Team USA Basketball 2024

[SparzWizard]

Steph Curry should've won Olympics MVP.

[Surferdad]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

[ozgod]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

[Birdman]

Steph Curry should've won Olympics MVP.

Agree

[Surferdad]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

Right, for whatever reason, JT shot poorly. I would have preferred if Kerr just said that. In a diplomatic way, he could have said something like, ?I went with the players who gave us the best chance to win the series? instead of making up an excuse.

[Who]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

Right, for whatever reason, JT shot poorly. I would have preferred if Kerr just said that. In a diplomatic way, he could have said something like, ?I went with the players who gave us the best chance to win the series? instead of making up an excuse.

I saw on RealGM that posters were saying that Bill Simmons reported that Tatum was shooting badly in practices as well. Not just in games.

I couldn't find where Bill Simmons said it.

[SparzWizard]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

Right, for whatever reason, JT shot poorly. I would have preferred if Kerr just said that. In a diplomatic way, he could have said something like, ?I went with the players who gave us the best chance to win the series? instead of making up an excuse.

I saw on RealGM that posters were saying that Bill Simmons said Tatum was shooting badly in practices as well. Not just in games.

I couldn't find where he said it.

That's really bad if he's shooting bad in practices. Ben Simmons 2.0?

[tenn_smoothie]

If I am Tatum, I just say that I am grateful to be a member of the Olympic team and that my purpose was to help win the gold medal in whatever way Kerr needed. Nothing to gain by making passive comments about it being tough for him emotionally. Geez, these millenials are so self-absorbed.

At this point, I hope that Tatum and White and Holiday spend the remaining off-season at home with their feet up or on some beach relaxing and allowing themselves to recover and recharge physically and mentally from our long championship season. It was great having three Celtics on the Olympic team.

[ozgod]

Haliburton took his own lack of PT with a sense of humor 

[SparzWizard]

Haliburton took his own lack of PT with a sense of humor 

But when Tatum gets a DNP he gets crucified even folks saying he cried to his mommy about it ugh

[ozgod]

Haliburton took his own lack of PT with a sense of humor 

But when Tatum gets a DNP he gets crucified even folks saying he cried to his mommy about it ugh

I don't think Tatum has actually ever complained about anything...he's just answered questions honestly, saying it was a humbling experience, etc. I feel like he's dealt with it pretty professionally, more so than other similar players would have in his place:

But Tatum said he didn't confront Kerr over the lack of playing time and instead put Team USA over his individual needs en route to winning his second gold medal Saturday in Paris.

"No. I just stayed a professional," Tatum told reporters, per The Boston Globe's Tara Sullivan. "I came to work every day. Just stay ready. We got great guys on this team and while you feel like you deserve to play and the competitor in you wants to play, as a coach for a reason he makes those decisions. Your job as a player is to stay ready whenever your number is called."

https://nesn.com/2024/08/did-jayson-tatum-confront-steve-kerr-about-olympic-benchings-celtics-star-opens-up/

If anything Jaylen was more vocal about his snubbing than JT, who tends to go with the flow. But the media is making it into a story, because it's not every day that someone of his caliber gets benched. So he keeps getting asked about it, they report things like his mom is unhappy (what mom wouldn't, that's what makes moms moms, they stick up for their kids) and they talk about it on talk radio. It's a bit of interpersonal drama to juice up the offseason, and I'm sure they will lean into it again when the Cs play the Dubs. Obviously as Cs fans we're outraged, and it's understandable, we want to see him shine. 

As for Hali, nobody expected him to play, he's basically playing the Christian Laettner role 

[BitterJim]

If I am Tatum, I just say that I am grateful to be a member of the Olympic team and that my purpose was to help win the gold medal in whatever way Kerr needed. Nothing to gain by making passive comments about it being tough for him emotionally. Geez, these millenials are so self-absorbed.

At this point, I hope that Tatum and White and Holiday spend the remaining off-season at home with their feet up or on some beach relaxing and allowing themselves to recover and recharge physically and mentally from our long championship season. It was great having three Celtics on the Olympic team.

Tatum isn't a millennial

[scaryjerry]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

Right, for whatever reason, JT shot poorly. I would have preferred if Kerr just said that. In a diplomatic way, he could have said something like, ?I went with the players who gave us the best chance to win the series? instead of making up an excuse.

I saw on RealGM that posters were saying that Bill Simmons said Tatum was shooting badly in practices as well. Not just in games.

I couldn't find where he said it.

That's really bad if he's shooting bad in practices. Ben Simmons 2.0?

Pretty sure he?s shooting fine in practice. But the dude could not shoot in the playoffs and didn?t hit a single jump shot for team USA?concerning.

[tonydelk]

I?m not buying Kerr?s ?math problem? excuse.

It's simple...Kerr ranks the players in value from 1-12. The top 10 always play. The 11th plays now and then, and the 12th is the guy carrying the bags. Kerr has decided that Tatum provides less value than 10 other players on the team, who he is playing more. I don't blame JT for playing like a dunce the last few games, just like any 11th man who doesn't know when he will play or not and what role he will fill, he was caught between playing a facilitator role or playing a dominant role. Should have just played like KT or Ant and let it fly.

I hope JT uses this latest disrespect as motivation this next season and stuff that No.11 guy ranking into Kerr's mouth and make him choke on it! 

Right, for whatever reason, JT shot poorly. I would have preferred if Kerr just said that. In a diplomatic way, he could have said something like, ?I went with the players who gave us the best chance to win the series? instead of making up an excuse.

I saw on RealGM that posters were saying that Bill Simmons said Tatum was shooting badly in practices as well. Not just in games.

I couldn't find where he said it.

That's really bad if he's shooting bad in practices. Ben Simmons 2.0?

Pretty sure he?s shooting fine in practice. But the dude could not shoot in the playoffs and didn?t hit a single jump shot for team USA?concerning.

Tatum has played A LOT, and I mean A LOT of basketball over the last 3 years alone.  Deep playoff runs, two Olympic games etc.  He's played more games then any basketball player in the world.  He needs rest and when he gets back to work it will be time to focus on that shot.  He looked tired and worn out to me. 

[Goldstar88]

After the loss to Team USA:

Mike Finger: Victor Wembanyama, with a silver medal around his neck: I?m learning, and I?m worried for the opponents in a couple of years. In FIBA or the NBA? Everywhere.
Source:x.com