USA Basketball National Team Managing Director Jerry Colangelo today announced that Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Nike Basketball Shoes 2015has informed USA Basketball that he was withdrawing from participating with the 2014 USA National Team and from consideration for the 2014 USA Basketball Men's World Cup Team roster. The USA National Team is scheduled to resume its 2014 preparations for the FIBA Basketball World Cup on Aug. 14 in Chicago. "Kevin reached out to Coach K and myself this afternoon and expressed that he is just physically and mentally drained from the NBA Oakley Sunglasses Outletand his attention to his many responsibilities. He tried to give it a go at our recent Las Vegas training camp but felt coming out of camp that he was not prepared to fulfill the commitment he made to the team," said Colangelo. "Coach K and I support Kevin. His well being is the most important thing to us and we support him taking the time to get ready for next season. He's been part of the National Team program for eight years and a big part of the success we have achieved, and we look forward to him being part of our success in the future as well." "We are excited about the opportunity ahead of us and to getting back to work in Chicago on Aug. 14. All 15 players are committed to the USA Basketball standard, which is to come together to win gold medals." Durant explained his decision saying, "This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our  @uc@ehpqvko6tr@uc@