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levon wrote:If I'm gonna be honest, the guy with the most specious starting case is Steph. He hasn't gone nuclear thus far and I actually think the bench needs him more as a ballhandler. If you had Steph come off the bench, Tatum would make sense at the 4.
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I get he's not a great fit, but I think Kerr needs to play Tatum for the optics. Is giving him 10 minutes a game ever going to result in a loss when the team would have won otherwise? I really doubt it.
thelead wrote:NoDopeOnSundays wrote:Sakkreth wrote:These refs afraid to call travels on US
Step throughs are legal in all levels of basketball.
As an American, that looked like an illegal step through as he picked up the pivot foot before the start of his jump.
levon wrote:If I'm gonna be honest, the guy with the most specious starting case is Steph. He hasn't gone nuclear thus far and I actually think the bench needs him more as a ballhandler. If you had Steph come off the bench, Tatum would make sense at the 4.
Movics wrote:Mirotic12 is in shambles
lessthanjake wrote:Kyrie was extremely impactful without LeBron, and basically had zero impact whatsoever if LeBron was on the court.
lessthanjake wrote: By playing in a way that prevents Kyrie from getting much impact, LeBron ensures that controlling for Kyrie has limited effect…
_jin wrote:UcanUwill wrote:Heat3 wrote:
cause points matter for standings
You guys really think USA can drop games in this group and point dif will matter? Come on
Point diff matters to be one of the 2 best 1st places so you get an easier quarterfinal draw.
Dennis Reynolds wrote:How did this thread turn into bitching about Tatum's minutes? After all the struggles leading up to the Olympics, Tatum got benched and they just destroyed Serbia.
I actually agree he deserves to get minutes but maybe pick a better time to argue your point.
ForeverTFC wrote:DarkAzcura wrote:ForeverTFC wrote:
I don’t know that Any is overall better than Tatum yet, but he definitely is better in the role team USA is filling.
I feel like it’s pretty obvious to everyone not named Simmons and the people in Boston why Tatum doesn’t play.
I would love to know the last time they took one of the top options from a previous gold medal team with largely the same roster outside LeBron and Curry, and then not play said player at all. Oh, and he’s one of the most important players team USA needs to keep showing up for the next 8-10 years if they want to keep up with the world. Why would he show up in the future after this? This isn’t Tatum’s first Olympics. You don’t yank minutes around like that.
You just answered your own question. LeBron and Curry have taken over the team and others are better in a supporting role than Tatum.
eyeatoma wrote:
Now do Embiid against Jokic the last 3 times they played in the NBA.
eyeatoma wrote:Doranku wrote:Why are people crying about Tatum getting a DNP? He played big minutes in the exhibition games and we almost lost to South Sudan. He plays zero minutes today and team USA was absolutely dominant.
Celtics fans think that becuase they won a chip, all of their players **** smell like roses.
NoDopeOnSundays wrote:levon wrote:If I'm gonna be honest, the guy with the most specious starting case is Steph. He hasn't gone nuclear thus far and I actually think the bench needs him more as a ballhandler. If you had Steph come off the bench, Tatum would make sense at the 4.
Steph just being on the court gives us the spacing we need even if he's not going off the fear he puts in opponents is enough for him to be out there over Tatum.
