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House doesn’t believe Kerr couldn’t fit Tatum in Olympic rotation originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
Eddie House doesn’t buy Steve Kerr’s claim that he couldn’t fit Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum in his rotation at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
Kerr recently said that his currently undefeated Warriors team is “as deep as a team as I’ve ever coached,” which upset House because he believes Golden State has had better teams in the past, and the past summer’s Team USA roster was loaded.
On Saturday’s edition of NBC Sports Boston’s “Celtics Pregame Live,” House critiqued Kerr for Tatum’s slim international opportunities.
“I don’t believe [Kerr] at all,” House said. “You got to remember that, in 2016-17, [the Warriors] had Kevin Durant, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Steph Curry, Shaun Livingston, Andre Iguodala; we could go on and on and on and on. That probably was the deepest Warriors team that he’s ever coached. They won 73 games the year before that … and they got a little deeper when they got KD.
“So when I hear [Kerr] say that (he couldn’t find Olympic minutes for Tatum), I can’t believe him.”
Eddie House has a problem with Steve Kerr benching Jayson Tatum in the Olympics
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Tatum averaged 17.7 minutes per Olympic game and endured two DNPs-CDs. House argued that Kerr’s experience managing Warriors teams with multiple Hall of Famers should’ve helped the coach find more time for Tatum.
Kerr was criticized throughout the summer trials for his fluctuating rotation and what some considered favoritism, negligence or incompetence. At the end of the day, though, the Americans brought home gold, meaning Kerr got the job done.
That fact isn’t good enough for House. The 2008 NBA champion with Boston doesn’t understand why Kerr can find time to play whom he considers to be end-of-the-bench Golden State reserves while Tatum, who helped the Celtics to a 2024 finals victory, couldn’t have a longer…
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Publish date : 2024-10-27 19:47:00
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