Carmelo Anthony takes his hat off to praise Jayson Tatums attitude amidst disrespectful sti
Despite winning the decorated Gold medal with Team USA, the young basketball star Jayson Tatum was visibly upset about his limited-game time at the Paris Olympics. Tatum is coming off one of the best NBA seasons, winning the 2024 NBA title with the Boston Celtics. Recently, another basketball great and USA star, Carmelo Anthony shared his insight on Tatum’s handling at the Paris Olympics.
Anthony claimed on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast that Tatum handled the situation with the utmost “resilience.” Team USA head coach Steve Kerr claimed that it was a “math problem” with Tatum not making the starting squad.
This is the side of basketball I love to talk about, he got one of the greatest resumes in the last 5 years. What he went through I want everybody to see that, the whole world knew he was pissed but he was resilient.Carmelo Anthony on the 7PM in Brooklyn podcast
Melo gets honest about Jayson Tatum's stint with Team USA
"This is the side of basketball I love to talk about, he got one of the greatest resumes in the last 5 years. What he went through I want everybody to see that, the whole world knew he was pissed but he was resilient" pic.twitter.com/0YQiVcGL5U
— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod 🇸🇴 (@big_business_) August 16, 2024However, despite having limited game time, Tatum is still a Gold medal winner and has had a wonderful 2024. Interestingly, Tatum is the only player after Michael Jordan and LeBron James to win the NBA, be included in the All-NBA squad, and win the Gold medal for his nation in the same year. He will be looking to build on this in the upcoming 2024-25 NBA season with the Celtics.
Jayson Tatum opened up on his ‘tough experience’ at the 2024 Paris Olympics
Although clinching a gold medal, Jayson Tatum had a devastating Olympics, since he had to sit out during most of the Olympic campaign for Team USA. Notably, Tatum’s treatment at the Olympics raised a lot of questions among the basketball community but the Celtics star handled the situation gracefully. Tatum also opened up on the experience at the Paris Olympics and provided a positive insight for the next 2028 LA Olympics.
It was a tough personal experience on the court, but I'm not going to make any decision off emotions, if you asked me right now if I was going to play in 2028 -- it is four years from now and I [would have] to take time and think about that. So I'm not going to make any decision based off how this experience was or how I felt individually.Jayson Tatum to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst
Tatum will definitely play in 2028. That's why Kerr is benching him. This isn't about basketball. It's about egos. Tatum doesn't have an ego. It's always the best hearts who must sacrifice. pic.twitter.com/2Cek4nNPq6
— ☘️🏆FullCourtDynasty🏆☘️ (@C0urtneyDanvers) August 8, 2024In addition, Tatum talked openly regarding his second Olympic event. Windhorst stated multiple times that he was pleased to have achieved another gold medal and “didn’t want his situation to take away from the team’s success.” It will be intriguing to watch how Tatum performs in the upcoming 2024-25 NBA season with the Celtics.
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