Jayson Tatum has opened up about his troublesome expertise on the Olympics, having obtained two DNPs throughout the match and simply 11 minutes of courtroom time within the gold medal match towards France.
Tatum says his minimal taking part in time is not going to have an effect on his choice on whether or not he’ll play within the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“It was a tricky private expertise on the courtroom, however I’m not going to make any choice off feelings,” Tatum stated. “When you requested me proper now if I used to be going to play in 2028 — it’s 4 years from now and I [would have] to take time and take into consideration that. So I’m not going to make any choice primarily based off how this expertise was or how I felt individually.”
Tatum added that numerous individuals had reached out about his restricted position.
“Lots of people textual content me and reached out and stated ‘Make certain this fuels you,’ which I admire. There’s lots of people that care about me,” Tatum stated. “I feel the powerful half is sure, you should utilize issues to gas you, however I’m nonetheless human.
“…A part of being within the second, I’ve sacrificed and put rather a lot into this recreation and work actually, actually onerous. So within the second it’s powerful. You’re not essentially nervous about fueling me for November or [whenever] the season is, however like I stated, it’s one thing I’m going to remove from this and be taught from this expertise. It’s undoubtedly difficult and humbling on the similar time.”
Group USA coach Steve Kerr has beforehand emphasised that his choice to restrict Tatum’s taking part in time was pushed by matchups, not efficiency.
Tatum completed the Olympics with averages of 5.3 factors, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per recreation. He shot 38.1 p.c from the sphere and missed all 4 of his three-point makes an attempt.
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