In 2014, for the FIBA Basketball World Cup team, Griffin, who would’ve been a clear cut to make the team, was advised against participating for injury precaution reasons.

The Clippers forward will attend USA Basketball’s minicamp in Las Vegas next month as he looks for a spot on the 2016 Olympic team, ESPN reports.

Griffin missed out on opportunities to chase gold medals twice before, having to withdraw due to injuries from the 2012 (torn meniscus left knee) team that won gold at the London Olympics and the team last year (back injury) that rolled to gold at the FIBA World Cup in Spain. Houston Rockets guard James Harden, meanwhile, will also be in attendance in Vegas after playing a key role on the World Cup team, as indicated by ESPN.com’s Calvin Watkins.

Other top players who, like Anthony, are still recovering from injuries but could potential be camp attendees include Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, Indiana’s Paul George and Cleveland’s Kevin Love. For what Colangelo has termed more of a “reunion” than a full-speed camp, USAB is inviting the bulk of 34 players who were in the program’s roster pool as of last September, as well as a slew of younger newcomers.

Sources told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein, meanwhile, that the newly crowned champion Golden State Warriors expect to have four representatives at the minicamp: Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Harrison Barnes. A source confirmed Leonard’s participation to the Express-News. Griffin hopes to play in the 2016 Summer Olympics, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro.

“I did it the last few summers and last summer I didn’t make it”, Lillard said, when Mac asked why he wouldn’t participate.