https://www.si.com/olympics/steve-kerr-jayson-tatum-benched-team-usa-serbia-explain
IMO he did it to send a message to Jaylen Brown. You wasn’t gonna play as much as you thought, cuz I can’t coach anyway. I can go with any combination picked at random and win. Steph is gonna play tho.
True what kind of idiot would bench Tatum and give minutes to a guy like Steph Curry.
Ignoring the fact that he’s freaking Steph curry, the fans pay to see Steph. No one cares if they see Tatum on the court except for salty Boston fans
Nike is about to send Kerr’s ass to Alaska!
Those Nike Tatum’s ain’t gonna sell themselves, boy!
Um, who cares?
Team USA literally blew out Serbia. Why is this even a talking point? Are we really going to be talking about x-player not getting minutes even when they win Gold?
he did it to send a message to Jaylen Brown.
Let me translate - I’m jumping to a wild conclusion based on absolutely nothing, that there is a conspiracy behind this that doesn’t actually exist
i think he benched tatum because he felt like the guys who played did a good job
Great analysis
Kd is back Tatum just gotta move around he out the rotation we was experimenting during the exhibitions time to dominate
Sensitive post
The only American to make All-NBA first team is an exhibition experiment. You ain’t American. Root for your own country.
Ok that’s fine but if Kerr doesn’t start AD he’s not being consistent with what he’s saying… no knock on embiid but that combination hasn’t looked good
he benched tatum for 2 obvious reasons
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tatum isnt little enough like booker
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tatum is too good tooking. he makes the other players feel badly about themselves
it’s obvious
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Someone had to sacrifice because KD is playing. I don’t quite understand the people yelling that Jrue or Steph should sit. Different positions and skill set. You could argue that maybe White or Ant could lose some minutes for Tatum but Ant seems to be defending well and White is the ultimate role player. TBH, I’m not surprised Tatum fell out of the rotation and I don’t really see an issue with it.
There’s not enough grass to be touch with this kind of 4-d chess thinking.