Golden State Warriors and Team USA coach Steve Kerr benched Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum
USA Basketball began their Paris Olympics run against Serbia on Sunday. After a perfect 5-0 record in their Showcase Games, USA entered Group Play in good form. Serbia is one of the teams Team USA defeated in their five Showcase Games, but this still projected to be a very difficully matchup.
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is also the head coach of Team USA, and he is tasked with the difficult rotation decisions that need to be made with a roster this talented. In Sunday's game against Serbia, Kerr did not have Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum in his rotation.Kerr started Steph Curry, Jrue Holiday, Devin Booker, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid.
In Team USA's final Showcase Game which came against Germany, Tatum played just 14 minutes. Scoring just four points on 2/6 shooting, Tatum was one of the players on the bubble of Kerr's rotation, and the return of Kevin Durant has now pushed him out entirely. Durant came back from a minor calf injury on fire, going a perfect 8/8 from the field in the first half.After Team USA's final showcase game, Kerr said, “We can get a lot better. We’re getting to a place now where we’re getting comfortable with rotations… But we can do a lot of things better."It seems Kerr has now settled on a rotation that does not include Tatum, as the return of Durant needed to push one forward out.
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