Jayson Tatum Offers NSFW Message to Fans Still Trolling Him for Being Lined Up for the Olympics

“People want me to be louder, people want me to be badder,” Tatum said.

NBA star Jayson Tatum He’s still receiving trolling comments about his benching at the Paris Olympics and has given a clear response to fans who won’t allow it.

In a postgame interview after he and the Boston Celtics lost 118-112 to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday, Nov. 6, Tatum, 26, shared how he really feels about the endless comments coming months after the Olympics ended. Sports Illustrated.

“I mean, that’s part of it, it’s what I’ve been dealing with my whole career. People want me to be louder, people want me to be meaner, whatever. The thing about Jayson is, I’m always going to do whatever I want to do,” Tatum said.

“People who react differently, it’s easy to tell what they would do if they were in my shoes,” he continued. “I appreciate it when it comes from a good place, but like I said, I will always react, respond, approach things my way.”

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USA team coach Steve Kerr, who is also the head coach of the Warriors, explained before Wednesday’s game why he benched Tatum for the men’s basketball semifinal against Serbia, which saw the USA win 95-91 to secure its spot in the gold medal. medal final.

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“We can’t control the narrative,” Kerr said. “So this is it. I always tell our players, the NBA is incredibly popular, and the reason it’s so lucrative and part of the deal is because you’re in the story. So this can be difficult. But we were in this together from the beginning in Vegas.”

“We have 12 Hall of Famers and we are determined to win and we won the gold medal,” he continued. “So I don’t really think about it, other than I don’t like not playing Jayson against Serbia or not playing Joel against South Sudan. Those are not fun decisions.”

But fans in Boston made it clear they were on Tatum’s side by loudly booing Kerr during pregame introductions Wednesday.

Boston Celtics will next face the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, November 8.