Zach LaVine clears health and safety protocols, will join U.S. Olympic men's basketball team in Tokyo on Thursday

Team USA guard Zach LaVine has cleared health and safety protocols, USA Basketball announced Tuesday night.

He will join the rest of the U.S. Olympic team in Tokyo on Thursday afternoon. The Olympics begin Friday, with the U.S. set for its first pool-play game Sunday against France.

LaVine was the third player to be affected in the past week, as Bradley Beal had to leave the team because of the protocols and Jerami Grant was in contact tracing quarantine for four days.

LaVine had started the past two exhibition games in place of Beal and had looked strong through the Olympic run-up. He averaged 10.3 points in the four exhibition games, third on the team behind Damian Lillard and Kevin Durant, and had several impressive transition dunks.

Team USA will also be awaiting the arrival of Khris Middleton, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker, whose teams were playing in the NBA Finals that concluded Tuesday night.