Steve Kerr on benching Jayson Tatum in Olympics: We had LeBron James and Kevin Durant ahead of him
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You’ve also coached the U. S. men’s Olympic team.
Celtics fans want to know why you didn’t really play Jayson Tatum, one of the league’s superstars, in the 2024 Olympics. You said that it was a “math problem. ” What did you mean?
We had LeBron James and Kevin Durant ahead of him. Both guys had incredible F. I.
B. A. experience.
They’re two of the greatest players of all time. Jayson happened to be playing the same position as them. If I had just said, “I'm going to play the best five guys” or whatever, then, yeah, Jayson’s probably out there.