Steve Kerr said he Joel Embiid received DNP-CD against South Sudan because USA wanted to better match up with their team speed.
– Kerr will start LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Devin Booker, Jrue Holiday and Embiid versus Puerto Rico on Friday.
by DanM142
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>USA Basketball’s Kevin Durant on the DNP-CDs for Jayson Tatum & Joel Embiid: “Last game, we had a champion and an all-NBA guy not play any minutes, and tonight we had an MVP not play any minutes. They didn’t complain. We had guys who stepped up and filled those roles perfectly.”
That’s dumb
Kerr should be sitting Steph honestly
Another dumb reason like the Tatum benching, but we’re not going to bitch and moan like Celtics fans did over Tatum being the victim of Kerr’s bad coaching
That’s fair and what I assumed. Sudan is practically all fast wings which wouldn’t be great for Embiid. Could he of handled it? Yeah but AD did well and Bam popped off as per usual. It was nice to see Embiid handle it well and be supportive from the bench.
Bullshit.
Kerr’s a fraud. People praised him for years, but it was Steph, Klay and Dray in their prime carrying all along. When they started aging, Kerr started looking like any other average coach.
Save my man’s legs.
Honestly don’t play him at all need the bull healthy for the season
Kerr really isn’t a good coach lol. He’s getting carried by an absurdly stacked team. He’s made very suspect line up decisions. I’m fine with Embiid not playing it is what it is, and I’m not complaining makes sense to not have him chase guys on the perimeter but some of his other line ups are just terrible.
It’s a legit reason. I don’t see the problem.
lol bullshit excuse. Didn’t Embiid have his best game against them last week?
Fine by me. Let the big man coast to an Olympic Gold playing like 60min total across the campaign and come home rested up.
honestly don’t let him play we don’t need him injured before the season