Carmelo Anthony Explains Why Jayson Tatum Deserved Better from Team USA Basketball
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ย. 2024
- Despite being a first-team All-NBA member, current champion and former Gold Medalist, Jayson Tatum's 2024 Olympic experience couldn't have been the moment he imagined. Carmelo Anthony explains why Team USA and Head Coach Steve Kerr demonstrated a failure in communication. #jaysontatum
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All ik is Tatum going CRAZY on GSW this upcoming season 😂😂😂
That’s what the books want u to think take the UNDER on pts
Klay is gone man him out that line up takes some defense away or did you forget he was one of their top perimeter defenders @jayjay5778
@@Zayminer97where you been? Klay left GSW a month or two ago.
Boston was gonna handle business either way.
@@triggatrey2112 im telling him what you tried tellin me
Tatum and Brown going off next season 😂
tatum mvp szn
@@yLurk LOL!! Yeahh, sure. A guy who constantly shrinks in the biggest moments is going to win MVP. 👍🏾
They about to Punish the league. Fu** MVP. Win another chip JT.
Facts... it's going to be ugly for the league.
going off to Cancun next year when everyone is healthy
I'll be seriously disappointed if Tatum doesn't drop at LEAST 45 against the Warriors this upcoming season.
Too low, 60😂
I think Tatum going to make it a mission to be at the top of the mvp race. All that disrespect either going to motivate him to try to go back to back.
cant be a mvp when he aint even carrying his own team cs gonna win games with or without him
@@Max2nice Celtics ran away with the 1st seed last year and Tatum still couldn’t win mvp lmao
@@manofculture4015 dumb as well. He let the Celtics in every single major category but one. Tatum gets doubled every play not brown. Easier for your all star teammate to score when two of the other teams best defenders pressing you full court every single time down the floor.
@@Howdidhenotseeme not his fault .
@@Max2nicetatum does not get doubled 😂😂
Boston appreciates you, Melo. And also the support from New York and Philly for Tatum has been heart warming. I appreciate our north-east brothers and sisters. I guess we can relate somehow to each other with the disrespect we often see to the east. At this point, I'm past the angry stage now and just looking foward to the new season. We just gotta let it go and move on. Love from Boston. 💚💚💚
What? You're not involved in this. You're just watching videos in TH-cam like everybody else. Your appreciation for anything is irrelevant 😂
@@noelgamboa3339 Kind of like you being pressed over youtube comments. Cope and seethe harder.
@@gardenia4882😂😂😂 drop the cope n seethe on ‘em
Devin booker was super underrated. Had the best plus minus if I remember right
And shot 50% from the field and 3 if the stat I read was correct
Played his 3 and D role perfectly.
Thought played good but tatum should started
@@philw9787get over it he didn't
@@philw9787 Booker played better and fit the team better, honestly Booker is probably a better player if we are being honest
This should be fuel for Tatum and brown.. Tatum for not playing much and for brown being snubbed. Both of em about to go bananas next yr.
Until Porzingus gets injured and they miss the playoffs...
@@T1Oracledelete your TH-cam .
@T1Oracle Porzingis was injured for majority of the playoffs and finals and they still won without him. Imagine being this dense and oblivious to the depth on celtics.
That was the gift and curse of the finals for my Celtics winning the chip than turn around having a difficult team USA moment Tatum not getting minutes and brown getting snub same happened in the all stars past two years nba etc are hatin on my celtics #19 banner on da way
@@BostonianLifeI watched those games and Porzingus gave them two of those wins over the Mavs. To discount his impact in that series is nuts. Additionally, Brown won FMVP over Tatum.
These are the best players in the world, all they had to do was make sure everybody gets minutes in the first 3 quarters and in the 4th put the best lineup out there.
Facts
When you're down 15 pts, you can't afford to put players in that aren't performing and haven't been reliable. That could cause the lead to Balloon to 20 something fast and it's probably a wrap.
😊😊😊i@@Ben2bwild
@@J-Hue Except against Serbia, USA had their biggest deficit by the end of the 3rd quarter. So my recommendation would still be perfect for what had actually happened. Only difference, they could went to Tatum & Haliburton to see if either of them had a hot hand. They definitely could have had a bigger rotation all the other games though. Serbia was the only questionable one but if Kerr used a small rotation just that one game, it would have been understandable.
@@J-Huethats why they was down 15..relying on guys in their mid to late 30’s and two nba role players and leaving a super star and current NBA champion on the bench
Tatum was 0 - 16 on jump shots in the Olympics. His playoff run was also inefficient offensively. I like Tatum but he's in a 4 month slump.
Thank you! Tatum’s previous accolades mean nothing if he can’t go out on the court, today, and be efficient. He has been inefficient for months now, not a few games like Curry or Embiid. It’s telling that he’s the face of his Celtics team and neither won ECF MVP nor NBA Finals MVP. He still hasn’t totally dispelled the reputation of him being a guy who shrinks when the lights get too bright (aka, not a clutch player). I truly don’t think his DNPs were personal and that this topic is being blown way out of proportion. I do hope whatever is going on with him resolves itself because, despite that, he’s still a talented player.
Exactly. Hes also primarily an iso player and a solid rebounder but not a better rebounder than Bam, AD, Embid..Jrue Holiday has more IQ, a little better defensively and Tatum ain’t grabbing minutes over Bron and KD. Tatum needs to catch rhythm, he’s not as pure of a scorer like Booker or Curry..doesn’t slash or move without the ball. He never got in and made immediate impact like Anthony Edward’s or even Derrick White!
The team was also selected in April and they didn't see Tatum until July so the coaches probably expected something different (a player more confidence in his shot) so I think Melo is speaking from a players perspective and not an objective one. The timeline is too compressed to think they could pull off this avengers 3 week prep thing and still win gold every time. Single game elimination system means any team with chemistry that can get hot can upset in the knockout rounds with NBA level talent.
how can he have good numbers if he wasnt playing?? lol you cant play very well when you are on the bench and only get to play 10 minutes.where is the logic?
@@DDICR And yet that is what is asked of bench players every single game. What team doesn’t have those players and isn’t asked to produce better than 0 for on shots outside the paint. They are usually on a pretty low salary as well. His role on this team as the 3rd or 4th best player at the forward position was what is asked every game for NBA journeyman level talent.
I’m not a Boston fan, but that Tatum revenge tour is gonna be crazy! He might be my new MVP pick low key 😂
@@JeraldP-c9x mine high key
Tatum not like that bro
revenge tour for...winning a championship? a gold medal? It's impressive how yall can make storylines out of thin air tho
@@futurehofer1564 yeah for being dnp and disrespected for the entire world to see. Fuck that gold medal and Kerr
@@twofades put his ass on the lakers , nuggets , or timberwolves and I bet we hear that superteam shit. He is in fact that guy. The highest paid , on the winningest team in the last 3 years, led his team in every category….. he just don’t beat his chest like ant man or talk crazy like Devin booker. A certified bucket who would probably have another ring if he didn’t have to face god tier level Lebron in the ecf year after year. Stop the cap
Booker guarded the other team's best player every game. Never complained. Understood his role. And knocked down the shots he was supposed to hit when it was his turn. He was the underrated MVP of this team.
Facts 💯
I’ve never seen this treatment in my life of watching basketball. Cover of all these magazines and 2k not to mention all nba 1st team nba champion DNP’d🤯
What treatment? Lebrons a 4X champ KD a 2X champ. Stop
2k is not real life
The Olympic storyline is a play for Tatum to be #1 going into the season! He wins MVP 24-25!
@@TIsnice3its the point that this was his year. All NBA 1st team,NBA Champion, sports Illustrated cover, NBA 2k cover. He probably felt like he was on top of the basketball world to get a dnp lol
@@reidamerian5639F bron🤡
Also remember, it’s sucks to know that both of your Celtics teammates got minutes when you didn’t, and you are the leader of your Celtics team.
Maybe Tatum should've stuck up for Brown who carried them to victory in the Finals while he and 2 other Celtics got to compete for gold. Sounds like karma to me.
Brown carried them but wasn’t doubled at all in the finals wow u people are brainwashed 👆🤡
Thinking Tatum was gonna get minutes over Bron and Kd is wild 😂
Exactly 💯although they should have communicated that to him.
what is wild is that the only player on usa team that was a first nba player was the player they didnt play,jayson tatum.thats ridiculous!!plus the only one on that team that was in the mpv voting. kd who?? lebron who?? 🤦🤭
Ong!!
Tatum swepted Kd
Tatum shoulda played over both
I have a feeling Tatum is gonna drop 50 each time he goes against the warriors this season. Celtics are gonna be so motivated this year.
I’m Obviously Glad team USA won gold but Tatums situation was still confusing to me. Hope he has another great year 👌🏽🏀
Edit - those Jordan 2s melo was hooping in in 2004 were dope!
he played bad
Since they're not meeting in the Finals you may be right.
That won’t matter because he’ll always be Wiggin’s son.
I’m so tired of hearing about Tatum when they won goal Steve Kerr job was to win the gold medal not to cater to Tatum not to mention Tatum when he got his opportunity her didn’t play well.
@@rodrickcrestwell2997 agreed, it is still fascinating though to hear someone as decorated in the Olympics as Melo give his 2 cents 🤷🏽♂️
They should have told Tatum that he was going to ride the bench so he can reject the invitation and spend precious time with his family.
They didn't know he was gonna ride the bench until he came out averaging 0% from 3 and 38% overall. Dude was getting the 4th most minutes on the team and played his way out of the rotation.
@@J-Hue Good point but to be honest, Steph should have played his way out of the rotation after the first 4 games of the Olympics. Kerr stuck with him. So, I think Tatum at least deserved a chance. He might could have gotten hot just like Curry did 🤷♂
@@marcc.5535Tatum built as much of a basketball resume as Steph? Nope.
@@eric2892 J-Hue comment wasn't about who had the better resume, he mentioned Tatum did not play because he shot bad. All I am trying to say by that same theory, Curry should have been benched. However; to answer your question, no Tatum has not built a resume like Steph. But, his resume is better than some of the others who played before him on the bench and he should have been granted the same opportunity as a Steph Curry (not as a starter, but definitely coming off the bench).
@@marcc.5535Steph couldn't play himself out of the rotation cause Steph is most dangerous without the ball so the attention he gets off ball gives everyone else space and half the time can be a decoy getting double teams while only shooting 6 shoots all game. Tatum needs the ball to be most effective so when he is on the court with KD and Bron and Steph he is at best the 4th option to getting the ball and initiating plays. There were times when Steph was off the floor and it became this your turn my turn game and Kerr would keep him in so the ball moves around cause in FIBA you have to put the other team in rotation otherwise they just sit in, no 3 seconds, no goal tending basically just force you guys to shoot iso off the bounce shots which are the most inefficient
The crazy thing is Tatum was the second best player on 2020 gold Olympics team
He got 17 minutes in 3 games in 2024 and missed every jump shot.
@@1995Benzo the world knows bro
Great break down of this situation, Mello. Thanks.
Thank U for explaining this Melo, this makes perfect sense!!!
Melo said ima wear different colors head to toes 💯
Lmao
This is better than the tacky over matching they sometimes do
@@broadwaye984 I like that he doesn’t care about none of that.
He needed some green kicks to really pull it off
What JT went through especially bein a top fave in the league and the best in his draft class was clearly disrespectful
It’s the Olympics, ego should be left at the door, it’s bigger than your feelings or ego. Booker was willing to do whatever the team needs that’s why he started. Not surprised Melo is the one talking about this
💯 and the more NBA money they make the more entitled. Probably should have replaced two NBA spots for collegiate players. If two college players don’t accumulate minutes, less of a fuss.
Great video
I was bout get on draymon top til I realized that wasn’t him on couch 😂 I was gon say damn h let yaself go quick 😂
I was just waiting for Melo to say the word ‘bench’
Y'all need to get Grant Hill on the show
Why ?
@@treyruiz7934to hear him make up some political correct bullshit as to why Jaylen Brown couldn’t be on the team
@@Andre-q5e4m oh
This thought process is the reason melo couldn’t extend his career. They knew you’d be poised on the bench and no one needs that energy around
Team USA is will need Tatum and Jaylen Brown for 2028. By the next Olympics, KD will be 39 years old, Lebron will be 43, and Steph Curry, 40. Brown and Tatum will only be 31 & 30 respectively. Steve Kerr and Nike potentially killing Team USA's future.
There will be more stars by then and there are plenty of stars now. They will be fine
Man Tatum should curse Kerr out every time he sees him for that bs .
Thank you... respect 👍♥️🍀💚
Tatum 1st team all nba, 6th in mvp voting, the best record in league,
A lot of those distinctions are predicated on team success. Boston was stacked this year. With all those elite guards on the same team together, Tatum got outplayed big time.
Finally everyone can see how Kerr doesn't know what the hell he's doing he gets credit for the warriors team that Mark Jackson built
Melo is spitting facts..love to hear it from him.
Also, JT has been in the game long enough, knows the game enough to adapt. So those are just excuses at this point.
I don’t understand why all these self proclaimed NBA analysts are trying to achieve on this Tatum saga. The players who were featured in the tournament did the job and brought the medal home, that’s all that matters. The tournament was not a Tatum’s tournament and if he feels slighted by not getting minutes then he should trim down his ego.
Kerr probably based playing time on how guys were in practice. It's easy to picture guys like Ant, KD and LeBron taking practice serious and Tatum taking it easy after his championship vacation.
I personally believe they didnt want another person that could outshine the stars they were pushing (Lebron). Just look how they gave Lebron the MVP when Steph deserved it.
So your just going to ignore the games curry was cheeks ?
Nah look at the stats bron carried majority
this is a classic story of ridiculing & stepping over the quiet nice guy, never ending cycle of treating a good guy bad until he becomes an actual bad person
Tatum gotta turn heel like some WWE shit from the early 2000s
I think we’re gonna get a new version of Tatum this season. Aggressive and more willing to force himself on the defense.
He gonna get hate whether or not he plays team ball and he already got a chip, he don’t nothing to lose tbh.
😂tatum got his second gold medal 😂😂😂 he gone get disrespectful durin this season
I’m picking JT & JB on my Parlays to go over every game!! They about to go CRAZY THIS UPCOMING SEASON 😂😂💴💴💴💴💴
I'm a Celtics fan. Im hype AF for this upcoming season. Imagine having a ridiculous season, winning a chip, and coaches and fans still disrespecting your two best players.
"Whoooo! Bouta make a nane for myself" ☘️
Oh I can't wait. JT & JB gon be furious and they got that "monkey off they back" already?!?
God help the league.
we don't have to wait long..... Nov 6th vs Golden State. also excellent take by Carmelo!
You're right about JT's role! He was done very wrong. I don't care what anyone says, Kerr was wrong. He will get it back. They dogged his feelings. I hope it doesn't bother his game in the upcoming season!!!
Real players know Kerr did this kid dirty
His woman preggers too, he could have been home being a Dad.
Did him wrong ash
He shot 0% from 3 and 38%, maybe 39%, overall. Technically, that's basically Tatum in Finals form. But, next to Antz Bookerz and them, it ain't cutting it. I probably would've sat him too. He wasn't playing good enough and it's 1-game elimination. If Tatum did cause them to lose, one thing y'all would not do is hold him accountable. Folks would blame the coach Lebronz you name it.
@@J-Hue Melo literally explained as to why that was the case. did u even watch
@@rainsworth- the case is Tatum aint that guy bro period
Hopefully that 2k cover motivates him as well dude too talented
For these guys to just come off a championship and had the best record in allllll of the NBA Tatum and Brown was done dirty
CRAZY that he's only 19 year old 😅🤣😂😅🤣🤣😂😂😅😅😂🤣😂😂😂😂🤣😂😅😅😅😂🤣😂😂😅😅😅😅😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😅😅😂🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Its tough when you got Bron and KD in front of you. Gotta respect that rank and file.
Anybody not named Bron, Durant, Steph should not play in front of JT
Exactly haha, its that simple
What?
Bron is 39 and still athletic ofc he’s gonna fill up a stat sheet but there’s something to be said about YOUNGER TALENT. Barkley said it best, Serbia played slow and bron plays slow, u have Tatum in there or ant we could’ve blown them out but Kerr doesn’t have the balls to bench bron
Thank god you are not the coach.
but JT was 0-19 on jumpshots the whole tournament. he aint getting many touches on that team so he was just a bad fit. if u would put JT in instead of white who stood in the corner hit 3s and chased trough screens they prob would have lost. u do understand that there are positions in basketball? what i would have done tho. start booker , curry, kd , bron, embiid or AD. and bring jrue , white and tatum from the bench for boston synergie from the bench. but overall JT was just a bad fit and people dont seem to understand that. and he was in bad rythm in the playoffs alrdy.
I hope Jayson and Jaylen torch Steve Kerr every game they play against GSW
Melo is a great mediator for elite athletes and super Joe’s
Spot on take here by Melo.
That’s why it’s very important for the starters to take care of business so everybody can play
Easiest bet in sports next year will be the over on JT’s point total vs GSW. Even if they put the number at 40 I’m cashing out. Easy work!
They got a table made of milk crates. Real ✊🏾 activity
Boston beat the Warriors 140 to 84 Kerr still mad
The warriors beat the Celtics to win the finals, we ain’t trippin over a regular szn game bruh 😭
Get In .. Where you fit in 🔥💯
I think Tatum should had gotten some minutes from Anthony Edwards.
He’s bigger
Better defender
Can shoot
Carmelo’s perspective on Jayson Tatum’s role in Team USA seems to miss some aspects of how team dynamics work at the international level.
First, the notion that Tatum wasn’t communicated with properly assumes that every player must have absolute clarity about their minutes and role from the outset. In reality, international competitions often involve fluid rotations, and roles are determined based on in-game performance and team needs, not pre-ordained depth charts. Tatum’s struggle to find his place on the team may have more to do with his ability to adapt to changing roles, something that Booker excelled at.
Second, Carmelo implies that Tatum was unfairly pushed aside despite being a key player. However, top players in any team must compete for their minutes, and just because Tatum has a strong resume doesn't guarantee him a set role. It’s on the player to adjust and make the most of limited opportunities. Blaming coaching for Tatum's struggles feels misplaced when other stars, like Booker, were able to thrive in similar circumstances.
Lastly, Carmelo seems to downplay the importance of team balance and chemistry. Having multiple superstars means that not everyone will get the same level of spotlight. Tatum, like any other player, needs to accept that international basketball isn't about individual accolades but about the collective effort to win, which sometimes means stepping back for the greater good.
Maybe the coaching staff knew that if they played Tatum that they would have a higher percentage of losing. I mean, Team USA barely won those games. Thanks to Curry for carrying them through those last 2 critical games because we all saw how Lebron was turning the ball over and disappearing in the 4th quarter. I think it's some behind the scene stuff that the public does not know. I'm thinking Tatum snapped on somebody on the coaching staff and they disciplined him for it. Either way, it was weird and unfortunate for a 2024 1st Team All Nba player and 2024 Nba Champion to get benched.
His shots weren't landing at all
you sound like fool with your comment bro.
"disappearing in the 4th quarter" there is legit no reason to lie
That's crazy how they doing Tatum this year.
That has to be the most ghetto table on a pod 🤣 some crates and a big piece of glass
It’s not that serious Tatum not playing in my opinion. Tatum is exceptional and we all know that. He had a long season and if he got burn or not shouldn’t matter. As a professional he just had to stay ready just in case his number was needed.
Tatum's a very good player. But people are acting like he's a top 5 player who got screwed by Kerr. To me, he's a 10-15 guy who was CLEARLY behind LeBron and KD on the depth chart. It makes sense that he didn't get minutes.
He needs to fix that boomerang 🪃 ass shot before the revenge.
I love how Carmelo carries himself like a top 75 all-time player, like a champion, like a former MVP. 😂😂😂
Melo is always about himself not about achieving things as a team to get to the actual goal. Of course Melo would be pissed if he was in that situation, it’s shown through his career.
Even billups would say he’d get pissed if he didn’t score well in a win and if he balled out in a loss he’d be trying to cheer his team up or be in a more pleasant mood
Jayson Tatum is a great NBA player and he deserved better communication from the coaching staff. No question!
However, from a basketball perspective, international basketball is a different style of game and his elite NBA skills don't yield the same results. The analogy is like Neymar playing in the English Premier League. He's a great player just not within that style/type of game. It doesn't diminish his greatness. It just provides an opportunity to grow.
except he just starred for team USA 4 years ago & already had a gold medal
@@calfrye5343he did??
@@calfrye5343 Have you seen the team from the previous Olympics? Look at it again and tell me how Tatum wasn't going to feature in that team as a main guy. For reference that team didn't have no Bron, Steph, AD or Embiid those are 3 MVPS and a perennial all-NBA, all-Defense, all star, 2 of those guys play the 5 that Tatum doesn't play. That other team, guys like Jerami Grant and Zach Lavine were on the team and Steve Kerr was an assistant on that team as well.
@@derrickk6028was that not Olympics goofy 🤡🤡🤡 stopp he just came off s chip stop
@@albertdaley9093 you a Celtics fan or just a JT fan that can't look at the Olympic squad objectively and realise there were 3 roles that were guaranteed they literally said way before those 3 guys didn't have to even try out they were guaranteed as main guys KD, Steph and Bron. Those were 1A, 1B, 1C if you'd like and one of them came off the bench for 99% of the Olympics. The other spots were a defensive Guard to play POA defense, the 5 and a Glue guy, Booker bought in , JT didn't, Booker adjusted, JT struggled to, Booker made his shots whether he got 2 shots or 10 shots,JT unfortunately had been in a slump and lastly when the players voted who was the best 8 guys got votes none were JT. That's not me looking at JT and saying he's a terrible player cause he isn't he's a champion and a no.1 option on the Celtics just not on that 2024 Olympics squad and in 2028 he'll have that role. Sometimes it's just the wrong timing.
Bam & AD on the floor together was where the excuses dried up. Tatum was the 4. But Bam had Spoelstra
Tatum played like shit and on top of it was not better than lebron or kd let alone kawhi before he left
Bam and AD played out of their minds and were the best defensive duo and could guard 1 to 5
They should have given Anthony Edwards minutes to Tatum, as Tatum could guard all 5 positions and Ant made alot of stupid defensive gambles every game
Bam and AD played out of their minds and were the best defensive duo and could guard 1 to 5
They should have given Anthony Edwards minutes to Tatum, as Tatum could guard all 5 positions and Ant made alot of stupid defensive gambles every game
@therealfinancipation Bam shot 9 threes in the Olympics. That's more than double the 3PA's Tatum had. That tells me Tatum could have played at that stretch 4 spot. Bam is a better defender, but it's the Olympics. Tatum would have held up just fine. But I do agree that Tatum could have played the 2 as well.
Bam and AD was a way more effective front court than any other combination at any point for team USA and it’s not even close.
100% respect for #JasonTatum the league may pay for it this next season though.
Just take the over on everything when Boston plays Golden State. Tatum dropping 40 on their head lol
U KNOW WHO DESERVES BETTER “JAYLEN BROWN” MY MAN WON FINALS MVP & GOT BLACKBALLED FROM TEAM USA TATUM GOT CARRIED IN THE FINALS BY BROWN NO CAP!
Melo spitting
Melo , same reason what you said tatum is missing is why steve kerr didnt play him , cause he dont got that dog in him. That it factor. Every little minute he did play , he didnt do shit. When you versing players who are playing they ass off for their countries , you need guys on you team that can dog it out with them
Carmelo really knows basketball..
The USA coaching was off Kerr should've been starting-
Curry
Booker
LeBron
KD
AD
Bench-
Jrue
Ant
Tatum
Bam
Embiid
Reserves-
White
Haliburton
KD was hurt ok but after the first game against Serbia he shouldve been starting
Just regulate his mins accordingly
You shoulda coached bro
Quick maffs
Let this man coach team USA in 2028 for Wooden Medal
@@white.widow.ak47🤣🤣🤣 bruuuuh
LeBron shouldn't have been on the team, let alone start!
This is why Carmelo’s career ended like a dumpster fire and lebron is still dominating
Tatum wasn’t cooking when he had a chance to put up minutes and prove Kerr wrong.. damn right you gotta take backseat on this team and learn to play with the big 3
Ive never respected carmelo anthony more in my entite life
Starting: Steph, Ant, Kd, Bron, Joel
Bench: Haliburton, Booker, Tatum, AD, Bam
Alternate: Drew, Dwhite, Joel (injury)
This is what I thought the rotation would be
I definitely thought Ant should have played more than Booker. Maybe switch up Haliburton and Drew though, just for the defense.
@@rlm78iiiBooker was amazing and shot 50% from the field / 3 and was the point of attack defender. No way lol
jrue and white play better defense and can score better than hali, hali was never gonna touch the court
Ant & Joel starting on this team… Hard No! Davis is better than Joel. Joel stats a great because he was the only guy for years on 76ers. Ant just got hot & is use to dominating. He not dominating with Steph, LeBron & KD. Booker was a better starter who is more versatile & doesn’t have to dominate but can if needed. Steph, LeBron, KD, Davis and between Bam & Tatum ( depends on competition) but i like Davis & Bam on floor together.
@@rlm78iii Booker's a better shooter than Ant, which is why Booker played more.
Him not pouting is killing him inside tho trust me. His heart hurts
How do know they didn’t have that conversation and didn’t make it public
USMBT just won Gold.. they made it their mission to Get that Gold.. and all this talk is still Tatum DNP etc... USA basketball always catered to their most Senior & Tenured Players.. JT is a great player.. But coaching all this Divas is more complicated than simply winning medals.
As a Melo fan that’s his issue too Melo. No way Tatum doesn’t start for this team plain and simple.
Steph
JT
KD
Bron
AD/Embiid
First thing off the cuff is, this MAN just won an nba title a couple months ago😳😳 wat are we talkin about!?!
Honestly JT shouldn’t even feel hurt dude come off winning NBA championships and now winning the gold medal 🥇 as KG said in the same year. Also this US squad was fully stacked and for JT’s position he shouldn’t even feel bad not getting enough minutes but I am sure he’s feeling appreciated to be part of this stacked squad and in 2028 JT might be the main dude carrying the US to gold medal 🥇
Regardless he got a gold medal…A WIN IS A WIN IMO
Celtics vs Warriors gonna be must watch tv 😆
Steve Kerr a Lame ass coach thts why. Curry carried him in every season. 1st USA coach to sit players on lame excuses. Pick top 8players and 4 college players if u cant find mins for everyone
Honestly Melo right. Kerr should’ve told Tatum where he stands on the depth chart. Tatum could’ve just stayed his with his new born & celebrated his chip.
Melo put it together nicely.
How is Melo so certain about what Kerr did or did not say to Tatum?
Exactly.
As a Celtics fan nothing makes me happier than seeing our two best players get disrespected after winning the chip 😂
Melo went in on this take
Crazy how people hating on Kerr after winning the most competitive Olympics ever with the most complicated rotational team ever. If they didn’t win, sure criticize all you want, but they won, therefore he was right
Hey Jason Tatum 50 plus everytime Boston plays Golden State
I agree communication is key but it was also him to rewlly think about "how can i help this team if i get playing time?" Offensively, Tatum was pretty bad all Olympics. I understand the the thought of "how can het get going if only plays 3 mins a game?" Which is true but if you know you getting 3 mins, why not just play your butt off defensively among other little things🤷🏾♂️? I always say, when in doubt play your ass off. Something is bound to happen eventually, and scoring should not be a priority under the Olympics. You just trying to win at all cost💪
Melo def relates cause okc an lakers did it to him