Atlanta Hawks guard Trae Young may be starting his first All-Star game next weekend in just his second NBA season, but his debut for Team USA will have to wait. On Monday, USA Basketball announced the 44 finalists for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Men’s Team, featuring many of the league’s biggest stars, including LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Steph Curry, James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis. In general, the list of invitees skewed towards veterans and players with international basketball experience. Team USA assistant coach and Young’s current head coach in Atlanta, Lloyd Pierce, cited Trae’s youth as a factor in his absence.

“No, because honestly I respect the league, I respect the levels and layers you have to go through,” Pierce said when asked by Hawks reporter Sarah K. Spencer of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution if he was surprised at Young’s exclusion. “Trae’s having a great year. These guys have had great careers. And you have to go through certain things and you have to understand when it’s your time, when it’s your opportunity. We’re talking about guys, three-time Olympic appearances, and international basketball is just different.”

The approach to building the roster for Tokyo that Pierce is describing echoes the one taken by Jerry Colangelo when he sought to reinvigorate USA Basketball following the embarrassing 2004 bronze medal performance in Athens—ultimately resulting in the “Redeem Team” led by Kobe Bryant that memorably won gold in Beijing in 2008. Team USA has won two more gold medals since, but the disappointing seventh-place finish in last summer’s FIBA World Cup explains the star-driven and veteran-laden group of finalists.

Young is 21 years old and is currently putting up 29.7 points and 9.1 assists per game. Surely, his time to suit up for Team USA will come.