stellar year, wasn't the best player on his team and doesn't deserve to be on this team. I won't take Love off the squad, but I will put someone else on it.Rose argued that Phoenix Suns center Deandre, who was born and raised in the Bahamas, should be included on the team. Rose claimed that Love was selected over him because Team USA did not have the courage to send an All-Black team to the Olympics.Continue the storyRose also admitted in his apology that Love was not worthy to be on the team. However, Rose emphasized the importance of the players' recent performances and injuries to support the point.Rose stated that Love was not worthy to be on the team because she believes that Love is. "I'm sure that you were Word when you received the call." I'm on the squad. You know how it works. He glanced at his phone, and said, Yo, they want to me. They're not going to ignore the Cleveland Cavs lost tape years?The Cavaliers saw love in just 25 games this season. They averaged 12.2 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per match. Love was also a champion for mental health during an injury-plagued season.CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINERRose claimed that Rose was not pressured to apologize for the 45-minute video. Instead, he said that he had realized that his comments were wrong.Rose stated, "But, like Katt Williams said: Sometimes, playas make mistakes, so I apologize, the game." This is who I am sorry to."Washington Examiner VideosTags: News. ESPN, Olympics. Sports.Original Author: Michael LeeOriginal Location: Jalen Rose, ESPN's Jalen Rosen, walks back comments arguing that Kevin Love was chosen for Team USA to be a token white player
