Wednesday, November 6. Celtics fans may have marked the date on their calendars. Because of the prestige of the matchup, and not only. That day, the Warriors will be traveling to TD Garden. And in Boston, Steve Kerr should attract a good deal of attention to himself.
The reason is that the Team USA coach did without Jayson Tatum twice during the Paris Olympics. It's not certain that the local fans appreciated this treatment reserved for their star… I think they're going to jump on me “, Kerr laughswho adds: “ It's not serious. »
The technician considers that the Celtics star as well as Tyrese Haliburton, the other less used player of the American squad, were ” great ” in their attitude.
” Jayson handled it very well. Sure, it became a media story, but he couldn't have handled it any better. Tyrese, it's the same thing. Every game was different. We talked about it from the first night: 12 superstars and probably only nine of them can play consistently. “, explains the gold medalist.
Not a controversial topic for Joe Mazzulla
A speech defended throughout the competition, Steve Kerr notably evoking a “ simple math problem ” Jayson Tatum has played 4 of his 6 games with an average of around 17 minutes (for 5 points at 38% shooting). Higher average playing time to those of Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards or even Joel Embiid in the end.
Asked about the subjectJoe Mazzulla then prefers to evacuate. “ If this is a controversy… I expect JT to come in with the utmost motivation, regardless of what happened to him this summer. […] He's been in the league for seven years. He's accomplished a lot. He's got a lot of time left. “, judges the coach.
A way of reminding that the 26-year-old player will have the leisure to win other trophies to relegate this “controversy” to the background on the scale of his career. With that, there will be ups and downs. He understands that. The good thing about him is that no matter the circumstances, his work ethic, habits and mindset don't change. “, concludes his coach.
