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Report: Jayson Tatum Evaluated as '11th Man' for Multiple Games by Kerr, USA Coaches

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Someone had to be the odd man out for Team USA in the 2024 Summer Olympics, and unfortunately for Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum, that someone was him.

Tatum appeared in four of the United States' six games in Paris. He didn't see the floor in the semifinal win over Serbia and then logged just 11 minutes in the final against France.

On his Hoop Collective podcast, ESPN's Brian Windhorst laid out how tactical decisions for the U.S. "are not being made based on NBA framework" but instead on a "FIBA framework.