John Wall & Andrew Wiggins: NBA Stars Hit Out At Team USA & Cleveland Cavaliers Ahead Of 2014 FIBA World Cup & 2014/15 NBA Season: Washington Wizards & Minnesota Timberwolves

By Kenneth Brown | Aug 10, 2014 03:49 PM EDT

John Wall may be one of the best players in the NBA, and rookie Andrew Wiggins may soon join him, but the duo have launched scathing attacks on two of their teams. Wall has attacked Team USA, just weeks before the 2014 FIBA World Cup, whilst Wiggins has (privately) verbally assaulted the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Washington Wizards star, Wall, is unhappy at being cut from the World Cup squad, while Wiggins is furious that the Cavaliers are trading him to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and he's apparently told Kansas University officials just that. Are these stars overreacting?

Wall was asked if he was given a fair chance at making Team USA's squad, and he replied "Nah, I don't think so, but it's a part of the game. I'm just happy to have the opportunity to be there and represent my country. I wish them the best of luck and hope they can win gold. I've been (around) for four years in a row. I think that's enough time. Everybody had the same fair amount of time as far as being (in Las Vegas) and playing. I think [Team USA] already had kind of in their mind what they wanted to do and what decisions they were going (to make)."

The last 12-man roster has not been revealed yet, but Wall is far behind other star guards, and was told he'd have no chance. Over the past few seasons Wall has been building his reputation as one of the better guards in the league, so this rejection may come at a surprise to him. Wiggins, the 2014 No. 1 draft pick, is upset that the Cavaliers are trading him to the Timberwolves after promising they wouldn't. The star had said he wanted to play in Cleveland, but now it's rumoured he has been bad-mouthing them to officials at his former college team, Kansas.

Should these young stars grow up, or are they in the right?

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