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 won’t have an effect on his choice on whether or not he’ll play within the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles.
“It was a troublesome private expertise on the court docket, however I’m not going to make any choice off feelings,” Tatum mentioned. “If you happen to 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 choice primarily based 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 ‘Make certain this fuels you,’ which I respect. There’s lots of people that care about me,” Tatum mentioned. “I feel the robust half is sure, you should use 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 laborious. So within the second it’s robust. You’re not essentially frightened 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 undoubtedly difficult and humbling on the similar time.”
Crew USA coach Steve Kerr has beforehand emphasised that his choice 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 p.c from the sector and missed all 4 of his three-point makes an attempt.
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