The story out of Group USA’s victory over Serbia wasn’t in regards to the Individuals’ dominance over a fellow medal favourite. As a substitute, it was about Jayson Tatum getting a DNP by head coach Steve Kerr. That is one thing that Kerr mentioned will not occur once more within the subsequent recreation.
Kerr confirmed on Monday in France that Tatum would play on Wednesday towards South Sudan.
“Jayson will play [Wednesday],” Kerr mentioned. “I am not going to reply your subsequent query, which is that if he performs, who does not. However we’ll want him, and a part of this job for me is to maintain everyone engaged and prepared, as a result of my expertise with that is loopy stuff occurs.”
Kerr had beforehand mentioned that he “felt like an fool” for not taking part in Tatum towards Serbia. The teaching employees prioritized taking part in larger lineups towards Nikola Jokic. Meaning making some arduous selections on who performs and who does not.
“The toughest a part of this job is you are sitting no less than a few guys who’re world-class, a number of the best gamers on Earth,” Kerr mentioned. “On one hand, it is unnecessary in any respect. On the opposite, I am asking these guys to only decide to profitable one recreation after which transfer on to the following one. I’ve to do the identical factor. And so, I felt like final evening these have been the mixtures that made essentially the most sense.”
