While USA Basketball officials are not saying he is completely out of the mix, plans were thrown off track on Monday when Tyson Chandler was forced to sit with a toe injury, according to a report by Marc Stein of ESPN.

"We just found out about it a couple days ago, so what we're going to do is look at the pool of [alternates] and let a couple people know that if something happens, you are probably going to be the guy -- but we haven't decided yet who those guys are going to be."

The alternates for Team USA are Chandler, Shawn Marion, Mike Miller, Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups, and Joe Johnson.

After Team USA officials learned that Dwight Howard had suffered a hairline fracture of his sternum, they decided to invite Chandler to travel with Team USA to Asia for a series of pre-Olympic exhibition games.

Via ESPN

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