Even crushing Serbia on their debut and the glorious return of Kevin DurantTeam USA proved the harmful effects of combining so many stars with a controversial decision by Steve Kerr: sitting a Jayson Tatum who didn’t play a minute.
This is also the case of Tyrese Haliburtonalthough Tatum’s is particularly notable because he is the star of Boston Celtics, recently declared NBA champions. Kerr did not avoid the topic when asked about it.
“Jayson handled it well, I talked to him before the game about not playing Kevin Durant back and the lineups he wants to use,” the US coach said in ESPN.
“But it will change, every game will be different based on pairing. He is a total professional, he was in the NBA’s Best Quintet three years in a row. I feel like an idiot not playing him, but in a 40 minute game you can’t play more than 10 players, you just can’t. He’ll be back,” Kerr reasoned.
The networks are filled with memes joke about replacing Jayson Tatum, the crux of a very happy first day for the United States. “Jayson Tatum passes 300 cups of Gatorade to his teammates, breaking Thanasis Antetokounmpo’s record,” the parody account said. NBA Center.
Source: La Verdad
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