Carmelo Anthony says he didn’t like how Crew USA dealt with the Jayson Tatum scenario on the Olympics.
Kerr infamously handed Tatum DNPs in two Olympic video games and performed him simply 11 minutes within the gold medal match in opposition to France.
“I perceive why Jayson Tatum could haven’t performed,” Anthony mentioned on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast. “I don’t agree with how they went about it.
“… They needed him to do what Devin Booker did. Be a stretch 4, house the court docket, play some protection, and that’s it. However should you’re not instructed what’s your function and also you simply instructed to determine it out, proper now if I get within the recreation I’m overthinking. We’re people, too. Basketball gamers are human, athletes are human.”
Anthony additionally praised Tatum for a way he dealt with himself.
“I need these younger athletes out right here to know s–t is actual out right here,” Anthony mentioned. “… This man has top-of-the-line resumes over the 4 or 5 years out of any participant in any sport. What he went via, I need all people to see that s–t, like that s–t harm to undergo… on nationwide tv all over the world… He was resilient. He stood there and the world is aware of that he’s f–king pissed.”
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 sector and missed all 4 of his three-point makes an attempt. His 71 minutes performed have been the second-fewest on the group.
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