Charles Barkley's Honest Quote About Jayson Tatum Benching

Charles Barkley spoke about Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum getting limited playing time for Team USA.

The Boston Celtics superstar is coming off a year where he led the franchise to their first NBA Championship since the 2008 season.Barkley: "There's no reason for him not to play Jayson Tatum. Jayson Tatum would have been the second-best player on Serbia. Probably would have been the best player on France. For him not to get any minutes in two games, come on man, that wasn't right, that wasn't fair. If you're going to the Olympics, you want to play...

Barkley has a lot of credibility when talking about the subject because he played for Team USA at the 1992 Olympics."Everybody on the team has to play"Tatum finished this past season with averages of 26.9 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 47.1% from the field and 37.6% from the three-point range in 74 games.

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