I’m not sure when it was, but Steve Kerr made a decision that the style he wanted Team USA to play was more important than winning gold.
With their embarrassing loss to Germany, Team USA’s second loss in the three games, there will be a lot of fans looking back and asking if it could have been avoided. The answer is yes, it could have.
Had Steve Kerr decided at some point to Walker Kessler alongside Jaren Jackson Jr., this all would have been avoided. Instead, Walker Kessler spent the entire tournament sitting on the bench watching Team USA unable to defend or rebound.