Clippers guard Pablo Prigioni will not play for Argentina at the Olympic Games

The Argentinean National Team received unexepected good news last week when Manu Ginobili announced he would play at the Olympic Games. News are not so good on the Pablo Prigioni front. The 38-year-old Clippers guard wrote this morning on Twitter that he’s passing on the Olympics.

Sintiéndolo muchísimo, he tomado la decisión de No estar disponible para una posible convocatoria a la selección de cara Río 2016.

— Pablo Prigioni (@PPrigioni9) March 29, 2016

No ha sido una decisión facil. Quiero agradecer todos los mensajes de las personas que les hubiera gustado que estuviera en el equipo! !!

— Pablo Prigioni (@PPrigioni9) March 29, 2016

Me siento triste, pero a la vez muy agradecido de haber podido jugar tantos torneos y partidos con la camiseta de la Selección Argentina

— Pablo Prigioni (@PPrigioni9) March 29, 2016

We translate that for you: “I have painfully taken the decision of not making myself available for the National Team for Rio 2016. It was not an easy decision. I want to thank the people who wanted me to join the team for their messages. I feel sad, but at the same time grateful for having been able to play play so many tournaments and games wearing the jersey of the Argentinean National Team.”

Prigioni, who’s averaging 2.2 ppg and 1.9 apg with the Clippers this season, was not a member of the gold-medal winning squad at the 2004 Olympics, but won the bronze medal four years later at the Beijing Games. He last played with Argentina at the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain, where Argentina finished at the 11th spot.

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