Jayson Tatum admitted that he was dissatisfied about his function with Crew USA on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Nonetheless, Tatum stated that will not affect any choices about taking part in for the US sooner or later.
“It was a tricky private expertise on the court docket, however I am not going to make any resolution off feelings,” Tatum stated. “In the event 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 am not going to make any resolution based mostly off how this expertise was or how I felt individually.”
Whereas Tatum repeatedly refused to make his lack of taking part in time a state of affairs, he did say the state of affairs was humbling and one he’d be taught from for the longer term.
“Lots of people textual content me and reached out and stated ‘Be sure this fuels you,’ which I recognize. There’s lots of people that care about me,” Tatum stated. “I feel the robust half is sure, you should use issues to gasoline you, however I am nonetheless human.
“…A part of being within the second, I’ve sacrificed and put loads into this recreation and work actually, actually arduous. So, within the second it’s robust. You are not essentially frightened about fueling me for November or [whenever] the season is, however like I stated, it is one thing I am going to remove from this and be taught from this expertise. It is positively difficult and humbling on the identical time.”
