{"id":135318,"date":"2024-08-05T12:47:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=135318"},"modified":"2024-08-05T12:47:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:47:42","slug":"usa-hc-kerr-felt-like-an-idiot-not-playing-jayson-tatum-vs-serbia-will-play-wed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=135318","title":{"rendered":"USA HC Kerr ‘Felt Like An Idiot’ Not Playing Jayson Tatum Vs. Serbia; Will Play Wed."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jayson Tatum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jayson Tatum ( 3 times- 1st team All-star\/ NBA champion and one of the top 3 players in the league)\u00a0 did not play during the United States’ 110-84 win over Serbia, and\u00a0confirmed to reporters<\/a>\u00a0after the game that he wasn’t sick or injured.<\/p>\n

“I went with the combinations that made sense,” head coach Steve Kerr\u00a0told reporters<\/a>\u00a0while speaking about Tatum’s lack of playing time. “That was for tonight. He handled it well. He’ll make his mark.”<\/p>\n

Kerr\u00a0added<\/a>: “I felt like an idiot not playing him… [In] a 40-minute game, you can’t play more than 10.”<\/p>\n

Kerr\u00a0confirmed<\/a>\u00a0that Tatum will play in USA”s next game vs. South Sudan. “Jayson will play [Wednesday],” Kerr said. “I’m not going to answer your next question, which is if he plays, who doesn’t. But we’re going to need him, and part of this job for me is to keep everybody engaged and ready, because my experience with this is crazy stuff happens.” A source close to Tatum stated, ” yeah whatever.”<\/p>\n

Kerr went with a starting lineup of Joel Embiid, LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Jrue Holiday and Devin Booker, while the second unit was comprised of Kevin Durant, Anthony Edwards, Derrick White, Anthony Davis and Bam Adebayo.<\/p>\n

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Neither Tatum or Tyrese Haliburton saw the floor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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