LeBron James joins Stephen Curry in pulling out of USA team at Olympics

Cavaliers star says he needs a rest after long NBA seasonNBA finals MVP won Cleveland its first sports title in 52 years One of the world’s biggest sports star will not appear at this summer’s Olympics after LeBron James confirmed he will not play for the US basketball team.James is coming off a long season, in which he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA title, winning the city its first major sports title in 52 years. “I could use the rest,” James told cleveland.com.