Jayson Tatum is in Team USA's starting lineup for their Olympics match against South Sudan.
Team USA has unveiled a new starting lineup for their second Olympics match against South Sudan — and Jayson Tatum is in it.Tatum, who surprisingly didn't play in the United States' first game against Serbia, has now been inserted into the starting lineup for their second game of the Olympics.Tatum is starting alongside LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Devin Booker, and Anthony Davis, who replaces Joel Embiid in the starting lineup. Kevin Durant is still coming off the bench.
'Jayson handled it really well. I talked to him today before the game that it may play out this way just with Kevin coming back and the lineup that I wanted to get to,' Kerr said. 'But that'll change. Jayson's gonna play. Every game's gonna be different, based on matchups. Jayson's First Team All-NBA, three years in a row. I felt like an idiot not playing him, but in a 40-minute game you can't play more than 10. You really can't.
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