Jayson Tatum on wearing No. 10 for USA in honor of Kobe Bryant + PG-13’s 76ers deal | SportsCenter

Jayson Tatum on wearing No. 10 for USA in honor of Kobe Bryant + PG-13’s 76ers deal | SportsCenter

the number he wears on his red white and blue jersey just like he did when they won Gold three years ago Tatum is sporting number 10 this summer the same number his hero Kobe Bryant War for Team USA it’s nothing short of an honor to to be able to represent this uniform and we’re number 10 um you know anybody that remotely knows me uh knows how much influence that he had um on me as a kid and aspiring to to reach my goals so it’s uh it’s definitely something I don’t take for granted or take life you got High character guys that um understand what we’re trying to accomplish and understand how tough it is to put 12 new guys on the team with 40 days to get to know each other and practice and be away from your family and try to win a gold medal um and that’s all that matters not who starts how many points you average um you know all that matters is if we come home with the gold medal let’s go to another dookie wearing the Stars and Stripes this is the must SC folks if you’re not familiar with Cooper flag get familiar this kid 17 years old he’s going to Duke this is him playing for the select team against Team USA he sees Anthony Davis one of the best defenders in the world shoots it right over the top now he’s playing free safety forces the steal he’s got the rebound the hit ahead three in transition is a Miss no matter there’s Cooper flag on bam atab bio a defensive player of the year finalist score it plus the foul Drew holiday was in the vicinity as well he is 17 no problem for this kid who’s been on the map for a few years now shout out to Brian scalabrini there’s he he makes another shot over holiday and now for the corner three count it if you don’t know now you know Cooper flag was the Gatorade Player of the Year this past season he led Mont bird to a 33 and0 record in a high school National Championship he’s headed to Duke where the Blue Devils lost their top four scores from last year flag the favorite to go number one in the 25 draft he’s going to be the third player in NBA history who was born in Maine shout out Duncan Robinson and Jeff Turner wow he’s going to be Olympian one day Paul George was an Olympic gold medalist in 2016 in 2024 he’s a rich 76er signed a four-year max deal with Philly leaving behind the Clippers who traded Shay gildas Alexander and five first rounders to get him now PG-13 now pg8 in Philly also to honor Kobe was actually willing to stay in LA but speaking on his podcast was a little matter of disrespect I never wanted to leave LA right initially I was not trying to leave La as it played out though like the first initial deal was I thought kind of disrespectful then I hear wind of like you know what they’re going to give Kawai I’ll take what Kawai got like no no problem I was cool with that like and we were still taking less they didn’t want to do that so I’m like cool cool give me the three years 150 no trade then like no trade CLA then then I now like I’m taking less but at least I know I’m here like I’m I’m committed to y’all like they didn’t want to do no trade do wow but at that point it it didn’t even feel right to come back I’m trying to win I ain’t won yet so I’m going work hard as hell I’mma push big fella I’mma push Tyrese to be better and just try to build something man build a championship team Paul George will try to take the Sixers to their first Conference Finals since 2001 now Philly currently has the second shortest odds to win the East and are tied with the Oklahoma City Thunder for the second shortest odds to win the NBA title the defending Champion Boston Celtics are the current favorite to win both [Music]

SportsCenter details the latest from the Team USA training camp and Paul George’s max deal with the Philadelphia 76ers.

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