Jayson Tatum has opened up about his troublesome expertise on the Olympics, having acquired two DNPs throughout the match and simply 11 minutes of court docket time within the gold medal match in opposition to France.
Tatum says his minimal taking part in time is not going to have an effect on his resolution on whether or not he’ll play within the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“It was a tricky private expertise on the court docket, however I’m not going to make any resolution off feelings,” Tatum mentioned. “In case you requested me proper now if I used to be going to play in 2028 — it’s 4 years from now and I [would have] to take time and take into consideration that. So I’m not going to make any resolution based mostly off how this expertise was or how I felt individually.”
Tatum added that numerous folks had reached out about his restricted position.
“Lots of people textual content me and reached out and mentioned ‘Be certain that this fuels you,’ which I admire. There’s lots of people that care about me,” Tatum mentioned. “I feel the powerful half is sure, you should utilize issues to gas you, however I’m nonetheless human.
“…A part of being within the second, I’ve sacrificed and put quite a bit into this recreation and work actually, actually arduous. So within the second it’s powerful. You’re not essentially anxious about fueling me for November or [whenever] the season is, however like I mentioned, it’s one thing I’m going to remove from this and study from this expertise. It’s positively difficult and humbling on the identical time.”
Workforce USA coach Steve Kerr has beforehand emphasised that his resolution to restrict Tatum’s taking part in time was pushed by matchups, not efficiency.
Tatum completed the Olympics with averages of 5.3 factors, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per recreation. He shot 38.1 % from the sector and missed all 4 of his three-point makes an attempt.
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