Gregg Popovich Jokes About Message To Jayson Tatum Earlier than Spectacular Efficiency

You don’t grow to be a legendary coach like Gregg Popovich with out understanding the right way to give some sage recommendation. That’s exactly what he did for Jayson Tatum on Saturday night time.

Tatum hadn’t been overly impactful early on through the Tokyo Olympics, which received him relegated to a bench function. He supplied a pleasant jolt Saturday although, dropping 27 factors off the bench in a Workforce USA victory over the Czech Republic of their closing qualifying spherical sport.

Seems, Popovich had a joking message for Tatum.

“I simply informed Jayson to behave like he’s enjoying the Spurs,” Popovich mentioned, through The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn. “Each time he performs us he scores 90.”

Popovich isn’t totally flawed, both. Of all of the groups within the NBA, Tatum averages his fourth-most factors (22.4) per contest towards the Spurs. That trails solely the New Orleans Pelicans (25.9), Portland Path Blazers (25.8) and Los Angeles Clippers (23.0)

Tatum’s subsequent alternative to play like he’s dealing with the Spurs will likely be within the knockout spherical.