U.S. head coach Mike Krzyzewski recently talked to Nick Friedell of ESPN Chicago where he tackled about Kevin Durant's withdrawal.

According to Durant's statement "This was an extremely difficult decision as I take great pride in representing our country. I know that I owe it to my USA Basketball teammates to be totally invested in the experience. After going through training camp with USAB, I realized I could not fulfill my responsibilities to the team from both a time and energy standpoint."

On the other hand, Krzyzewski said that he was surprised over Durant's decision to withdraw from the team. He said "It's one of those things; you don't replace Kevin Durant. You look different. And so we have today and [Friday] to look different before we play a really good team. That's of concern for me because we were pretty far along. We had our best camp ever in Vegas since I've coached [Team USA]. Those guys were terrific. We had more in [game plan-wise], but we had more in to play a certain way. And then Kevin deciding not to play ... it's concerning."

Krzyzewski was expecting Durant to be the leader of the team "But hopefully we'll be good enough on Saturday, and then we use New York and Gran Canaria to get better and get better during pool play."

Now that Durant is gone, the team will be struggling with their offensive firepower. But what Krzyzewski is worried about is the timing of Durant's withdrawal. The announcement came in late. Now, they would need to make changes in their approach and tem play.

He said "We had a whole camp building what we're doing around him. So that's the very first thing: You had one of the great scorers at the [power forward position]. So how does that change your offense? That changes your offense immensely."

He added "You have to do more to get your guards shots. I mean, these guards are really good, but they were complementing one another - Kevin with those guards. ... Now we have to look at developing our inside and getting the guards more involved."