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With no idea where he will be playing in the NBA next season, Kevin Love has withdrawn from this summers Team USA basketball roster. Moises Alou Cubs Jersey . Love is in limbo while the Minnesota Timberwolves field offers for their three-time All-Star, a process that was complicated and likely lengthened when Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Andrew Wiggins signed his contract this week. Love is the latest All-Star to pull out of Team USA, which begins its training camp in Las Vegas next week to prepare for the FIBA World Cup in Spain. In recent weeks the Americans have lost Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge and NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard. They have 18 players remaining and will choose 12 for the World Cup of Basketball roster. Love, who won gold medals at the 2012 Olympics and 2010 world championship and was one of the first players to commit to play this summer, told USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo that he would be unavailable for training camp that starts Monday. "He wants to play but its a little bit of a sign of the times when you look at the league in terms of contracts, rumoured trades," Colangelo told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. "All of those circumstances puts players Im a funny position." The Cavaliers have been in pursuit of Love since before the draft. Their chances of landing Love, who can opt out of his contract next summer and has told the Timberwolves he wants to play for a contender, increased exponentially when LeBron James chose to return to play in Cleveland. The Timberwolves have demanded Wiggins, the No. 1 overall draft pick, in a package in return for Love and the Cavaliers have gradually softened on their position to include the dynamic 19-year-old wing player in trade talks. Under NBA rules, Wiggins cannot be traded until 30 days after he signed his contract with the Cavaliers. That length of time allows other teams to make offers for Love as well, but also makes it too risky for Love to participate with Team USA. An injury could derail any trade possibilities, so Love had to take the difficult step of informing Colangelo on Friday night that he would not be able to participate. It had to be a tough call for Love to make. He has long held playing for Team USA as one of the highest honours possible and has referred to his experience of winning gold in London as the pinnacle of his young career. While other big stars like James were stepping away from the team to get some rest this summer, Love took pride last year in joining with Kevin Durant to be among the first elite players to recommit to the World Cup team. "I think he truly is remorseful," Colangelo said. Love was a vital piece to the London team, giving the Americans a rebounding presence and a much-needed big man to stretch the floor. But Colangelo said the team would be able to get by without him, pointing to an experienced roster and rising star Anthony Davis, who was on the Olympic team but played only sparingly. "Its not like theres a barrel full of power forwards that can rebound and shoot the ball like Kevin Love," Colangelo said. But in international competition, where teams generally play smaller than they do in the NBA, players such as Indianas Paul George and Dallas Mavericks forward Chandler Parsons could help fill the void. DeMarcus Cousins and Andre Drummond are other big men that should give the Americans a presence in the paint. "Someone is going to have an opportunity to step up," Colangelo said. "Were kind of anxious to get started to look at this." ___ AP Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney contributed to this report. 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Djokovic rolled to a 6-2, 6-3 triumph for his second straight Paris Masters crown and 20th Masters series title overall. He also won this tournament in 2009. The top-seeded Serb also reached 600 career match victories on Sunday, joining Lleyton Hewitt and David Ferrer as players to reach that milestone this year. He also ran his indoor winning streak to 27 straight matches, last falling on an indoor court two years ago at this event in the first round to Sam Querrey. Djokovic grabbed an early lead with a break of serve and saved three break points in the seventh game. Instead of what could have been 4-3, he took that momentum and reeled off five straight games to open a 6-2, 3-0 advantage. Raonic never recovered. He saved a pair of match points before Djokovic finally ended the contest after 83 minutes. I played the best match of the entire week today when it was most needed, said Djokovic, playing for the first time since his wife gave birth to their first child less than two weeks ago. I got a lot of returns back and just overall Im extremely happy with the performancce. Rowan Wick Jersey. . Djokovic claimed his sixth title of 2014 and the 47th of his career. He previously won this year at Indian Wells, Miami, Rome, Wimbledon and Beijing. His only loss in a final was against Rafael Nadal at the French Open. Raonic fell to 6-7 lifetime in finals, including 1-2 this year. He won the U.S. Open tune-up in Washington before losing in Tokyo last month. I thought (Djokovic) played some great tennis, said Raonic, who mustered just nine aces. He neutralized my serve well. Even when I was able to open him on the backhand side, he was moving really well. He was always getting two hands on it. The seventh-seeded Canadian has yet to beat Djokovic in four tries, including three matches this year. Djokovic rallied for a three-set victory in the Rome semifinals before a straight-set triumph in the French Open quarters. Raonic, however, did enough this week to qualify for the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, which will begin next Sunday in London. Djokovic will enter next weeks exclusive eight-man field at the top of the world rankings. He is the two-time defending champion in London and will try to finish as the year-end No. 1 for the third time, previously accomplishing the feat in 2011-12. ' ' '