{"id":3580,"date":"2024-08-10T00:04:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2024-08-10T00:04:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T00:04:35","slug":"jayson-tatums-mother-takes-aim-at-steve-kerr-for-benching-the-nba-champion-again-in-team-usas-win-over-serbia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"Jayson Tatum\u2019s Mother Takes Aim At Steve Kerr For Benching The NBA Champion Again In Team USA\u2019s Win Over Serbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA is just one game away from clinching another gold medal for the country in the 2024 Paris Olympics. With an amazing roster that includes LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant, the American men\u2019s basketball team has secured a 5-0 winning streak. However, coach Steve Kerr benched a star player during two games.\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/jayson-tatum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jayson Tatum<\/a>, a 2024 NBA champion, was benched in the two games against Serbia, which led to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/olympics\/nba-fans-had-all-sorts-of-things-to-say-about-steve-kerrs-explanation-for-benching-jayson-tatum-against-serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">heavy criticism<\/a>\u00a0directed at Kerr. In addition to fans and analysts, Tatum\u2019s mother, Brandy Cole, also aimed Kerr for benching the NBA champion again in Team USA\u2019s 95-91 win over Serbia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<div id=\"med_rect_atf2\" class=\"pw-tag\" data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\" data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\" data-google-query-id=\"CMSL196P6YcDFcSX7gEdgZ8y-Q\">\n<p>NBA analyst for ESPN, Dick Vitale, recently criticized Steve Kerr in a post on X by asking if Tatum was injured because he didn\u2019t get enough playing time in the games.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSomeone pls let me know is @jaytatum0 injured as he hasn\u2019t received the PT ( playing time ) u would expect an All NBAplayer to get.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0ESPN analyst wrote in his latest post on X (formerly known as Twitter).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Someone pls let me know is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaytatum0?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jaytatum0<\/a> injured as he hasn\u2019t received the PT ( playing time ) u would expect an All NBAplayer to get .<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dick Vitale (@DickieV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DickieV\/status\/1821656883645796793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tatum\u2019s mother retweeted Vitale\u2019s post, stating that Tatum is not injured but is unsure why he has been benched in multiple games.<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<p><em>\u201cNo he not. But if you find out what\u2019s going on please let me know \u2013 unacceptable and makes NO SENSE.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Tatum\u2019s mother wrote in her latest post on X.<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No he not. But if you find out what\u2019s going on please let me know &#8211; unacceptable and makes NO SENSE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtz1W398XJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/vtz1W398XJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BCole_Esq (@Brandy_N_Cole) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brandy_N_Cole\/status\/1821701571073151063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-kerr-reveals-the-surprising-reason-behind-benching-tatum-against-serbia\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kerr Reveals the Surprising Reason Behind Benching Tatum Against Serbia<\/h2>\n<p>Kerr faced heavy criticism from fans and analysts after benching Tatum. However, after the stellar victory against Serbia, the 58-year-old coach explained the reason for his decision during a recent interview.<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s not what I\u2019m not seeing from Jayson. It\u2019s what I\u2019ve seen from the other guys. Like I\u2019ve said many times during this tournament, and these last six weeks, it\u2019s just hard to play 11 people, even in an NBA game. It\u2019s not about anything Jayson is doing or not doing. It\u2019s just about combinations and the way that group has played together, the way Kevin has filled in since he came back from his injury. And It\u2019s just a math problem more than anything.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Kerr said, according to recent reports from NBA Insider Tim Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usab.com\/teams\/5x5-mens-olympics\/schedules\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">final game<\/a>\u00a0of the 2024 Paris Olympics will feature Team USA against France, competing for the gold medal on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET. It will be interesting to see whether Tatum will be part of the final lineup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team USA is just one game away from clinching another gold medal for the country in the 2024 Paris Olympics. With an amazing roster that includes LeBron James, Stephen Curry, &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3581,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3582,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions\/3582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}