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Derrick White, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown

Derrick White downplays being chosen before Jaylen Brown for the Olympics

With the absence of Kawhi Leonard, a spot opened up on Team USA for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Steve Kerr and his assistants decided to choose Derrick White over his Boston Celtics teammate and current NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown. It may have been a surprise to many, but the United States ended up winning the gold medal in France. Now both players are gearing up to defend the title, and the 30-year-old has made it clear that he has no issues with the forward: "There is no elephant in the room."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Derrick White quita hierro al hecho de haber sido elegido antes que Jaylen Brown para los Juegos Olímpicos

Joe Mazzulla and Jayson Tatum

Joe Mazzulla's Trust in Jayson Tatum: "He was the happiest person in the world when I didn't win the Finals MVP"

Jayson Tatum has had a successful yet strange summer. The star of the Boston Celtics has won the NBA championship ring and the gold medal at the Olympic Games, but he wasn't the Finals MVP and didn't play much in Paris 2024. This worried the 26-year-old forward, although his coach Joe Mazzulla knows it will be a source of motivation for him to perform even better from now on: "I talked a lot with Joe. Joe was probably the happiest person in the world that I didn't win the Finals MVP and that I didn't play in two of the Olympic games. That was strange. But if you know Joe, it makes sense."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, La confianza de Joe Mazzulla en Jayson Tatum: "Era la persona más feliz del mundo cuando no gané el MVP de las Finales"

Joe Mazzulla and Jayson Tatum

Joe Mazzulla's Trust in Jayson Tatum: "He was the happiest person in the world when I didn't win the Finals MVP"

Jayson Tatum has had a successful yet strange summer. The star of the Boston Celtics has won the NBA championship ring and the gold medal at the Olympic Games, but he wasn't the Finals MVP and didn't play much in Paris 2024. This worried the 26-year-old forward, although his coach Joe Mazzulla knows it will be a source of motivation for him to perform even better from now on: "I talked a lot with Joe. Joe was probably the happiest person in the world that I didn't win the Finals MVP and that I didn't play in two of the Olympic games. That was strange. But if you know Joe, it makes sense."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, La confianza de Joe Mazzulla en Jayson Tatum: "Era la persona más feliz del mundo cuando no gané el MVP de las Finales"

Derrick White, Jayson Tatum, and Jaylen Brown

Derrick White downplays being chosen before Jaylen Brown for the Olympics

With the absence of Kawhi Leonard, a spot opened up on Team USA for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Steve Kerr and his assistants decided to choose Derrick White over his Boston Celtics teammate and current NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown. It may have been a surprise to many, but the United States ended up winning the gold medal in France. Now both players are gearing up to defend the title, and the 30-year-old has made it clear that he has no issues with the forward: "There is no elephant in the room."

This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Derrick White quita hierro al hecho de haber sido elegido antes que Jaylen Brown para los Juegos Olímpicos