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KD's message to Jayson Tatum at the Olympics | #shorts #celtics #nets #olympics #nba #highlights

11 Apr 2022 · 1 min

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In this short interview clip, a player—identified as Jayson Tatum—recounts his experience during an Olympic team scrimmage in Las Vegas. He describes how the U.S. team, initially out of shape, faced a tough loss to a select squad. During a pivotal moment, Tatum received a pass on the wing, considered taking a shot like he would for the Celtics, but instead passed to Kevin Durant (KD). KD responded with a direct admonition: “don’t look for me, be yourself,” emphasizing that the team needed Tatum to play his own game rather than rely on KD’s star power. Tatum reflects on how this interaction shifted his mindset, making him realize that KD wanted him to contribute authentically and that the team’s success depended on each player’s individual confidence and effort.

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Everyone else on our team, when it wasn't KD, everybody was turning to you. I remember being out there in Vegas and like, I remember the first day we scrimmaged and I remember we played the select team and they kicked our ass the first day. We was outta shape. But I remember specifically coming down on the wing, somebody kicked me the ball and on the Celtics, I would've shot it. And it was like a halfway, like I could've shot it. And I just remember K was to the next, it was to the right of me and I passed it to him. And I remember he got mad at me. He was like, yo, don't look for me. Like, he was like, be yourself. I need you to kill. And I was like, damn. Like, that was the first time I was like, nah, like he want me to hoop too. Like, don't look at it like that's KD. Like, no, we on the same team. Like, he need me to do me on this team.