Boston Celtics Rondo goes up for a basket past Los Angeles Lakers Bryant during Game 5 of the 2010 NBA Finals basketball series in Boston

Team USA coach Mike Krzyzewski had his point guard problem solved for him on Tuesday as Celtics guard Rajon Rondo withdrew from the team just days before the start of the FIBA World Championship.

In a statement released on the team's website, chairman Jerry Colangelo cited family matters as the reason for Rondo's departure.

From the team's official website:

“Rajon came to us and said he was going to withdraw from the team, that he had some family matters to attend to and some things to take care of before the NBA season. He did an outstanding job during our training, we appreciate the effort and commitment he made to our program and he completely has our support," said [Jerry] Colangelo.

Krzyzewski and team chairman Jerry Colangelo had one cut remaining to get Team USA down to its 12-man FIBA roster. With the cut coming Thursday, there was acute speculation that Rondo was going to be the odd man out on a team stacked with point guards. Rondo was once the team's golden boy, having started in Team USA's first two exhibition games, but he was on the bench Sunday against Spain and failed to see playing time.

With speculation increasing Tuesday that he would be cut, it seemed the writing was on the wall for Rondo. In fact, he told ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan earlier in the day that he felt he was on the bubble after Sunday's DNP.

There was also a tweet Tuesday from Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski that Rondo had been cut, so his withdrawal from the team wasn't as surprising as some might think.

Now that Rondo has withdrawn, Team USA's final roster looks like this (from the Team USA website): Chauncey Billups (Denver Nuggets); Tyson Chandler (Dallas Mavericks); Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors); Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder); Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies); Eric Gordon (Los Angeles Clippers); Danny Granger (Indiana Pacers); Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers); Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves); Lamar Odom (Los Angeles Lakers); Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls); and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder).

The team has one final warm-up game against Greece on Wednesday before opening the tournament against Croatia on Saturday.

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