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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 5057913, member: 1026"] The rotations were weird but I think Sue Bird's quote above is the biggest reason, short-term team where players have to perform new roles and get comfortable being uncomfortable. Basketball is still a team sport where knowing your teammates and a collective coordinated effort always makes the whole better than sum of parts. And bottom line b/c the USA wasn't better than sum of its parts we got to see the individual parts shine and that was super entertaining. Not an accident. Meanwhile for Tatum I think it was simply a combo of being uncomfortable, mental + physical fatigue (downward spiral in jumper continued), whereas Holiday and White assumed almost the same roles for USA as on Celtics. Hopefully Tatum takes a month off and fixes the jump shot, certainly creates a favorable scenario as an NBA champ that now somehow defends the title with even more to prove. The 'elite' thing with Kerr is kind of a tell. That means absolutely nothing, even if you are a Kerr detractor, he still probably gets a 'B' for the Olympics. Crunch time lineup was correctly deployed in medal round and the results are the results, you don't get a medal above gold for covering point spreads. Kerr is fading but certainly still at least a top coach in the league and he's 6th all-time in coaching titles which may put him in a sports talky category. [/QUOTE]