RIO DE JANEIRO -- Mark Cuban has been opposed to NBA players competing in the Olympics, but the Dallas Mavericks owner gave Andrew Bogut the clearance he needed to play for Australia after injuring his left knee in the NBA Finals.And Cuban is pulling for his new center, who scored 18 points to lead the Aussies to an 87-66 victory over France on Saturday in the opening game of the tournament.We obviously were nervous and Im still not a fan of NBA players in the Olympics, but Andrew was going to have to go through a process to get back on the court anyway, Cuban wrote Sunday in an email to The Associated Press. Our staff has communicated with him and we knew he would be cautious in his approach to returning.Bogut suffered bone bruises in Game 5 while playing for Golden State. Players need a release from their NBA teams to compete internationally if they have a pre-existing injury, and Bogut said he was a little worried he might not get it from the Mavs, who acquired him last month in a trade.But he said Cuban and the team have been first class in their dealings with him.They were very, very nervous obviously because my prognosis was six to eight weeks and this is right on six weeks right now, but I was open with them and honest, Bogut said. I said, Look, if I know Im not ready and the knees swelling up, Im pulling the pin. And they said fine, we trust you.Bogut said he even received an email from Cuban before the Olympic opener.I told him make sure he has his green-and-gold jersey on watching the game, and he threw a couple of other words I cant repeat and said lets go, Bogut said. 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Saying little setbacks happen, Chris Bosh vowed on Friday night to continue his comeback to the NBA without specifically addressing what had caused him to fail a preseason physical with the Miami Heat.??Speaking in a videotaped segment published online, Bosh called the news a down moment right now while pledging that everything would work out.I had the intention of releasing Episode 2 of Uninterrupted: Bosh Rebuilt today under the assumption I would be cleared to go for camp, Bosh said in the video. Unfortunately that is not the case. But that doesnt stop me from wanting to share my creative side with you guys and hoping that you want to come along on the journey with me.?The Heat said earlier Friday that Bosh would not be allowed to participate in their preseason training camp after failing a physical. The Heat declined to explain why Bosh failed the physical and cited a clause in the collective bargaining agreement that prohibits the team from releasing certain medical information.So it wasnt clear if Boshs problem was a new issue or the same one that caused Heat doctors to inform him his career was likely over six months ago.Just because the journey has ups and downs doesnt mean I will stop sharing with you guys, Bosh said. So I will just continue to share despite whats going on.?Team president Pat Riley and managing general partner Micky Arison have both said in recent weeks that they would be open to having Bosh in camp, and the 11-time All-Star forward was examined by multiple doctors in recent days in an attempt to be clearedd.dddddddddddd?The team will host media day in Miami on Monday and will start training camp in the Bahamas on Tuesday. It also remained unclear whether Bosh would be present for those events.Little setbacks happen. But that doesnt change my intentions and what I want to accomplish, Bosh said. So I hope you continue to watch. I hope you continue to just take in my journey and just come along with me with the ups and downs. So its a down moment right now, but everythings going to be all right.Bosh faced the first of two bouts with blood clots in February 2015. One that was believed to have formed in one of his legs traveled to a lung and caused problems so severe that he needed to be hospitalized for several days. He recovered and was averaging 19.1 points last season when the second bout with clots began in February -- though the ones discovered then did not cause health issues anywhere near as serious as what he dealt with in 2015.The Miami Heat and Chris Bosh, in consultation with team doctors and other physicians, have been working together for many months with the mutual goal of having Chris return to the court as soon as possible, the teams statement from earlier Friday said. Chris has now taken his pre-season physical. The Miami Heat regret that it remains unable to clear Chris to return to basketball activities.Information from ESPNs Brian Windhorst and The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '