Managing taking part in time for everybody is a problem for Group USA coach Steve Kerr, who needed to make a troublesome resolution throughout Sunday’s 110-84 win over Serbia in group play.
Regardless of averaging 17.6 minutes within the 5 exhibition video games earlier than the Paris Olympics, Celtics star Jayson Tatum didn’t play.
Kevin Durant, who wasn’t accessible throughout these exhibitions, appeared to take Tatum’s spot within the rotation towards Serbia.
“It’s actually onerous in a 40-minute recreation to play greater than 10 guys, and with Kevin [Durant] coming again, I simply went to the mixtures that I felt would take advantage of sense,” Kerr informed reporters, based on USA Immediately.