USA Basketball Just Told Us The Truth About Jayson Tatum…
Team USA basketball won their first game at the 2024 Olympics against Nikola Jokic and Serbia… but Celtics star Jayson Tatum didn’t play a single minute.
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Tatum was also on those Fiba world cup teams that didn't win a medal.
Kerr made the right call. Team USA in past Olympics and Fiba world cup games got beat by shifty quick guards. Holiday and White were chosen to clamp up Serbia's guards. Durant needed game reps and minutes. Durant went 8 for 9 and scored 23 pts. This equaled a 26 pt blow out.
This isnt an All Star game. This is high level Olympic play. With a point differential system. You play and score until the game ends. So once the 10 man rotation is set. You don't deviate from it. Unless there is an injury.
Next game Tatum will play because Kerr needs his size against South Sudans tall shooters and rebounders. Kerr did say he benched Tatum before the Serbia game due to matchups.
Why does independent media, mainstream media, and all the fans coddle Jayson Tatum? There's not a single more protected male basketball player than him. Quite literally every year since he's been drafted. Its confusing
Tatum not playing (or otherwise getting more limited minutes) isn’t a surprise to me.
Team USA learned last year at the FIBA World Cup that they need to bring more bigs and legit bigs at that (so not Tatum) – and that there would be many occasions where it would be more appropriate to play two of them together.
Tatum may be versatile, and an easy to fit guy – but he is a distant third (on this roster) at his position to LeBron and Durant, would have been fourth had Kawhi stayed with the team.
On top of this you have Kerr being a small ball guy, would likely be playing three guards often.
LeBron played poorly against South Sudan. Kerr can easily take some of his minutes so Bron will be well rested to tear them up in the 4th.
This is the Caitlin Clark debate…it's a stacked team … Some ppl aren't gonna get minutes…calm down
Tatum and Joel are trashcans
It's a 40 min'' game
Not 48 like the NBA
Him saying he forgot to play Tatum is what is bad. Forgetting about a guy in your bench? That’s idiotic.
Holiday, Steph, kd, bron, ad. Thats the only lineup there should be starting.
Joel Embiid looked like Joel Anthony out there this man was so bad that I almost turned the game off this just needed to be said
Too many stars the defensive role players will play more
lol finding any reason to justify Tatum not playing just tells us all you know nothing about basketball. 2nd leading scorer last time Team USA won gold.
I heard alot of idiotic comments from people who obviously are delusional and agree WITH THAT MORIN COACH KERR. This is the problem with this world. People calling right wrong and wrong right. As a black man we are accustomed to hearing g jackass comments to justify a white person's idiotic reasoning much like hitkers reasoning against jews.
steve kerr's answer was dumb as hell. His answer would lead one to believe that hes incompetent. He shoulda have just told the truth. I played the guys who were playing great and who would get the job done. with that being said tatum is overrated as a player, been saying it for years. aint no way a player whos as good sporting logically claims doesnt' get off the bench. You cant be a true "top 8" guy and not get on the floor. Quit trying to sugar coat this BS. You think this would happen to KD?? or steph?? or anthony edwards??? hell no! tatum is overrated point blank period. nothing more nothing less, clearly no debating. Oh i just forgot about you bud, i'll get you next time lol Kerr didnt wana risk losing to joker so he put the guys out there that dont miss layups and dont shoot bad shots when it matters most like tatum has been known to do. You dont trash your rotation with proffesional players just because someone is playing good (KD) especially coming off and injury. You cant trust tatum.
on another note. lets not overrate KD"s game. he hit nothing but uncontested shots. pregame warm up shots. big deal
He had embiid sorry ass out there but couldn’t give Tatum or Hali one min of run time idc what excuse he give Kerr ass and curry need to bounce on his ass
The funny part is that on the Hoop Collective they said this could be the summer of Tatum a few months ago. He could win the title, win finals MVP, then go on to win the olympics in a vital role for team USA. Instead what happened is that he failed in the finals and had to be rescued, didn't win finals MVP, then in the olympics he's a bench warmer, and that wont change. This all proves Tatum is just a number 2 in a world of number 1s
The JT/JB disrespect is so glaring. It’s borderline heinous.
Jayson Tatum blinks
NBA Twitter: “Jayson Tatum sucks and he’s corny and he’s carried by his super team and he’s a bum he’s so overrated and trash”
Its actually real ironic that Derrick White was picked over Jalen Brown, then now is getting picked over Tatum. Who is the real best player on the celtics? Cause it seems like Derrick White
Tatum could have spoken up but remember he just played all the way to the Finals and played all the exhibition games and is tired. Tatum wasn't complaining about the rest for one game.
Kerr said oops i forgot tatum was there 😂😂😂😂😂😂 sixers fan here ctfu
AD Bam and Embiid would feel awful to rebound against 😂
“There werent minutes for him” is such a stupid thing to say. Steve kerr was playing dumb 3 guard lineups with steph jrue and booker all game. Please explain why he couldn’t take one of those spots. Even if lebron and durant are playing better than him, you usually have 2 forwards in the game, so when one sits, tatum should be in. 0 minutes is utterly idiotic and ridiculous disrespect from steve kerr.
Spolstra or TLue should be the head coach
Top 8 player? He is disputed best in Boston, and there is 29 other teams with a lot good players
He will be fine, it's regular people's feelings who are hurt more than JT's feelings 😂
I think they shouldn't have added Embiid to the roster. I guess he was brought in specifically for the Jokic matchup, just to put a big body on him, but he didn't really do a whole lot.
I personally think the lineup should have been : Steph, Tatum, KD, LeBron and Ad
Jrue, Ant, booker, Bam and Embiid.
And if they didn't bring Embiid to this event, they could have maybe tried to add Chet, as someone who can play the 4/5 alongside Bam.
Everyone that’s saying Tatum is overrated, is delusional. Maybe all the other guys on that team is overrated. I believe that Tatum just won the ship last year over all these other stars. I’m not a Celtics fan. But give him props.
His shooting has been inconsistent and this team has great shooters. White/jrue/curry are great facilitators and amazing off the ball, and can shoot. AD and Embiid are our shot blockers. Then there’s Lebron and KD playing lights out. Tatum is great at a lot of things but isn’t a specialist in anything. It makes sense that other players fit better into scheme.
Finally, i saw lebron and AD winning against jokic!
make a video on the real reason they snubbed Jaylen Brown and Kyrie Irving
All about fit…..
Tatum is getting Kuminga treatment
The reason that Steve Kerr didn't have a good response is that he had to lie. It wasn't an idiotic response it was just a lie. Jayson Tatum needs to understand that this is the Olympics and it's whatever is good for the team and he has guys playing his position that are better than him especially in FIBA. Suck it up Tatum. I do think it's funny that two guys from his team are playing more than him.
Nah Tucker I wouldn’t think Bam would be on the outside looking in. That’s the most versatile defender in basketball right now lol
This channel is just a summary of the Bill Simmons podcast
Quit crying we won who cares he didnt play i dont
Haliburton not playing is weirder than Tatum not playing. Team USA needs more passing and spacing than it does Jayson Tatum iso ball. Tatum is the 5th best wing on the team, Haliburton is the best passer. But he’s a Pacer so we aren’t gonna talk about that.
Tatum is better than Durant and has been for the last three years
this is all about Kerr's favoitism. They should have made Durant sit.
People complaining about clickbait titles and comment baiting takes need to realize this man is here to make money and grow his channel. He's not doing these videos just for your personal entertainment for free. To be fair, your comments still help him out but don't get caught up in your feelings about it.
When are people gonna realizes Steve Kerr has cte
Tatum is the only american in the all nba 1st team and a current nba champion which makes him more accomplished than anyone in the usa team. Benching him in a blowout cannot be justified for whatever reason.
Remember this is a Celtic hater posting this video about Tatum , wait till next year you guys have started a fire in jb and JT
You got Embiid stinking it up killing the offense and slowing down the pace but yet he isn’t the issue it’s Tatum and Hali the two people who actually fits the offense the only problem is Steve Kerr this is the same coach who lost in the Fiba because he had Walker Kessler on the bench watching us get destroyed on the Boards dude is a Subpar head coach and he can’t coach nobody but the warriors how many times does he have too show everybody that?
You got Embiid stinking it up killing the offense and slowing down the pace but yet he isn’t the issue it’s Tatum and Hali the two people who actually fits the offense the only problem is Steve Kerr this is the same coach who lost in the Fiba because he had Walker Kessler on the bench watching us get destroyed on the Boards dude is a Subpar head coach and he can’t coach nobody but the warriors how many times does he have too show everybody that?
Such divas. It's a team game for the country. Why should Steve Kerr care about anything other than what's best for Team USA and winning a medal?
Tatum isn’t Top 10 in the league
Tatum can play the 2
jrue and derrick white defense is why the celtics won a chip. of course they gonna play every game.
Damn Serbia is not good. I was expecting better
Aye he treating tatum and ant like kaminga and podz