Since taking over as coach of Team USA, Steve Kerr has been at the heart of criticism.

As this team prepares to play in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games, Draymond Green did not hesitate to attack the coach for his choices.

In 2021, following Team USA’s victory at the Tokyo Olympics, Steve Kerr took over from Gregg Popovich as coach. However, since his appointment, the former Bulls player has not yet enjoyed the same success as his predecessors, which has attracted criticism from observers.

After a failed World Cup last year, the United States wants to return to the forefront of the international scene.

With a much more impressive American roster on paper than in 2023, the tactician’s mission is to retain the title of Olympic champion.

Despite having managed to qualify the team for the quarter-finals of the competition, negative comments about him continue to abound.

Because even his own Warriors players, like Draymond Green, are starting to question his in-game decisions.

Steve Kerr tackled by Draymond Green during the Olympics

During the group stage, a controversy arose after Steve Kerr decided not to play Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton in the opening match against Serbia.

The following match, it was Joel Embiid who was treated this way.

These choices by the coach surprised many people, including Draymond Green as heard in a recent episode of the podcast The Volume Sports.

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You can’t not play Jayson Tatum.

This man has just won the NBA title, been on the cover of NBA 2K, Sports Illustrated… He has just signed the biggest contract in the history of the league. And in the end, his reward is to sit out and not play the first Olympic game.

In this game, I told myself that if I were not going to play two players, it would probably be Tyrese Haliburton and Derrick White.

And in 2021, our team, our offense was built around Jayson Tatum and Kevin Durant.

And it’s a bit like KD passing the torch to JT, but we’re not playing JT. I find that absurd.

The Celtics superstar may be decorated with all the distinctions listed in the 2017 DPOY, but Steve Kerr clearly doesn’t intend to give him any special treatment.

During the two games that the 26-year-old guard played against South Sudan and Puerto Rico, he recorded only 4 points at 2/4 in 17 minutes, then 10 points at 4/9 in 22 minutes.

Of course, the coach has a certain rotation logic by leaving another player on the bench, namely Jrue Holiday, but the Californian center still disagrees with JT’s management given his rank.

Steve Kerr has not been unanimous with Team USA since his debut.

While under his command at the Warriors, Draymond Green did not hesitate to blame the leader of the American squad for his tactical management of Jayson Tatum.