The USA obtained the Olympics off to an excellent begin with a blowout victory over Serbia. Nevertheless, the win got here with a little bit of bizarre twist, as Jayson Tatum did not play within the recreation for Staff USA.
Following the sport, United States head coach Steve Kerr stated that with Kevin Durant again within the fold, he could not get everybody into the sport.
“It is powerful, however Jayson dealt with it very well. I talked to him right now earlier than the sport, that it might play out this manner simply with Kevin coming again, and the lineups I wished to get to,” Kerr stated.
The USA coach then defined he looks like he cannot play greater than 10 gamers resulting from FIBA video games being solely 40 minutes. That appeared to be Kerr’s different cause for leaving Tatum on the bench.
“I felt like an fool not taking part in him, however in a 40-minute recreation, you possibly can’t play greater than 10,” Kerr stated concerning the DNP for Tatum. “He is a tremendous man, nice participant and dealt with it superbly. He’ll be on the market subsequent recreation.”
